Ryan So

@DougMcCracken is joining @CoverstarApp as our CMO. Former @a16z partner. Built iconic brands at @supercell, @riotgames, @Activision. But what matters most: he’s a dad. Like me, he believes we can build a better online world for our kids and for Gen Alpha. Lets gooo 🚀

ok - dropping big dates/news for a16z speedrun: - starting TODAY, founders can apply for the 2026 program that runs July 27 to Oct 11 in SF here's the link: speedrun007.a16z.com/ac - we will be investing up to $1M and funding 70+ companies over the next few weeks - But there's also $5M in credits/tokens/etc from AWS/GCP/Open AI/Azure/NVIDIA/Deel/Stripe/etc. You'll also work with our amazing operating team (GTM, talent, brand, people, and more), and join our community of elite founders - we offer a Global Founders Program for international founders, to help with visas, banking support, relo recommendations - yes you can be solo (but better if you're further along, and have built a team). No you don't have to have an idea yet. Yes you have to know how to build (even if you're not technical) - Also, in other news: speedun is officially moving full-time to SF. (prev it alternated SF/LA) this is for all the obv reasons - we've continued to have an insane lineup of speakers, including the founders of Carta / DoorDash / Twilio / Figma / Zynga / Airtable / Twitch / and of course, lunch/dinners with Marc/Ben alongside a16z team - and much more - the deadline for applying is May 17!

@weberwongwong congrats @weberwongwong !!

@speedrun lets gooo!!

Congrats to the team at Nexxa! (SR005)

@DougMcCracken Excited to build this with you Doug. For our kids and for the next generation. Let’s get to work 🚀

@_loganlee @speedrun sr invests in all kinds of b2b and consumer startups, not just gaming

@ryanso @speedrun aha thank you! i used to think that and from some point, speedrun seemed expanded for non-gaming products. maybe i misunderstood.

@_loganlee @speedrun speedrun is under the games fund

@ryanso @speedrun always wondered. a16z has numerous funds and speedrun is one of them? or speedrun is just a program?

Hire people who are smart, hardworking, and kind. Everything else compounds from there

It's time to build.

Happy New Year! 2026 will be a big year for @CoverstarApp ⭐️🎉

Ayy let’s go I got my handle back @ryanso 🔥

Excited to partner with @ParamountPics to launch exclusive avatar items in @CoverstarApp inspired by The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, out today! @SpongeBobMovie

deleted my twitter now I regret it @elonmusk give me my old username back @ryanso 🙏

@X give me my old username back @ryanso 🙏🙏🙏

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