Andreessen Horowitz

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• Zane Lackey
• SaaS → Freemium OS: a new wedge for financial services (Fintech February Newsletter)
• Investing in Alloy Automation
• Investing in Memora Health
• Investing in Sardine
• Investing in Asserts.ai
• Investing in Flexport
• Investing in Metronome
• B2B Marketplaces → Financial Operating System (Fintech January Newsletter)
• Investing in Vesta
• A Decade of Deep Learning: How the AI Startup Experience Has Evolved
• The Future of the a16z Podcast
• The Missing Link Between Web2 and Web3: Custody
• Why SQL Needs Software Libraries
• Building for the 99% Developers
• Info Diet: Replit CEO Amjad Masad
• How to Use Massive AI Models (Like GPT-3) in Your Startup
• A Guide to DeSci, the Latest Web3 Movement
• Go-to-Market in Web3: New Mindsets, Tactics, Metrics
• How to Excel in Tech Without Learning to Code

Zane Lackey Posted: 01 Mar 2022 08:02 AM PST There are people in the industry who seem to be everywhere you look. Zane Lackey has always been one of those people. He’s perhaps most well known as the cofounder and CSO of Signal Sciences, which was acquired by Fastly … The post Zane Lackey appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

SaaS → Freemium OS: a new wedge for financial services (Fintech February Newsletter) Posted: 28 Feb 2022 12:59 PM PST This first appeared in the monthly a16z fintech newsletter. Subscribe to stay on top of the latest fintech news. TABLE OF CONTENTS SaaS → Freemium OS: a new wedge for financial services An operating system is a mission critical … The post SaaS → Freemium OS: a new wedge for financial services (Fintech February Newsletter) appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

Investing in Alloy Automation Posted: 22 Feb 2022 08:35 AM PST In 2010, global ecommerce sales were $572 billion. In 2020, it was $4.2 trillion, and it's expected to grow by $11 trillion between 2021 and 2025 – accelerated by the pandemic, which drove many businesses online even in … The post Investing in Alloy Automation appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

Investing in Memora Health Posted: 15 Feb 2022 06:32 AM PST “The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present, and foretell the future…” – Hippocrates Even in today's modern era of care delivery, this description of a physician's core responsibilities still resonates. As patients, we hope – … The post Investing in Memora Health appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

Investing in Sardine Posted: 10 Feb 2022 06:05 AM PST I am excited to announce our investment in Sardine – aptly named for the "fishy" behavior this company will prevent. Sardine provides instant, risk-free ACH & card settlement to fintech and crypto companies enabling them to stop payment fraud and … The post Investing in Sardine appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

Investing in Asserts.ai Posted: 09 Feb 2022 09:02 AM PST With the rise of the cloud, we are witnessing a major transformation in how software is developed and maintained. As a developer, microservice architecture is quite appealing. It enables us to decouple singular monolithic software into a smaller set of … The post Investing in Asserts.ai appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

Investing in Flexport Posted: 07 Feb 2022 04:02 AM PST Until 18 months ago, few of us thought much about the global supply chain. The couch we purchased showed up two weeks after we ordered it, and that was that – an elaborate system behind the scenes "just worked" to … The post Investing in Flexport appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

Investing in Metronome Posted: 01 Feb 2022 06:02 AM PST I was recently sitting in a board meeting of a successful SaaS company when the conversation turned to the slipping product release date. The problem was that the billing system wasn’t going to be finished in time. On the face … The post Investing in Metronome appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

B2B Marketplaces → Financial Operating System (Fintech January Newsletter) Posted: 27 Jan 2022 05:29 PM PST This first appeared in the monthly a16z fintech newsletter. Subscribe to stay on top of the latest fintech news. TABLE OF CONTENTS B2B marketplaces as a gateway to financial operating systems B2B marketplaces, notably fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) marketplaces, … The post B2B Marketplaces → Financial Operating System (Fintech January Newsletter) appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

Investing in Vesta Posted: 27 Jan 2022 05:05 AM PST Buying a home is the largest financial decision most of us will make. A mortgage is almost always necessary to facilitate this purchase. However, this critical financial instrument is one of the most stressful and cumbersome parts of the home … The post Investing in Vesta appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

A Decade of Deep Learning: How the AI Startup Experience Has Evolved Posted: 02 Mar 2022 08:00 AM PST The artificial intelligence field has evolved dramatically since the deep learning revolution kicked off in 2012, and Richard Socher has been around for all of it. He earned his PhD from Stanford working on NLP (natural language processing) before co-founding an AI startup called MetaMind in 2013. He then spent several years leading the AI... Read More The post A Decade of Deep Learning: How the AI Startup Experience Has Evolved appeared first on Future.

