Kevin Deeth

A16Z - Views expressed are my own.

[Kevin Deeth @kdeeth]

Re-Imagining the entire role, LFG.

[Jen Kha @jkhamehl]

Technology is how countries dominate now -- economically, militarily, culturally.

That changes what founders need from their investors.

Founders want power. Market access. Government relationships. and of course, capital.

That's why Investor Relations at a16z is now Global Partnerships.

More on what this means for LPs and founders:

https://t.co/MNuv6H83Ks

[Kevin Deeth @kdeeth]

No amount of training compute substitutes for being inside the workflows where this knowledge actually lives. There are 2 flywheels stacked on top of each other here: an across-customer one patterns that compound as you see more variants of the same problem and a within-customer

[Joe Schmidt IV @joeschmidtiv]

https://t.co/i7teOUTWgZ

[Kevin Deeth @kdeeth]

Yep

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

There is clear scientific evidence that the people you surround yourself with determine your outcomes.

The Pygmalion Effect is the name of the behavioral phenomenon where we rise to the level of expectations of those around us.

So, if you surround yourself with people who push you to think bigger, who believe you are capable of more, you will rise to the level of those expectations.

But conversely, if you surround yourself with people who tell you to be realistic, who belittle your ambitions, you will fall to the level of those expectations.

Be deliberate about the people to whom you gift your precious time, energy, and attention. Your environment determines your outcomes.

Choose wisely.

[Kevin Deeth @kdeeth]

💯 . Emphasis on LTM vs NTM and minimize the, “what could go right scenario.” Especially prescient in major technological platform shifts

[Kevin Deeth @kdeeth]

Let’s go!

[Chris Dixon @cdixon]

https://t.co/u1xbTIC8J6

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

I'm increasingly convinced that burnout doesn't come from working long hours or weekends. The people I know who burned out were the ones who were really bored with their work, not the ones who worked the most hours. Burnout comes from working on things that don't energize you.

[Pavel Prata @pavelprata]

Hosting VC/LP mixer in SF on April 30.

Panel on raising a fund in the post-ZIRP era with:
- @kdeeth (@a16z)
- @andychen (@OutcastVC)
- @jasonfreedman (https://t.co/7uh6JcT3OV)

Then 2 hours of actual networking.

Appetizers, light drinks, Colossus-style portraits included.

Sponsored by @sydecario and @rhobusiness.

Free. Closed. For VCs and LPs only: https://t.co/ds8CpU1BQl

[Kevin Deeth @kdeeth]

@richardzphotoz with another banger

[a16z @a16z]

We're going back to the moon.

[a16z @a16z]

We're going back to the moon.

[Kevin Deeth @kdeeth]

Everyone’s invited to the party now!

[Olivia Moore @omooretweets]

Being a non-technical person in 2026

[Kevin Deeth @kdeeth]

@pmarca on Elon’s ability to reconcile the fountain of ideas while being a systematic builder requires two key inputs. 1. Extreme focus on substance. 2. Extreme focus on getting to the truth…. Overlap with @DavidGeorge83 concept on founders who are “Technical Terminators”

[David Senra @davidsenra]

My conversation with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), co-founder of @a16z and Netscape.

0:00 Caffeine Heart Scare
0:56 Zero Introspection Mindset
3:24 Psychedelics and Founders
4:54 Motivation Beyond Happiness
7:18 Tech as Progress Engine
10:27 Founders Versus Managers
20:01 HP Intel Founder Legacy
21:32 Why Start the Firm
24:14 Venture Barbell Theory
28:57 JP Morgan Boutique Banking
30:02 Religion Split Wall Street
30:41 Barbell of Banking
31:42 Allen & Company Model
33:16 Planning the VC Firm
33:45 CAA Playbook Lessons
36:49 First Principles vs. Status Quo
39:03 Scaling Venture Capital
40:37 Private Equity and Mad Men
42:52 Valley Shifts to Full Stack
45:59 Meeting Jim Clark
48:53 Founder vs. Manager at SGI
54:20 Recruiting Dinner Story
56:58 Starting the Next Company
57:57 Nintendo Online Gamble
58:33 Building Mosaic Browser
59:45 NSFnet Commercial Ban
1:01:28 Eternal September Shift
1:03:11 Spam and Web Controversy
1:04:49 Mosaic Tech Support Flood
1:07:49 Netscape Business Model
1:09:05 Early Internet Skepticism
1:11:15 Moral Panic Pattern
1:13:08 Bicycle Face Story
1:14:48 Music Panic Examples
1:18:12 Lessons from Jim Clark
1:19:36 Clark Versus Barksdale
1:21:22 Tesla Versus Edison
1:23:00 Edison Digression Setup
1:23:13 AI Forecasting Myths
1:23:43 Edison Phonograph Lesson
1:25:11 Netscape Two Jims
1:29:11 Bottling Innovation
1:31:44 Elon Management Code
1:32:24 IBM Big Gray Cloud
1:37:12 Engineer First Truth
1:38:28 Bottlenecks and Speed
1:42:46 Milli Elon Metric
1:47:20 Starlink Side Project
1:49:10 Closing

Includes paid partnerships.

[Kevin Deeth @kdeeth]

The combination of short form/long form + multimodal is a great rubric here as it allows for constant consumption across disparate setting/activity/environments.

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

My information consumption is now 1/4 X, 1/4 podcast interviews of the smartest practitioners, 1/4 talking to the leading AI models, and 1/4 reading old books. The opportunity cost of anything else is far too high, and rising daily.

[Kevin Deeth @kdeeth]

LFG

[a16z @a16z]

250 + 250

[Kevin Deeth @kdeeth]

“Brand is how you signal reliability in a world of infinite optionality.” Great piece by @aleximm and @santiago__rdz

[Alex Immerman @aleximm]

https://t.co/EZ4nTOUNo6

[Kevin Deeth @kdeeth]

🎯

[martin_casado @martin_casado]

After growing wildly for years, the field of AI appears to be reaching its infancy.

[Kevin Deeth @kdeeth]

Yes, it’s a factory

[Rich McHugh @RichMcHugh]

The two greatest hockey teams in the world face off tomorrow, and **FIVE** of the skaters played at the same prep school: Shattuck-St. Mary's.

- Macklin Celebrini  
- Sidney Crosby  
- Nathan MacKinnon  
- Clayton Keller  
- Jackson LaCombe  

Eleven Shattuck alums are competing in these Olympics, including Hannah Bilka and Aerin Frankel, who helped the USA Women's team win the gold medal. Here is a sneak peek of our documentary in production on the storied hockey program—The Shattuck Way.

Please reach out if you'd like to hear more.

[Kevin Deeth @kdeeth]

American Dynamism

[TJ Oshie @TJOshie77]

For Johnny. For the brotherhood. For America. 🇺🇸

[Kevin Deeth @kdeeth]

American Dynamism

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

AMERICA WINS GOLD!!! 🥇🇺🇸

[Kevin Deeth @kdeeth]

@TJOshie77 “I’m not a big school guy but USA went 14/14 on the penalty kill.” :) Keep this man on air and congrats on the great start to your second career Osh!
- I was told there was no math

[Kevin Deeth @kdeeth]

Firm>Fund

[Jen Kha @jkhamehl]

if @jeff_jordan wasn't in retirement, we'd be 15-for-15 💁‍♀️