tough times in startup land

Thanks M. Reynolds Morgan and Burkland for planning and hosting.

It’s out, we raised $15m to equip founders with smart accounting software. Great article by TechCrunch featuring our CEO, Sasha Orloff: techcrunch.com/2023/02/16/puz…

Washington DC Survivors Rally gofund.me/578e5b08

We've heard for years that we don't know exactly how many guns there are in America. So I decided to try to find out. I dug through old ATF reports for gun production + import data and found that 465 million guns have entered the U.S. market since 1899. That's not all I found🧵

I like my sugar with coffee and cream (oh, and $30M!!!!!!). 🔥🔥🔥 I guess it's just an intergalactic kind of day.

andrew chen Huge congrats andrew chen and team a16z speedrun 🧊 a16z

Quick background in case you missed this era: Zenefits was among the highest flying companies- raised $500M in '15 (back when that was a huge deal 😂). They missed some revenue targets and had compliance issues along the way (that got blown out of proportion). Sacks was COO,

After 47 years, Jerry has made the difficult decision to step down from the company we built together. I’m sharing his words as he resigns from Ben & Jerry’s. His legacy deserves to be true to our values, not silenced by Magnum Ice Cream #FreeBenAndJerrys

We’re just starting to welcome guests to the a16z AI creative gallery ✨ Couldn’t be more excited to showcase the work of some incredible creators. And we have stations to try out the AI tools yourself!

Great SF Tech Week panel with Rippling , Cursor and Perplexity , hosted by Puzzle , Carta and CBRE at the top of Salesforce Tower in SF. Topic: GTM: Enterprise AI adoption. Some lessons learned: Cursor: we used to think about productivity as “cost savings”

The ClickHouse story is truly one of a kind ✨ Was so cool to dig into the architectural decisions that make it *truly* the fastest database (of all time?!), what Co-Founder Yury saw in the project to co-found ClickHouse the company & much more 🚀 cc my co-host Timothy Chen 💪

• Prosumer companies match Consumer Tech performance at IPO • New AI-powered prosumer cos already show 3x higher willingness to pay ($78 vs $25 median price point) • 50%+ of consumers use prosumer tools in their personal lives Our latest research! forerunnerventures.com/research/our-s…

Didn't hold back in my convo with a16z speedrun 🧊. Thanks Ryan K. Rigney for having me! youtube.com/watch?v=gd0BMB…

you're NGMI if you don't apply to these vc funds investing in pre-seed and seed right now: - Afore Capital ($100k–$1M pre-seed) - Precursor Ventures ($100k–$500k pre-seed) - First Round ($500k–$3M seed) - Pear VC ($250k–$2M pre-seed and seed) - Soma Capital ($100k–$500k pre-seed) -

Nuno leaves behind his wife and 3 kids. If you are able to help support them during this incredibly difficult time, please consider donating using the link below. gofundme.com/f/in-loving-me…

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VC Tools Hub - vc-tools-hub.vercel.app 1. Fund Benchmarking Compare your fund's TVPI, DPI, IRR, and MOIC against industry benchmarks from Carta, PitchBook, and Aduro Advisors by vintage year. 2. Fund Tracker ($200M) Interactive dashboard tracking new VC funds at or below $200M

I GOT TRICKED into rejecting startups live on screen -and it ended up being one of the most clarifying exercises I’ve done. The Consumer AI Accelerator had me and Katie Mishra // Khosla Ventures at Khosla Ventures react in real time to cold inbound messages: pass or take the meeting. Plot

Today, we're introducing Spectre I, the first smart device to stop unwanted audio recordings. We live in a world of always-on listening devices. Smart devices and AI dominate our world in business and private conversations. With Deveillance, you will Deveillance.