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SR003 APPLICATIONS JUST 𝑫𝑹𝑶𝑷𝑷𝑬𝑫!
Want to secure $750K for your startup? Apply to SPEEDRUN here: (takes 15 mins!)
Application Deadline: May 19, 2024
Notified of Selection: End of June at the latest!
Program Dates: July 29 - Oct 20 in Los Angeles ☀️
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if we hit 1337 followers today we’re giving away 100 of these stanley cups… no april fools no meme just a lot of cups. follow + rt to enter the draw.
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📣 Calling All Founders 📣
SPEEDRUN is coming to Los Angeles this summer.
SPEEDRUN is
@a16zGames
accelerator for startups building at the intersection of tech x games, and we invest $750k in each selected company 👀
Applications for SR003 will be open from April 1st to May
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Last week was a movie and we're still reeling from it.
📢 SR003 applications open next week on April 1st let's GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
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finding a co-founder can be tough, so we wanna fix that. we're thinking about throwing local events or setting up a discord server where aspiring founders can connect.
what else can we do to help!? 🙏
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curious... if you had $750k invested in your startup, what would be the first things you'd do?
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44 days left to apply to SPEEDRUN
44 days left to apply to SPEEDRUN
44 days left to apply to SPEEDRUN
44 days left to apply to SPEEDRUN
44 days left to apply to SPEEDRUN
44 days left to apply to SPEEDRUN
44 days left to apply to SPEEDRUN
44 days left to apply to SPEEDRUN
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thinking about sending this cake to ppl who apply to SPEEDRUN this month
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Some people think VC means Venture Capital and some people think it means Voice Chat.
These are both wrong.
It means Very Cool.
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damn woke up to 1.6k followers we smashed that goal!
we'll be DM-ing winners in the next few weeks to send ya some stanleys ( •ᴗ•)旦~
if we hit 1337 followers today we’re giving away 100 of these stanley cups… no april fools no meme just a lot of cups. follow + rt to enter the draw.
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𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗢 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗪 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111
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WE WRAPPED UP SPEEDRUN WITH AN ABSOLUTE 𝘽𝘼𝙉𝙂!
Over 35 startups showcased their ideas to 400+ investors at Demo Day, followed by an evening filled with special musical guests.
After 10 weeks of relentless hustle and grind, we couldn't be prouder of our SR002 cohort. See you
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🚨This is NOT a drill @ everyone. Demo Day is just 2️⃣ days away!
Get ready as our SPEEDRUN cohort gears up to pitch their startups to investors, showcasing some incredible tech x games innovations from across the globe. Don't miss out—give them all a follow 👀👇
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More
@a16zGames
SPEEDRUN startups building across tech x games coming your way. Drop the SR002 cohort a follow and stay tuned as our first-ever Alumni Demo Day is just 2️⃣ days away 👀👇
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𝗣𝗿𝗼 𝘁𝗶𝗽 - in SPEEDRUN, you level up by learning from industry legends like:
👉 Mark Pincus, Zynga cofounder
👉 Emily Greer, Kongregate cofounder
👉 Eros Resmini, Discord cofounder
👉 Michael Chow, CEO of The Believer Company + former Riot Games VP
👉 Steven Snow, CPO of
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can confirm all our founders got that dog in them.
this is the dog.
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Ayyyyyy, Alumni Demo Day is TOMORROW!
35+ startups from our SR002 SPEEDRUN cohort will be showcasing their products to the wider
@a16zGames
community. Give them all a follow and stay tuned for more updates 🔥👇
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SPEEDRUN Demo Day is just 1️⃣4️⃣ days away! Who’s HYPED?!!!
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SR002 is stacked 🔥
We’re excited to have 35+ startups as part of our latest
@a16zGames
SPEEDRUN cohort.
Drop them a follow and stay tuned as we'll have more regular updates from SR002 coming through 👀👇
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2️⃣0️⃣ days left til SPEEDRUN applications close.
Takes 15 mins to apply. Selected startups will receive $750K to build in tech x games and join the first SPEEDRUN class hosted in Los Angeles.
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can’t stop, won’t stop - grateful that we get to continue the run 🫶
We thank our LPs and Entrepreneurs for having the faith to enable us to continue our journey. We appreciate you so much.
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Hi! Currently live xeeting from Alumni Demo Day ヾ(´￢｀)ﾉ
This is where our current SR002 founders preview their products amongst alumni, scouts, and friends. 𝑮𝑳𝑯𝑭 !!
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Yesterday our SR002 cohort presented their pitches to the wider
@a16zgames
community in preparation for our upcoming Demo Day on March 18. Huge thanks to everyone who attended Alumni Demo Day!
