Jonathan Lai

Oct 31, 2024 | thestute.com | Jonathan Lai

Halloweekend. A college student created a holiday that entices a weekend of fun and in my case dressing up as a bear without getting weird looks. More known than this is Binghamton, which is famous for its parties and even more famous for its Halloweekend parties. Almost like a religious pilgrimage, college students from all over the U.S. flock to Binghamton to party in one of their Halloweekend venues. In anticipation of this weekend, I bought my Rilakkuma onesie from Temu and planned my trip.

Oct 17, 2024 | a16z.com | Jonathan Lai |Robin Guo

Anime is just getting started - today, new technologies and business models are accelerating a once niche industry to even greater heights.

Aug 28, 2024 | a16z.com | Jonathan Lai |Andrew Chen |Eros Resmini |Michael Chow

Stories are at the core of the human experience – we make sense of the world, find meaning, and connect with others through stories. Over the last century, many of our most beloved stories were enabled by technology shifts. In the 1930s, Disney invented the multiplane camera and was the first to create sound-synchronized, full color cartoons – eventually leading to the groundbreaking animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

May 30, 2024 | a16z.com | Vineeta Agarwala |Jonathan Lai |Jack Soslow |Luke Timmerman

“I remember reading an article…where they measured the efficiency of locomotion for all the species on planet Earth. And the condor won. Humans came in about a third of the way down the list, which was not such a great showing for the crown of creation. But somebody had the imagination to test the efficiency of a human riding a bicycle. Human on the bicycle blew away the condor, all the way off the top of the list.

May 9, 2024 | a16z.com | Jonathan Lai |Jack Soslow |Anish Acharya |Alex Immerman

If history is a guide, transformative breakthroughs emerge when powerful creative tools reach the masses. That’s why we’re thrilled to lead the $5M seed round for Yellow, a company focused on revolutionizing 3D character creation through generative AI. The potential impact is immense.