Erik Torenberg

This is the part of the new job at @a16z that I’m most excited about: Building an incredible team. I’ve been deeply impressed by the level of talent and ambition here and I’m pumped to build off it. We’re hiring for the following roles first at the intersection of media,…

Whether it's Steph Curry talking about his shot, or Tiger Woods talking about his stroke, I get chills hearing experts talking about their craft

They said it couldn't be done. They said it *shouldn't* be done. We tried anyways. Today we're launching Ash, the first AI designed for therapy, and announcing $93M in funding from @radicalventures @ForerunnerVC @a16z @felicis @trailmixvc @joinsequel and many more. We've had…

In my early 30s, as I was hitting a wall, I started asking myself questions like "Why am I working so hard?" "What's it all for?" "Am I climbing the wrong hill?" Now, with more wisdom, I ask questions like "How can I help?" "What's the valuation?" "Who else is investing?"

Welcome to the era of self-eating software. In the old world, software disrupted taxis, sales, and back office. In the new world, AI is disrupting software itself. “The profession that I’ve dedicated my entire life to is being disrupted, and it’s very exciting because it’s…

Magellan is a lot COOLER than Justin Beiber

It was an honor to be present @WhiteHouse to see @POTUS sign into law America’s first crypto legislation. This is truly a historic moment.  Stablecoins and crypto offer a full upgrade to the financial and payment systems. It offers an egalitarian system that doesn’t care about…

Henry will be one of the great thinkers and conveners across tech and DC over the next decade.

I'm joining @eriktorenberg at @a16z on the new media team. Our mission: curate the most important conversations in technology (via podcasts, writing, and group chats), capture our world as it transforms, and write the history of the future in advance. If that compels you, DM me.

US per capita energy usage peaked in 1973. China's has increased 9x since then. We forgot how to build mega projects. Our grid has ossified. Our partner @rmcentush explains:

We're excited to be backing @thinkymachines under @miramurati's leadership. 2 years ago, we asked her about the future of AI. This was her response:

Thrilled to back @miramurati and the world-class team behind ~ every major recent AI research and product breakthrough. RL (PPO, TRPO, GAE), reasoning, multimodal, Character, and of course ChatGPT! No one is better positioned to advance the frontier. Excited to see the future…

Thinking Machines Lab exists to empower humanity through advancing collaborative general intelligence. We're building multimodal AI that works with how you naturally interact with the world - through conversation, through sight, through the messy way we collaborate. We're…

BREAKING: Early TBPN hire @liangsays has been traded to @a16z.

The superteam is starting to take shape. More coming.

today i start my next chapter building new media efforts @a16z alongside @eriktorenberg. we are putting together a small superteam to craft the story arc of the greatest american venture firm over the next decade grateful to @tbpn for a generational ride. blessed to work with a…

“ If you are AI-native right now, coming out of college, the amount you can teach a company is unbelievable.” New grads: AI fluency is a superpower and a wedge into your next job. Big companies move slowly. If you can teach them how to move faster with AI, you’ll stand out.…

Another media theory: Boomer = believes what’s on the television Millennial = believes what’s on the internet Gen X = knew the boomers were full of shit Gen Z = know the millennials are full of shit