Our founders are shipping products at the speed of light — drop them all a follow!
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been meme'ing so hard I've lost the plot - SR003 apps are open 📭 full deets below + link to apply here:
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👇amount we're investing in startups over the next 45 days for SR003 - just a lil reminder to get your apps in early @
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< 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 >
"We had a whole hiring system that breaks up a human being into four components: Intelligence, Knowledge, Skill, Attitude."
- Eros Resmini, cofounder of Discord.
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story time... how did u meet your co-founder? give them a shoutout below 👇
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@rivet_gg
@neon__wild
@LiveAwareLabs
The Promenade Studios is building games that weren’t possible before AI. 👉 Join their Discord to get early access:
The Promenade is a new type of video game - a hybrid MMORPG / social network populated with AI agents.
We've raised $500k from
@a16zGames
Speedrun. Join our waitlist now for alpha access!
I'm so excited to finally drop our announcement video - and a lot more soon!
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𝑽𝑬𝑹𝒀 important question…. what are you building and why? 🌱
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we at 1007 followers 😮💨 !!!!!! 100 of you gonna look like this guy very soon…
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1️⃣5️⃣ days left to apply to SPEEDRUN :sweats:
Applications close on 5/19:
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216 more to goooooooooooo🫡 pls do this for meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee and stanley
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@legiongamedev
@OpenSoulsPBC
[[
@ClementineInc
]]
Clementine is building an open-source platform for multi-agent AI games. Watch this space:
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[[
@OptimizerAI
]]
OptimizerAI is building a state-of-the-art sound effects generator. To generate sound effects like these, join their discord:
Make sounds like these on our discord🔥🐏🍙
Original video from:
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hot take that we're here for tbh
Reasons why you should NOT do speedrun: 🚨😬🚨🚩🚩🚩
1) You can’t complain about being a broke indie dev anymore because with $750k in the bank it’s a bit insensitive to do so 🤨
2) LA weather is so incomprehensibly perfect, you may bemoan your life when you get back home and
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📋 Applications for SR003 open in 12 days:
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@legiongamedev
@OpenSoulsPBC
@ClementineInc
[[
@djv_ai
]]
dejavu creates spatial environments for Apple Vision Pro that feel so real you’ll believe you’ve been there before. Repeat founders, proprietary deep tech, and market demand from blue-chip enterprise customers.
Exciting News!
I’m working on a new startup called dejavu
@djv_ai
,
We’re making Apple Vision Pro environments so real, you’ll feel like they’re glitches in the matrix
We’re part of the
@a16zgames
speedrun accelerator & it’s amazing so far
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i may or may not have stolen this slide from a demo day presentation
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[[
@rivet_gg
]]
Rivet is the AWS for game developers, providing best-in-class simple solutions to deploy and scale multiplayer games. 11 live games and >20k MR.
Check out their open beta 👉
Rivet is has received funding from a16z games Speedrun and looking forward to working with games & the team at a16z.
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trying to explain to my parents that SPEEDRUN is real and that i'm constantly on my computer for a reason
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@rivet_gg
[[
@neon__wild
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Neon Wild is re-imagining family entertainment by defining a new content space with personalized, interactive animated story worlds and partnering with beloved kids IPs to kickstart the platform.
We’re working hard to make sure Neon Wild is a place where any child, anywhere in the world can be a hero.
Here’s a sneak peek! 🫣
#neonwild
#kidsapp
#kidsbooks
#childrensbooks
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@rivet_gg
@neon__wild
[[
@LiveAwareLabs
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Live Aware is an AI-powered DevOps platform that helps digital product teams capture, analyze, and take action on community feedback at scale. Led by a team of industry vets from Activision, 343 (Halo), WB, and Twitch.
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[[
@Altera_AL
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Altera is an AI agent research and infrastructure company. We provide previously impossible agent-first experiences to consumers and gaming companies.
The Altera Agent Bot was launched to a small group of Minecraft players yesterday. It was shocking seeing some people play with agents for 3-5 hours straight.
Here's a view of the office yesterday when we shipped. We are shipping a big improvement on Friday to 25 players -- join
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@andrewchen
Sick!!! Speedrun so far has been incredible for us. a bit like having the avengers on speed dial for fundraising, hiring, product/GTM…🔥
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@pmarca
@andrewchen
🔥📈ALUMNI DEMO DAY PITCHES🔥📈
our founders be COOKING in the intersection of tech x games ⬆️➡️⬇️
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[[
@legiongamedev
]]
Legion is developing a new IP, COVENANT: A 1st Person Dark-Fantasy Action Game that focuses on the interweaving of fantastical spells, primordial weapons, and martial arts.
