Mike Manning
@ravmike
@a16zcrypto comms. Ex-@stripe & @facebook. Wisconsin sports fan.
30 years ago today, @pmarca basically launched the web 1.0 era: "By the power vested in me by nobody in particular, alpha/beta version 0.5 of NCSA's Motif-based networked information systems and World Wide Web browser, X Mosaic, is hereby released..." groups.google.com/g/comp.infosys…
AI is moving beyond the browser and into the real world. The bottleneck? Data. Today we’re announcing a $15M seed round led by @a16zcrypto to build infra that collects, curates, and licenses high-quality data for physical AI. Incubated by and built on @StoryProtocol.
Yet another exciting project at the intersection of crypto and AI, incubated by @StoryProtocol 🔱
Excited to announce we’re leading a $15M seed round in Poseidon, which was incubated by @StoryProtocol and is building a decentralized data layer to coordinate supply and demand for AI training data. The first generation of AI foundation models were trained on data that seemed…
With GENIUS and CLARITY, the US will lead in crypto/blockchain/web3. 🇺🇸🚀
With the GENIUS Act celebration done, builders already want to know what's next. The answer is CLARITY – crypto market structure legislation – which also got overwhelming bipartisan support in the House last week. Here's everything you need to get caught up on CLARITY:
So much to celebrate today. Congrats to everyone in the industry and on both sides of the aisle who worked so hard to make GENIUS possible. Next up: the CLARITY Act to establish a clear regulatory framework for blockchain systems and digital assets.
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…
super cool experience to watch @anyprobisnoprob at Radio City Music Hall.
day 2 of the @ChristiesInc art + tech summit ended with the screening of @anyprobisnoprob a film following the journey of founders taking part in @a16zcrypto startup school it was great to watch the film and get live insights from founders @elliefarrisi @RyanOuyang_ !!!
The House just made history by passing major legislation on stablecoins (GENIUS Act) and market structure (CLARITY Act) in an overwhelmingly bipartisan way. This is a huge moment for crypto and for all Americans. We’re very close to having comprehensive, proactive rules in place…
CLARITY passes the house 294-134. What an incredible moment.
Andor season 3: the Empire raises a down round
You can now make AI video that's "filmed" in a real location 🤯 Like this Stormtrooper's fundraising vlog that tours @a16z's SF office - and looks just like the real thing! It's easy to put AI characters in your own office, home, or vacation spot. How to do it 👇
The upcoming era of AI, digital money, and quantum computing will require a new standard for secure and interoperable communication. @xmtp_ is a protocol for the future of messaging — open, decentralized, and quantum-resistant. Just as SMTP laid the foundation for email at the…
We’re thrilled to announce our $20M Series B to fuel XMTP’s mission: 🌐 Build the most secure, decentralized messaging protocol 🤖 Support any identity across any digital ecosystem 📡 Help fuel the next generation of messaging applications XMTP is rebuilding secure messaging…
Finally, we can own and control our messaging the way we own & control our money. Today at NewDayOne, @baseapp + XMTP unlock a new surface for builders: AI + Money + Secure group chats It’s time to build agents & mini-apps that work for people, not platforms. Let’s dive in👇
Hello from @baseapp Coinbase Wallet is now much more than a wallet. Your new home to create, earn, trade, discover apps, and chat with friends all in one place.
41,000 true fans
For years, we assumed consumers wouldn’t pay for software. Now people are happily paying $200+/mo for products like Claude, Grok 4 Heavy and Gemini. Not because they’re for everyone, but because they’re 100x better for someone. The free tier is the funnel. The real product is…
Big congrats to @KatzAnton and the entire @talostrading team! Adding super robust data infrastructure is the obvious next step in Talos’s roadmap to take over all aspects of the institutional trading market, and the Coin Metrics acquisition accelerates their path to doing that.…
Another mammoth crypto M&A deal as the digital assets trading infrastructure unicorn Talos acquires the blockchain data provider Coin Metrics for more than $100 million. More here: fortune.com/crypto/2025/07…
This was really impressive, how did they get that projection across the whole diamond?
A tribute to Hank Aaron ⚾️
Beautiful new work by @emilyxxie in collab w/ Voices Onchain by @a16zcrypto. 100 attendees at the 10th @ChristiesInc Art + Tech Summit will receive this commemorative piece after a special screening of @anyprobisnoprob at Radio City Music Hall. Big thanks to @manifoldxyz too.
Static Trace –– my latest work. Organic forms and textures fractured by pixelated panels and glitches.
CLARITY’s control-based maturity framework is the best regulatory approach to decentralization that’s ever been proposed. It’s an approach that can both foster innovation and protect consumers. Proud to join the 50+ industry stakeholders aligning behind it.
The industry has made it clear: effective blockchain policy must incentivize decentralization. DRC and 50 other leading stakeholders in the crypto industry just delivered a joint letter to @SpeakerJohnson, @RepJeffries, @LeaderJohnThune, and @SenSchumer in support of the CLARITY…
High schoolers should be required to take a class on personal finance. 🏦Budgeting and saving 💸What interest means for credit cards, BNPL, etc 💳Credit scores and how they're used 📈The basics of investing 🪄The magic of compound interest Why do we let young people learn…
What a finish!
PATRICK BAILEY WALK-OFF INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUN @SFGIANTS WIN!