Marc Andrusko
@mandrusko1
B2B investment partner + other Marc A @a16z | prev. @Plaid @GoldmanSachs | will not rest until I win the @NewYorker cartoon caption contest.
1/ Systems of record are the backbone of so many businesses–especially when they store valuable customer and prospect data (Salesforce does $35B a year in top line!). But AI is flipping the sales cycle on its head, redefining what it means to sell. CRMs and other sales tools can…
"The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones." – John Maynard Keynes Young founders are seizing the moment. @zephratic and I break it down further in our piece. a16z.com/from-dorm-room…
Sat next to a banking MD on the train this AM. Guy was ripping camera-on Zooms sans headphones the entire trip. I counted at least 23 uses of “leveraged feh-nance.” Can’t decide whether this is the ultimate power move or totally batshit.
The real question is how many different toys can be playing the Bluey theme song at once
Operation Chokepoint 3.0 Under the Biden administration, Operation Chokepoint 2.0 tried to debank and deplatform crypto: financialservices.house.gov/news/documents… That era has ended, but now the banks are about to implement their own Chokepoint 3.0 — charging insanely high fees to access data…
First tweet ever. Hopefully the Series C won’t be the second. @_MomentHQ has raised a $36M Series B led by @indexventures to automate the $150T fixed income market. We're also announcing our partnership with LPL Financial, the largest broker-dealer in the U.S. Our team…
Gemini Live just helped me fix a kitchen cabinet in 30 seconds and I am in awe of both how good this technology has gotten and how hopeless I am at home improvement
Are AI startups actually growing faster than their pre-AI software peers? @omooretweets and I crunched the numbers and the answer is a resounding yes. Check out our analysis @a16z below 👇 a16z.com/revenue-benchm…
We need more energy, manufacturing, and critical minerals for the next generation of American innovation. Transferable tax credits are absolutely essential for critical industries and 🇺🇸 competitiveness! aei.org/economics/lawm…
1/ In any fast growing organization – one of the best feelings as a manager or CEO is having someone who works for you that I call “Safe Hands.”
I may have jumped the gun here but today marks my transition to moisture-wicking office apparel