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Nov 13, 2024 | 
a16z.com | Kimberly Ane Tan |David Ulevitch |Angela Strange |Jeff Silverstein
As AI turns labor into software, the opportunity to productize external professional services (e.g., in legal or accounting) has become a hot topic. However, we believe there is also substantial opportunity in productizing internal work within organizations. These responsibilities often fall under the umbrella term of “operations” and can range from full-time data entry and front desk roles, to routine operational tasks embedded in every other role.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
a16z.com | Ben Horowitz |David Ulevitch |Marc Andreessen |David George
“You can hate me now, but I won’t stop now.” Nas It has come to my attention that Techcrunch is working on yet another piece on me. This time they seem to be curious about my donations to the Las Vegas Metro Police Department. To save everyone some time and from yet another unsubstantiated narrative, I thought I’d share how I’ve been helping the LVMPD become the most technologically advanced police department in the world.
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May 21, 2024 | 
a16z.com | David Ulevitch |Katherine Boyle |Erin Price-Wright |Martin Casado
We believe the most successful American Dynamism companies share a few common characteristics:They’re able to anticipate technological turning points and breakthroughs. They identify, recruit, and empower the world’s best engineers by giving them insanely hard, cross-disciplinary problems to own. They continuously push the limits of what’s possible with technology, and innovate quickly through both success and failure.
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May 6, 2024 | 
a16z.com | Erin Price-Wright |Ryan McEntush |Katherine Boyle |David Ulevitch
In the year and a half since ChatGPT launched a new AI wave, a crucial shortfall has dominated headlines: the insatiable demand for GPU computing resources. But when we talk to cloud leaders and data center operators to understand why there’s a compute crunch, it’s clear that access to power is often a bigger bottleneck than access to NVIDIA’s coveted GPUs themselves.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
a16z.com | Ryan McEntush |David Ulevitch |Katherine Boyle |Erin Price-Wright
The electric grid, a vast and complex system of wires and power plants, is essential to our economy and underpins our industrial strength. Currently, we face a critical challenge: our electricity demands — expected to nearly double by 2040 due to factors like AI compute, reshoring, and “electrification” — are soaring, but our grid infrastructure and operations struggle to keep pace.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
a16z.com | David Ulevitch |Katherine Boyle |Martin Casado |Ryan McEntush
Artificial intelligence is transforming every aspect of technology, from how we code to how we sell to how we build companies. But perhaps more than any other sector, artificial intelligence is transforming the physical world in ways that were recently unimaginable. From supply chains and robotics to advanced factories and industrial autonomy, LLMs and other AI models are powering the next wave of transformation in the physical domain in ways we’re only just beginning to comprehend.
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Mar 5, 2024 | 
a16z.com | Katherine Boyle |David Ulevitch |Ryan McEntush |Lauren Murrow
California has long been ground zero for the new: new technologies, new frontiers, new arts and culture. In this session from the a16z American Dynamism Summit, moderated by a16z General Partner Katherine Boyle, California Forever CEO Jan Sramek discusses building an ambitious new city between San Francisco and Sacramento, why he firmly believes California’s best days are still ahead, and what he and his team are doing to realize that vision.
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Jan 2, 2024 | 
a16z.com | Ryan McEntush |David Ulevitch |Porter Smith
Aerodome MISSION Deploying automated, video-equipped drones for faster emergency response FOUNDERS Rahul Sidhu (CEO) and Kenaniah Cerny (Chief Architect) HEADQUARTERS New York, NY JOBS CREATED Former police officer Rahul Sidhu developed the concept for Aerodome during the pandemic, when labor shortages and increased demand hampered consistent emergency response.
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
a16z.com | David Ulevitch |Ben Horowitz |Todd McKinnon |Ariel Cohen
Given the complexities involved with airline operations, air traffic management, air defense, and everything in-between, you might assume that major U.S. airlines and the U.S. government use only the most sophisticated, best-in-class technology to handle their flight and operations planning.
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Nov 29, 2023 | 
a16z.com | David Ulevitch |Ryan McEntush |Kimberly Ane Tan |Julie Yoo
As technological development has heightened living standards, so, too, has it raised our expectations of what it means to live in a safe society. Yet many of our cities grapple with understaffed police, fire, and public safety services. While we’ve seen tech advancements benefit consumers and businesses, public safety lags far behind. Why can’t we connect with 911 operators on FaceTime or WhatsApp to easily share photos and videos from the scene?
