Technology
A robot that maps your home doesn't have to film it. Lidar can handle a lot of what a home robot needs to see, but it's less blind and less private than people assume, and that gap is where the real product decision sits.
Artificial Intelligence
We only made code readable because people had to read it. As agents write more of it, I think they'll end up with a language of their own, and the danger is how few of us will bother to look.
Performance Marketing
Meta quietly added {{media_type}} to the Build URL parameter list. It lands exactly when a single ad becomes a container of 10 assets.
Reinventing School for the AI Era | Joe Liemandt, Gagan Biyani & Erik Torenberg on the a16z Show
Two interviews explain the shift. One startup fixes documents so agents can work. One generation dumps raw thoughts into AI and trusts it to organize. The next natives will think differently.
LLY just became the 10th largest US company. Obesity built the base. Neuroscience, and drugs that reduce the need for sleep, may build the next leg.
Old metric was cost per drone. New metric is cost per resolved target. Better ROI means Founders Fund backed players win more contracts.
Cancer hits older people hardest. Curing it adds 10 years of life. That breaks pensions. So it will not be prioritized.
Jay Clayton is now AI Czar and DNI. A Wall Street lawyer running Super Intelligence Force. Signals AI is now national security, not just tech. Age of reconnaissance is here.
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Reinventing School for the AI Era | Joe Liemandt, Gagan Biyani & Erik Torenberg on the a16z Show
CAPTCHAs fail against AI agents. Passwords fail against phishing. Platforms turn to biometrics as proof that a real human authorizes agent actions.
Meta and Google built fortunes on ads. When AI agents become the buyer, trust beats targeting. The best hedge is monetizing AI itself.
Token costs falling 13x a year. Inference costs down 280x. When intelligence becomes commodity, defensibility moves from model to workflow.
Signal now lets you sign up without a phone number. WhatsApp added usernames for the same reason. The middle collapses.
Two interviews explain the shift. One startup fixes documents so agents can work. One generation dumps raw thoughts into AI and trusts it to organize. The next natives will think differently.
The most powerful solver is not always the expert. With AI as scaffolding and incentives as fuel, a masonry expert can fix an oil spill and a construction technique can keep rations fresh.
LLY just became the 10th largest US company. Obesity built the base. Neuroscience, and drugs that reduce the need for sleep, may build the next leg.
A San Francisco startup says it turned mercury into gold with fusion neutrons. The physics checks out. The economics do not, not yet.
a16z dropped the crypto label for a reason. Crypto became infrastructure. The next decade belongs to outer-planet builders combining AI, hardware, and programmable money.
Identity matters, but coalition matters more. Obama won with broad appeal. El-Sayed's Michigan Senate run is the first real test.
From first Iranian woman in space to CEO of XPRIZE. Engineer, entrepreneur, explorer. 20 years after orbit, she still pushes humanity forward.
