Let’s give a warm welcome to Matter Labs’ first-ever President, Nana Murugesan 🛡️.

Bringing world-class leadership and extensive experience, he’ll work with zkSync (∎, ∆)’s co-founder Alex G. (∎, ∆) to scale Matter Labs (∎, ∆)’ go-to-market vision and strategy.

Read more here ↓…

I love how at a16z crypto's CSX I can just book a 1-on-1 with the CTO. 1h with Eddy Lazzarin 🟠🔭 is like a full day of intense brainstorming. Still processing the convo.

Reflecting on an inspiring week at a16z crypto CSX with our Co-Founder chcharcharlie! It's been a week full of learning and connection, from discussions on mechanism design and security to exchanges with CCP Hellmar about EVE Online.

I wrote an oped in Financial Times.

My goal isn't to defend or to diminish memecoins.

It’s to point out the backward incentives of a regulatory regime in the US that lets only memecoins thrive — while companies and tokens with more productive uses face hurdles.

ft.com/content/1ceaa1…

> EigenLayer is the verifiable cloud.

Massive leap forward today toward the realization of that vision.

Well said.

.a16z crypto's CSX is prolly the most exciting thing happening in London right now

'The devil is in the details, God is in the defaults'

'I don't think about the future at all'

Banger talk from Ben Rubin at CSX London

Excited to have Ben Rubin from Towns speaking at Crypto Startup Accelerator today!

Can’t say enough about how much of a positive impact a16z crypto CSX has had on formless . All the insights and advice from Jason Rosenthal and the amazing team were invaluable. 🙏

Only a few days left to apply for the fall NYC cohort. Crypto builders apply!

1/ New Thread: The Pre-Mortem

Before you launch a new product, one of the most counterintuitively important things to do is to plan for how to *kill* or *exit* the product. FAST.

This isn’t as simple as it sounds…and it’s crucial for companies with multiple products or…

Day 1 of CSX. 25 amazing companies here in London.

🇬🇧 A16z + UK: CSX 2024 accelator in London starting tomorrow.

When we announced a16z’s first international office in the UK last June, we expressed our conviction in Britain being a place to build amazing companies. At the time, we had no ground presence here…yet. In 8 months,…

Cannot wait to welcome and meet all of the incredible founders IRL next week. Let's do this!