Next month, we will be showcasing our game LIVE for the first time behind closed doors at
#A16ZSPEEDRUN
Discover what lies in wait…
Greater things are coming.
#GDC2024
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@zebird0
@danielwzou
@PimDeWitte
@knimkar
@_jamessha
@gao_zibo
@perseus_yang
@CryptoGamr
@hohusen
am I invited?
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@andrewchen
As part of the second class of Speedrun, can't recommend this enough. The info, support, and connections the a16z team provides are utterly invaluable, even beyond the investment. We are going to build a way more amazing game than we would have without this program -- apply!
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@FirstDayGG
@daredrops
@crater_studios
[[
@glyfspace
]]
Glyf is an AI-powered 3D rendering engine that empowers 2D designers to create high-quality, controllable 3D in seconds instead of days. Built by Ex-TikTok (AR Effects) and Ex-Meta (Reality Labs) team. Try it for free today:
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@legiongamedev
[[
@opensoulspbc
]]
Open Souls is creating AI Souls.
📺 Watch the demo:
It’s time to unstealth the worst kept secret on a Twitter - that I’m building a company to give AI a soul -
@OpenSoulsPBC
Last week
@betaworks
, I illustrated just how we’re going to imbue AI with the indescribable essence of humanity.
Many people have called me crazy over the
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@legiongamedev
@OpenSoulsPBC
@ClementineInc
@djv_ai
[[
@loftiadev
]]
Loftia is a cozy, solarpunk-inspired live service game and community platform - where heartwarming gameplay and facilitating genuine connections between players is at its core.
Last year we quit our jobs to build our dream video game, now we’ve moved to Silicon Valley to take Loftia to new heights!! 🥳💪🏼
Thank you for supporting our indie team and sharing our dream. We’re going to make the coziest MMO in the world! 💛
#gamedev
#indiegame
#indiegamedev
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@legiongamedev
@OpenSoulsPBC
@ClementineInc
[[ Dream Voyage ]]
Dream Voyage gamifies spiritual journeys by blending astrology, tarot, and daily rituals. To date, Dream Voyage has served 150k+ users with a founding team that formerly built products at Tinder, Nauto, and Databricks.
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@a16zGames
@FirstDayGG
@GridsnapFN
@drillcreative
@gamebeastgg
[[
@k_idofficial
]]
k-ID is transforming how kids and teens access age-appropriate game experiences and helping developers comply with global regulations with a first-of-its-kind suite of tools that make online game platforms safer, better, faster, and more empowering for
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@octavianvoss
@a16zGames
@saga3rpg
fr fr also that's 🔥 come thru apply for sure and never forget....
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[[
@FirstDayGG
]]
First Day Entertainment is an AI-first game studio. Check out the demo to Mana Land, a life sim RPG where the game never ends 🏝️:
We've developed the 📜Ever Quest Engine, the first ever in-game AI system capable of creating quests on the fly that are grounded, evolving, personal, and immersive. It's powering our upcoming life sim game, Mana Land, enabling continuous gameplay content creation for the long
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@FirstDayGG
@daredrops
@crater_studios
@glyfspace
📰 AH Capital-managed funds have invested in the companies that participate in the SPEEDRUN program; for a full list of investments, please visit .
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@legiongamedev
@OpenSoulsPBC
@ClementineInc
@djv_ai
@loftiadev
📜 AH Capital-managed funds have invested in the companies that participate in the SPEEDRUN program; for a full list of investments, please visit .
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Introducing our newest content series "Patch Notes" – the first of many! We're bringing you the best insights from industry leaders across tech x games. We take it serious, but not too serious.
Interested in more? Share what topics you're curious about 👇!
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@FirstDayGG
[[
@daredrops
]]
Dare Drop is a community marketing platform connecting brands to their social communities. Join the Creator Community:
🎉 Welcome to Dare Drop! 🎉
✨Get FREE Game Keys from Game Devs + Publishers
✨Earn Rewards for Your Community
✨GROW YOUR STREAM!
Join our Creator Community:
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@FirstDayGG
@daredrops
@crater_studios
[[ Parhelion Studio Co. ]]
Parhelion is making anime games for a global audience. 👀 Stay tuned for more updates:
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@FirstDayGG
@daredrops
[[ ]]
Linq is empowering gaming economies with its fintech stack. The company is the financial backbone of Web 2.0 virtual worlds and game economies. Watch this space:
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