BrewJohnson

Founder of Loan Labs.

Former founder & CEO @PeerStreet, a marketplace for investing in real estate backed loans that ended tragically.

[BrewJohnson @brewjohnson]

@ReaLtimes69 @grok what movie is this?

[BrewJohnson @brewjohnson]

@jefferydhughes @speedrun World class founders with bold ideas (and ideally some traction)

[BrewJohnson @brewjohnson]

friends/ex-colleagues — if anyone wants an intro to the a16z speedrun team, please email/DM me! @speedrun is a combination of founder boot camp + summer camp. Incredibly valuable and fun!

[andrew chen @andrewchen]

ok - dropping big dates/news for a16z speedrun:

- starting TODAY, founders can apply for the 2026 program that runs July 27 to Oct 11 in SF

here's the link: https://t.co/opkX4cIaCF

- we will be investing up to $1M and funding 70+ companies over the next few weeks

- But there's also $5M in credits/tokens/etc from AWS/GCP/Open AI/Azure/NVIDIA/Deel/Stripe/etc. You'll also work with our amazing operating team (GTM, talent, brand, people, and more), and join our community of elite founders

- we offer a Global Founders Program for international founders, to help with visas, banking support, relo recommendations

- yes you can be solo (but better if you're further along, and have built a team). No you don't have to have an idea yet. Yes you have to know how to build (even if you're not technical)

- Also, in other news: speedun is officially moving full-time to SF. (prev it alternated SF/LA) this is for all the obv reasons

- we've continued to have an insane lineup of speakers, including the founders of Carta / DoorDash / Twilio / Figma / Zynga / Airtable / Twitch / and of course, lunch/dinners with Marc/Ben alongside a16z team - and much more

- the deadline for applying is May 17!

[BrewJohnson @brewjohnson]

@aakashgupta @grok how common is this?

[James Woods @RealJamesWoods]

Dear President Trump, Thomas Sowell is an American treasure. Please consider honoring him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. I can’t think of a greater representative of American values.

[BrewJohnson @brewjohnson]

@JohnStossel

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@pmarca found some more

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@beyondmach5 @speedrun should be open

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@kevinlewis4801 @speedrun shoot me a dm

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@kcjr82 @speedrun this is true

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@DataChaz reminds me of the “kramer pants story" https://t.co/ADquImH9wg

[BrewJohnson @brewjohnson]

@BrianNorgard @standardsubsea @cwamidon Next time you’re in the Gundo stop by the Loan Labs office. would love to catch up.

[BrewJohnson @brewjohnson]

i am dying reading through @pmarca’s tweets from the past couple days. the whole series on introspection is a masterpiece. so many classics.

[BrewJohnson @brewjohnson]

@pmarca 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Marcus Segal @marcussegal]

@YengT9 let's go lekondo!!!

[Michael Shermer @michaelshermer]

"the greatest modern medical scandal since lobotomies."
@geraldposner on the ongoing controversy over gender affirming care, an ideological movement about to collapse under the weight of lawsuits by detransitioners who want their mutilated bodies back.
https://t.co/BXoo8Lq7sd

[Kane 謝凱堯 @kane]

The end state of California’s “restorative justice” experiment is sacrificing all the commons so criminals aren’t ever inconvenienced by consequences.

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

This is absolutely insane

Democrats increased the number of middle managers at the City of San Diego by 461% from 70 in 2015 to 373 today

These are government positions paid for by taxpayers for things like “homelessness, climate change, sustainability and more”

“The number of middle managers at the city of San Diego has increased by 461% since 2015, while the city's population increased by just 1%.

In fact, middle manager positions grew 23 times faster than the number of frontline workers, which also increased over that period — the city created new unclassified positions to be more innovative in the areas of homelessness, climate change, sustainability and more.

And now, according to a report from the City of San Diego, the city has twice the number of middle managers as Los Angeles on a percentage of workforce basis.”

- Richard Bailey, former Mayor Coronado

[Magnus Johnson @MagnusJohnson88]

Last high school football game at the Lions All Star game 60th annual game. Flew around all day disrupting the other team. Was number 44 in blue. #hungry #Dline #classof2026 #uncommitted

[BrewJohnson @brewjohnson]

@Nexxa_AI @constructcap @a16z So glad I could be along for the ride. I'm sure you could have done it without me, but then again, maybe not?