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Andreessen Horowitz is launching a selective, free academy to train young people for Silicon Valley startups, featuring no traditional grades or homework and partnerships with major tech companies like Google, Meta, and OpenAI.

a16z has raised an $8.5 billion Growth Fund to invest in six super trends including Enterprise AI, Consumer AI, and Healthcare, focusing on transformative technology cycles.

Andrew Chen announces funding for 20 global builders to attend SF Tech Week in October, with travel coverage and events including dinner with a16z investors.

Hosting a first-ever Grok bot build night for women in San Francisco with a16z, featuring speakers and hands-on build time.

The Global Founder Sprint by Speedrun is a one-week program in San Francisco during Tech Week, providing travel support and networking for early-stage founders building for the US market.

Over half of the billion-dollar companies in the US were founded or co-founded by immigrants; in early investments by a16z Apps, 44% have international founders. A multinational background is becoming a unique advantage and moat for entrepreneurs.

The Department of Justice is investigating Andreessen Horowitz for potential antitrust issues due to board seat conflicts between portfolio companies, raising questions about venture capital management in evolving markets.

Travis Kalanick, founder of Uber, shares his lesson on building a 'progress machine' to drive change and reveals his return with significant backing from a16z.

The tweet discusses the significant acquisitions of Cursor for $60 billion and OpenRouter for approximately $8 billion, highlighting a16z's success and Martin Casado's reaction.

A tweet from @gdb references a16z's chart highlighting a significant gap in AI spending between the top 1% and median companies.

a16z opens early applications for their Speedrun Alpha002 program, inviting builders to submit resumes for review over the weekend.

a16z believes that the hourly cost of a computer-using Agent ($6-8) is already lower than offshore outsourcing (~$10) and U.S. local talent ($30-45), and that as inference costs decline and open-source models improve, this trend will become even more pronounced.

a16z examines progress in computer-using AI agents, citing benchmark improvements that now surpass human-level performance on OSWorld-Verified and noting a shift from raw capability to reliable production deployment in enterprise workflows.

Marc Andreessen shares advice urging founders to raise prices based on value rather than cost, arguing that higher prices enable better products and faster growth.

Marc Andreessen shares startup advice on the importance of having a working prototype before fundraising and navigating the 'idea maze' through deep domain expertise.

Travis Kalanick's robotics company Atoms raised $1.7 billion in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Ben Horowitz joining the board. Uber also participated, marking a reunion with Kalanick, who previously founded the company.

Hebbia CEO George Sivulka points out that on average humans are cheaper than tokens, but at scale, high-quality tokens are cheaper. For the median enterprise, agent costs are around $80/hour, dropping to as low as $4/hour when well-managed, or spiking to $7,000/hour when poorly managed.

a16z shared a point from Hebbia CEO George Sivulka: AI did not replace human labor as expected; on the contrary, humans are cheaper than software, and AI creates more jobs than it eliminates.

The article discusses the trend where companies may soon spend more on AI tokens per employee than on human salaries, citing a 14.1% monthly growth in AI spending. It highlights that heavy AI adopters add more jobs, contradicting the narrative that AI replaces labor.

Andrew Chen promotes a16z Speedrun's talent network, offering warm introductions to candidates for roles at over 300 portfolio startups.