Alex Rampell

Jan 13, 2025 | a16z.com | Zach Cohen |Bryan Kim |Alex Rampell

An end-to-end design platform built specifically for retail product design. With Raspberry AI, designers can gather trend research, survey synthetic customer groups to product-test ideas, and generate real-world assets in seconds.

Dec 11, 2024 | a16z.com | Alex Rampell |Angela Strange |David Haber

Did you know the U.S. nurse labor market is over $600 billion annually, but the dedicated software market for nurses is almost zero? In this episode General Partners Alex Rampell, David Haber, and Angela Strange discuss how AI is revolutionizing labor by automating tasks traditionally done by humans.They’ll trace the evolution of cloud eras —...

Aug 22, 2024 | a16z.com | Alex Rampell |Marc Andrusko |Angela Strange |Anish Acharya

For centuries, the biggest goal of science was alchemy — to turn lead into gold. It turns out this is actually possible in nuclear physics and is called transmutation. Bombard mercury with neutrons in a nuclear reactor or particle accelerator…and presto! Gold. Today, thanks to AI, we are witnessing potentially the greatest transmutation in history. Software becomes labor. It’s the new E=MC2. Capital buys coffee, engineers, and GPUs. Out comes code that takes the role of labor.

May 30, 2024 | detroitchamber.com | Anjelica Miller |Alex Rampell |Andreessen Horowitz |Varun Krishna

AI will begin replacing services that are traditionally expensive to do quickly, such as verification, validation, and other tedious tasks. AI saves time in building relationships and other “human” tasks. AI should work hand-in-hand with professionals and employees.

May 13, 2024 | a16z.com | Alex Rampell |Bryan Kim |Anish Acharya |Angela Strange

Here’s a math puzzle:A good salesperson can sell 50 widgets a year, earns $100,000 a year, and will not take a pay cut. A company has an amazing new widget that needs to be sold (people will not find it on their own/aren’t looking for it). Prospective customers of this company’s new widget will happily pay $500/year, but not a dollar more. How will this company do? To quote Mean Girls: “The limit does not exist!” Or, more accurately, the company cannot exist.