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GP @a16z | Founder @a16zCLF | @lyonswine 🍷 | Board: @yugalabs @beardfoundation | Advisor: @blkeconalliance @newstorycharity @zegna @kauffmanfellows | ΚΑΨ 👌🏾
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Joined May 2009
Excited to share my conversation with @Entrepreneur about blending culture, history, and the future of tech at @a16z. Grateful for the chance to reflect on how the past fuels innovation—check out the piece! 👇🏾
Who’s safe in the age of AI? Chris Lyons of Andreessen Horowitz believes history holds the answers. From connecting Kevin Durant to Silicon Valley to spotting the next icons, Lyons is shaping tech’s future. https://t.co/EYtXg95efx
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She uses Al to make her kids' messes look like they're on the news. Pure genius. 🤣🤣🤣
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🚨 Function Health Raises $298M Series B at $2.5B! Most of us have known someone who finds out about a serious illness only once it’s too late. I’ve felt that loss too. A former colleague and friend passed away a few years ago from undiagnosed stage 4 stomach cancer, even after
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Red Lobster is officially out of bankruptcy... and it's all thanks to a 35-year-old CEO who refused to let the iconic chain die. While everyone wrote them off after endless shrimp nearly tanked the company, this young boss slashed costs, closed deadweight locations, and pulled
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Introducing Marble by World Labs: a foundation for a spatially intelligent future. Create your world at https://t.co/V267VJu1H9
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We’re proud to lead Gamma’s Series B at a $2.1B valuation and back the team building the anti-PowerPoint. In a post-AI world, there’s no reason we should still be using software introduced in 1987 to communicate ideas. Things that used to be hard are now easy, and slideware
Today, as shared by The New York Times, we’re announcing two things: >Our Series B at a $2.1B valuation led by @sarahdingwang at @a16z. >Reaching $100M ARR, profitably, with a team of just 50 people. That's $2M ARR per employee. PowerPoint was invented before the first website,
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I'm excited to announce the a16z New Media Fellowship. Or as many people are saying, the Thiel Fellowship for the terminally online. Finding highly functional people who are also very online is hard, so we are creating a fellowship to gather and train them in the art of New
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Thank you @lumenprize for the partnership and welcome to the new Voices Onchain artists! We’re excited to celebrate this amazing group and share the powerful and creative ways they’re using tech to make art.
Lumen Prize X Voices Onchain This year we’ve partnered with Voices Onchain by @a16zcrypto to spotlight artists redefining what it means to create at the intersection of art and technology. Voices Onchain celebrates creators using blockchain to unlock new modes of expression,
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We're leading a $20M round in @Wabi. Wabi is a personal software platform where users can create, discover, remix and share mini apps, founded by @ekuyda. Why we're thrilled to be backing the team: - The internet drives participation, yet only 20M programmers have ever been
Today, we’re thrilled to announce $20M in funding led by @a16z, with support from @saranormous, @amasad, @akothari, @garrytan, @justinkan, @atShruti, @naval, @scottbelsky, @gokulr, @soleio, @kevinhartz and more. @wabi is ushering in a new era of personal software, where anyone
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Creator crypto products have been littered with manipulation and leveraging tokens for extractive behavior. My brother @blauyourmind & our team spent the past 7 months building @joinbond to change that. We all know the story: creators depend on platforms they don’t control and
joinbond.xyz
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AI is bringing back soul music 🔥 People are taking existing songs, converting them into soul, and then making new music videos - and these covers are blowing up. This is Jay-Z singing “Umbrella” feat. Rihanna (from rezai_studio)👇
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BREAKING: Yuga Labs just announced at ApeFest that Otherside will be on the front page of Amazon gaming AND are teaming up with Amazon on a co-branded Voyager ‘Boximus’ “Amazon has over 300M users and we are going to be selling digital assets to all of them”
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ok some personal news: 1. I'm joining @a16z! 2. my family and I are moving back to San Francisco 🇺🇸 👋 I’m joining a16z as a Partner and Head of Ecosystem. Excited to be teaming up with @eriktorenberg for a second round, continuing what has become my life’s work. I'll be focused
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Two paths. Two futures. Teaching sand to think, or being left in the dust. Welcome to Runtime 2025.
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Our latest State of Crypto report is here. The main theme for the year is the maturation of the crypto industry: • Traditional financial institutions and fintechs launched crypto products • DeFi and stablecoins went mainstream • Blockchains got faster and cheaper • The
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We’re excited to share our 2025 State of Crypto report. This year’s story: the maturation of the crypto industry — with growing institutional adoption, the rise of stablecoins, better infrastructure, new consumer experiences, and long-awaited regulatory clarity. Read the full
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4 takeaways from the @a16zcrypto 2025 State of Crypto report:
We’re excited to share our 2025 State of Crypto report. This year’s story: the maturation of the crypto industry — with growing institutional adoption, the rise of stablecoins, better infrastructure, new consumer experiences, and long-awaited regulatory clarity. Read the full
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We’re doubling down on @deel and co-leading their Series E at a $17.3B valuation. Deel is powering global work. International since day one, they own 250+ legal entities, 55+ native payroll engines, and financial licenses around the world. They have legal, HR and compliance
Deel has raised $300M at a $17.3B valuation We started about 6 years ago, struggling to even make $10K. I've never shared this before because of how embarrassing our start was. The story of how we went from $1K to $1B and the advice I'd give to my younger self:
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Let’s go! @Bouazizalex 🚀🚀🚀
Deel has raised $300M at a $17.3B valuation We started about 6 years ago, struggling to even make $10K. I've never shared this before because of how embarrassing our start was. The story of how we went from $1K to $1B and the advice I'd give to my younger self:
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This is Benito Pagotto (1984–2025) > Born in France > Creative mind drawn to gaming, sneakers, and digital culture. > Early 2000s design & marketing across Paris fashion. > Works at Colette, the iconic concept store. > Later joins Fnatic as Brand Director, merging streetwear &
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