Brent Liang
@liangsays
new media @a16z, ex @tbpn, building culture machines
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…
many of my strongly held opinions have been formed through arguments + book clubs with henry a brilliant mind and huge win for @a16z !!
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.
New @a16z podcast - it's the battle of the agentic browsers! 🥊 I tested @diabrowser and @PerplexityComet for a week, to see if either could dethrone Google Chrome. Who emerged as my "winner"? 👇
best coverage from tesla diner comes from the @tbpn interns
The interns have descended
it's 2025. founding corporate media engineers are the new aristocracy. frontier labs are no longer frontier without a podcast
reality hits. you wake up in 2025. corporate media is the current thing. you have 2 years to escape the permanent underclass. the clock is ticking. it's time to build
2022: AI 2023: AI 2024: AI 2025: Corporate Media
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?"
the gold rush continues. the biggest secrets of sv new media are that 1) there's a critical lack of creative talents and 2) these talents are usually underestimated and underpaid. whoever understands and solves this will achieve a level cultural ascendency never seen before
New: Palantir's CTO and several early employees are raising money to launch Founders Films, a film and TV production studio that aims to "say yes to projects about American exceptionalism, name America’s enemies, back artists unconditionally, take risk on novel IP.”
The Medicaid world needs @hifortunahealth more than ever: because of the relentless pace of federal and state Medicaid policy changes over the last few years, Medicaid eligibility is getting way more complex. A lot of the chatter has been focused on reduced eligibility, but…
Fortuna Health has raised an $18M Series A from @a16z to double down on modernizing Medicaid. 2.5 years ago, we set out with the lofty goal to build the TurboTax for Medicaid and government coverage. Sounds easy… until you’re learning the eligibility, deadline, and…
However important you think the ability to get attention on social media (especially short-form video) is, it's more important. YC and Cluely taking over tech culture. Zohran likely becoming the next mayor of NYC from an effective tiktok campaign. MrBeast building a multibillion…
incredible things are happening
hmmm i’ve been gifted a mysterious box with my name on it
it's time to build (new media). the great gold rush begins
i'm hiring @stripe for a unique role unconventional candidates welcome! you'll: [x] manage stripe's social media handles [x] create novel ways to share product updates online [x] produce demos, visuals, and tweets [x] spend lots of time with startups and devs [x] shape how…
It is hard for me to put into words how excited I am about this. We @a16z are extremely proud to be associated with it.
1/ It's time to bring back "designed in California, made in California.” Today, at @reindsummit, @ashleevance and I introduced Solano Foundry, the largest advanced manufacturing park in America, an hour north of Silicon Valley. Built by @CAForever with @JLL. 🧵
huge win for @a16z henry quite literally changed my life. I relocated to sf to live with henry about 1 month after meeting him and its awesome to be able to watch him step up to the role a true wordcel, a true polymath, i've spend many days chatting to him about many low brow…
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.
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.
would bet my career on @humford. happy and grateful. high calorie media only
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.