founder (a16z speedrun); software engineer, @aws @facebook u; ironman, @usatriathlon; host, @0to1pod; angel investor
New York, NY
Joined December 2024
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people forget that data isn't a fungible commodity
more data doesn’t automatically mean better models. quality, diversity, and relevance matter, not just volume
that’s why i think the race for the right data will be more interesting than the race for compute and power
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high-quality data is the bottleneck at the frontier right now
anyone telling you otherwise is just coping
automation never ends. you automate one function, freeing humans to take on new tasks that eventually become candidates for automation themselves
the cycle continues
data might just be the fastest-proliferating asset class of the decade
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the easiest way to get hired
i'm begging you:
- pick 10 startups that raised a seed round in the last 6 months
- sign up and use each product like a real customer for one day
- write down every spot where you got stuck or confused
- pick the 3 worst ones and record a 2 min loom showing how you'd fix them
- send it to the founder on X with one line: "used [product] today, here's what i'd fix first"
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For everyone who's been DM'ing me about @speedrun, the team just answered pretty much everything you need to know!
NEW: INVESTOR ADVICE FOR APPLYING TO SPEEDRUN (SR008 EDITION)
Every cohort we sit down with our investors to hear what’s top of mind. This time @ndrewlee got in the booth with @kenanhsaleh, @emilybenn12, @seeamshahidnoor, and @tkexpress11 to talk about:
00:00 - what’s changed in apps this cycle
04:15 - team vs. market vs. traction: how we weigh them
08:14 - hot markets vs. ones that feel inevitable
10:36 - spotting the gaps the frontier models leave
13:35 - where speedrun fits in your founder journey
22:26 - how to make your application stand out
30:05 - common mistakes (AI is not your “why now”)
38:46 - the 10-min interview + co-founder dynamics
45:41 - what you get working with speedrun
SR008 apps close Nov 1. Watch the full roundtable here 👇
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urgently need to speak with someone at @useKled within the next 24 hours
support said they’d get back to me within 48 hours but i still haven’t heard anything and this is pretty important
would really appreciate an intro to anyone on the team
speedrun is the best decision i’ve taken for my company. dm me if you want to be part of SR008
Applications for @speedrun are now open! If you’re an ambitious, high agency founder - we want to meet you
We’ll bring the capital, customers, & talent - you bring yourself and your wildest ideas
Speedrun is an inception fund. We are your first believers - writing the first check and growing with you as your startup scales
Speedrun founders get up to $1M in funding and over $10M in startup credits across compute, cloud, marketing, and more
Speedrun is for founders with big ideas. We have teams creating new forms of datacenters, constructing orbital space platforms, disrupting 50yo vertical software incumbents, building novel AI doctors, and more
In a world where AI has made building easier than ever, the only cap on what a startup can achieve is the limit of their ambition. So we write the first check precisely on the ideas that sound a little crazy
apply at the link below before apps close on Nov 1st
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Lots of interest in my DMs! I’ll set aside some time today to go through the pitches and decide who should be connected to Speedrun. Thanks guys!
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Would do another 12 weeks just to work with Josh again
Despite having experienced every cohort so far, it always surprises me just how much a driven, ambitious team can get done in 12 weeks.
I've seen companies go from a standing start to putting a real dent in the world. I've seen teams multiply in size, gobbling S tier people along the way and turning their company into a gravity well for talent. I've seen revenue/usage/DAU go parabolic
SR008 applications are officially open. Show us what you'll be able to do in 12 weeks. It's time to apply (link below)
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demo day @speedrun tomorrow
the a16z speedrun office literally looks like a war zone right now
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higgsfield pretty much killed influencer marketing
this shit is getting so realistic you can literally manufacture an entire influencer content pipeline with ai
no wonder they’re doing $800m ARR
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how can meta ads be this bad?
it’s like none of the filters i set are respected
25+? i’m getting 16 year olds.
within the us? i’m getting people all over the world
and no, i didn’t use advantage+ if that’s what you’re wondering
i understand it self-optimizes, but it’s supposed to self-optimize within the boundaries i set
can’t believe one of the top 5 companies in the world has its largest money machine this broken
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vibe working is going to have the exact same consequences as the early days of social media
you can deny it, but I’ve been talking to hundreds of agents every day, with entire swarms basically running departments in my company like they’re fucking employees
I expect them to respond instantly. I expect the work to be perfect. If it isn’t, I just threaten them and tell them to try again. There’s no waiting, no capacity, no stopping cue
it’s the same easy dopamine loop social media created, except instead of infinite social validation, it’s infinite agency:
thought → command → work happens → result
over and over again
there’s no way this doesn’t do something to our brains
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