The Future of the a16z Podcast Posted: 23 Feb 2022 10:37 AM PST Today, we're excited to announce our search for the next host of the a16z Podcast. The new host will take ownership of one of the most successful tech podcasts of the last decade and lead the franchise into its next act, as the flagship show of the a16z podcast network.   Since 2014, the a16z Podcast... Read More The post The Future of the a16z Podcast appeared first on Future.

The Missing Link Between Web2 and Web3: Custody Posted: 18 Feb 2022 08:31 AM PST Crypto faces a major barrier when it comes to mainstream adoption: The user journey is complicated and not yet built-out, and it's not at all easy or intuitive for people new to crypto to even do the simplest possible thing — hold complete control over their own digital assets. Of course, it's not required that... Read More The post The Missing Link Between Web2 and Web3: Custody appeared first on Future.

Why SQL Needs Software Libraries Posted: 17 Feb 2022 08:00 AM PST Try as they may, critics of SQL (structured query language) have never really been able to dent its popularity. Decades after its creation, the majority of the world's databases still run on SQL, and the majority of data analysis still happens via SQL queries. It's not too big a stretch to say that the digital... Read More The post Why SQL Needs Software Libraries appeared first on Future.

Building for the 99% Developers Posted: 16 Feb 2022 08:00 AM PST Should you move to serverless? Is GraphQL the answer to your API woes? Should you follow the latest DevOps playbook to increase your system reliability? In the world of tech tools, there's a lot of buzz. But it doesn't always reflect the daily reality of programmers. As the founder of a developer tools startup, I've... Read More The post Building for the 99% Developers appeared first on Future.

Info Diet: Replit CEO Amjad Masad Posted: 14 Feb 2022 12:21 PM PST Info Diet offers a peek into the personally curated feeds and media habits of the people shaping the future. In each installment, a different builder spends two days chronicling everything they read, follow, listen to, and watch in order to stay ahead of what's next. This time: Amjad Masad, cofounder and CEO of the online... Read More The post Info Diet: Replit CEO Amjad Masad appeared first on Future.

How to Use Massive AI Models (Like GPT-3) in Your Startup Posted: 11 Feb 2022 07:00 AM PST As machine learning technology has matured and moved from research curiosity to something industrial-grade, the methods and infrastructure needed to support large-scale machine learning have also evolved. Taking advantage of these advances represents both opportunities and risks for startups – almost all of which are leveraging machine learning in one way or another as they... Read More The post How to Use Massive AI Models (Like GPT-3) in Your Startup appeared first on Future.

A Guide to DeSci, the Latest Web3 Movement Posted: 09 Feb 2022 09:49 AM PST A growing number of scientists and entrepreneurs are leveraging blockchain tools, including smart contracts and tokens, in an attempt to improve modern science. Collectively, their work has become known as the decentralized science movement, or DeSci. Still in its infancy, DeSci lies at the intersection of two broader trends: 1) efforts within the scientific community... Read More The post A Guide to DeSci, the Latest Web3 Movement appeared first on Future.

Go-to-Market in Web3: New Mindsets, Tactics, Metrics Posted: 04 Feb 2022 12:07 PM PST Every company faces some version of the "cold start problem": How do you get started from nothing? How do you acquire customers? How do you create network effects — where your product or service becomes more valuable to its users as more people use it — that create incentives for even more customers to sign... Read More The post Go-to-Market in Web3: New Mindsets, Tactics, Metrics appeared first on Future.

How to Excel in Tech Without Learning to Code Posted: 28 Jan 2022 08:00 AM PST Software is becoming a bigger and bigger part of our lives, but do we actually understand how it works?  We might be the tech savants in our families, and know our way around a smartphone or laptop. But that's just the surface; the reality is that most of us don't actually understand how most of... Read More The post How to Excel in Tech Without Learning to Code appeared first on Future.

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