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2026 4

  1. New founder archetypes in the AI era
  2. Can solo founders win in the AI era?
  3. Will agents have network effects?
  4. The coming product retention crisis

2025 17

  1. BRAINDUMP ON VIRAL LOOPS
  2. The Anti-Pitch: When haters hate your startup idea
  3. Why retention is so hard for new tech products
  4. AI will change how we build startups -- but how?
  5. Lies per Second, Meetings per Decision Ratio, and other important biz metrics
  6. Corpospeak: Why you still sound like a faceless corporate entity
  7. Updates: 7 years at a16z, NYC tour, Speedrun deadline, etc
  8. Every marketing channel sucks right now
  9. Why a16z is investing up to $1M in very early stage startups
  10. DoorDash's v1 was 8 PDF menus on a static HTML website
  11. Vibe coding, some thoughts and predictions
  12. The 30 min interview for people with busy calendars
  13. Where will the AI Horde strike next? AI video, social media, and Hollywood
  14. The Growth Maze vs The Idea Maze
  15. Revenge of the GPT Wrappers: Defensibility in a world of commoditized AI models
  16. My product went viral on social media but all I got were these shitty users
  17. My top essays from 2024

2024 20

  1. Why your product idea sounds too complicated
  2. Always Be Launching
  3. Bureaucrat mode
  4. Unfortunate startup pivots (a short list)
  5. What I'm up to at a16z and in life: New LA office, Speedrun 4, Tech Week, and more
  6. The end of the 1 billion active user ad-supported consumer startup
  7. Marc Andreessen on alpha nerds, moral panics, the future of AI in video games
  8. Boom time startups vs Gloom time startups
  9. Why high growth, high churn products never seem to work
  10. What I'm reading (July 2024)
  11. The case against morning yoga, daily routines, and endless meetings
  12. Why Hollywood and gaming struggle with AI
  13. Why data-driven product decisions are hard (sometimes impossible)
  14. Time sinks and money sinks
  15. How the coupon was invented, and how tech propels marketing
  16. How AI will reinvent Marketing
  17. 10 years after "Growth Hacking"
  18. I've hit the 6 year mark at a16z!
  19. How novelty effects and Dopamine Culture rule the tech industry
  20. The mobile S-curve ends, and the AI S-curve begins