Sridhar A

entrepreneur

[Sridhar A @sridharfyi]

i resigned from venture capital today.

after spending years backing founders, i’ve realized the startup ecosystem is moving far too quickly toward self-improving companies and i can no longer participate in a system that gambles with our lives.

more thoughts below.

[Sridhar A @iamasridhar]

Bengaluru weather has staged a coup.

31–32°C, barely any rain, and suddenly the city has overthrown its own “pleasant weather” reputation. 🌤️🥵

Bengaluru, who authorized this regime change?

[16VC @16vchq]

16VC Founder Office Hours — Round 2 🚀

We did our first one last month, and we’re back again!

If the conversations keep being this good, we’re planning to make this a monthly thing for founders around the world. 🌍

📅 Aug 31 | 9:30 PM IST
💻 Online | Free

Bring your ideas, questions, or challenges. Let’s talk.

👉 https://t.co/dfF26XjcEG

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

YC is for founders, by founders.

Applications for Fall 2026 close on July 27: https://t.co/gNl84ElBrq

[16VC @16vchq]

Describe your startup in 3 words.

We'll reply to a few with our first impression.

[Microsoft Learn @MicrosoftLearn]

Thinking about adopting AI at your company? Don’t rush it.

Use Microsoft’s AI Adoption Framework for a clear path:

1. AI Strategy: where you set goals
2. AI Plan: pick use cases
3. AI Ready: prep data and teams
4. Govern AI: ensure responsible use
5. Secure AI: protect models and data
6. Manage AI: keep systems reliable

[Tim Cook @tim_cook]

We’re proud to expand our work with Broadcom with a new agreement to produce billions more chips in the US! It's our largest ever American Manufacturing Program commitment and an important step in our work to build an end-to-end silicon supply chain in the US.

[Sridhar A @sridharfyi]

in 2022, we started @AngelFunds5, a small syndicate backing founders we believed in.

the more founders we worked with, the more we realized that capital wasn't enough.

founders needed a community.
they needed accountability.
they needed honest feedback from people who had been through the journey before.

that realization led us to build @16vchq.

from 2022 to 2025, we kept experimenting.

we designed different versions of a founder fellowship.
we planned in-person programs.
we scrapped ideas.
we postponed launches.
we started over more times than we'd like to admit.

it wasn't easy, but every failed attempt taught us something.

eventually, we stopped asking ourselves, "how do we build the perfect fellowship?"

instead, we asked, "what do founders actually need?"

that question led us to build a remote-first founder fellowship that brings together ambitious founders, operators, and investors from around the world.

today, we're excited to welcome the first cohort of the 16vc founder fellowship.

to everyone who applied, shared feedback, supported us, or believed in what we were building over the last few years, thank you.

you helped shape this.

meet the founders and the companies they're building:
https://t.co/l0OHcz03ju

this is not the end of the journey.

it's the beginning of what we hope becomes a global community where founders can find capital, mentorship, meaningful relationships, and the support they need to build enduring companies.

we're just getting started.

[Sridhar A @sridharfyi]

hey solo founders

what are you building right now? pitch your saas below 👇

[Sridhar A @iamasridhar]

my hometown

[16VC @16vchq]

drop your startup link

get some traffic

[Yahoo Finance @YahooFinance]

Hinge CEO Jackie Jantos explains why Gen Z struggles with dating.

[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

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[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

It is humbling to consider that if we harness just 1 millionth of the Sun’s power for AI, that will be much more than a million times the intelligence of all of humanity

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

SpaceX has exercised the option to acquire @cursor_ai in an all-stock transaction with the goal of building the world’s most useful AI models.

For the past few months, SpaceXAI has been jointly training a model with Cursor, which will be released in Cursor and Grok Build soon.

We look forward to working closely with the Cursor team to advance our frontier AI capabilities

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

As of 2026, Tamil Nadu is the only state in India that does not have any Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs). As the name indicates, this policy was formulated when Congress was in power and the BJP has continued it.

It is generally a bad idea for one state to keep resisting policies every other state, including non-BJP states, accept.

DMK pursued that arrogant policy and lost.

Given that the Congress is in the ruling alliance in Tamil Nadu, I hope they push for Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya schools in the interest of our Tamil Nadu students.

Accepting Jawahar Navodaya Schools would not lose a single vote and in fact may win many votes from grateful parents. Pragmatism in such matters is politically wise.

[16VC @16vchq]

if you were starting from zero today:

would you rather have

A. $2M in funding

or

B. 100,000 highly engaged followers in your niche

you can only choose one.

why?

[Sridhar A @sridharfyi]

what would you choose for your startup launch?

what would you pick and why?

[Sridhar A @sridharfyi]

early-stage founders: here’s a curated list of top founder fellowships & accelerator programs worth applying to
👇

🚀 @ycombinator
🚀 @techstars
🚀 @hf0residency
🚀 @beondeck
🚀 @sequoia arc
🚀 @a16z
🚀 @16vchq
🚀 @antlerglobal
🚀 @joinef
🚀 @spc
🚀 @pearvc
🚀 @neo
🚀 @founderuni
🚀 @boostvc
🚀 @launchhouse
🚀 @seedcamp
🚀 @500globalvc

if you’re building in ai, saas, fintech, climate, devtools, or consumer these programs can change your trajectory.

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[16VC @16vchq]

16VC is hiring Summer Interns globally. Great opportunity for students and early-stage builders looking to work with a fast-growing venture capital ecosystem focused on startups, AI, and emerging tech.

Apply here: https://t.co/PdU9N6TxZP 🌍

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