Andrew Lee

Partner @A16Z - started @speedrun, prev @Initialized, 2X founder - acquired @Farmville, then AI startup 13yrs ago, here to tell you the secrets of seed VC

[Andrew Lee @ndrewlee]

@pitdesi @CatOrman1 if it weren't for that gold rush, this place would have been enshrouded in fog and no one would have found it!

[Andrew Lee @ndrewlee]

@kumesh_a @speedrun @a16z @Reign Congrats @kumesh_a - it's been astounding watching the velocity... let's make compliance great again!

[Andrew Lee @ndrewlee]

@lucky_z2 amazing @lucky_z2 !

[Andrew Lee @ndrewlee]

@_CallMeMacy @Uber is was that awkward huh?

[Andrew Lee @ndrewlee]

art is how we decorate space
music is how we decorate emotion
startups are how we decorate the future

[Andrew Lee @ndrewlee]

@willbitsky "technology is eating public service" - this

[Andrew Lee @ndrewlee]

@Chelsea_8923 @pmarca Jevon’s Paradox: better technology increases usage, not decreases it (e.g., cameras made portraits more common)

Seattle- AIcompute demand is has companies rethink elastic power consumption bc (surprise!) - AI has increased usage of things humans used to do on the internet

[Andrew Lee @ndrewlee]

You don’t beat Claude Code by out-engineering Anthropic

You beat it by out-implementing the customer’s employees

[Andrew Lee @ndrewlee]

@JoshLu In the beginning of the Internet - the most trusted areas were curated by people listing sites. One project became a company called Yahoo while another became Craigslist. We're gonna see the same thing in this new age - where abundance occurs, scarcity will appear

[Andrew Lee @ndrewlee]

@pmarca @speedrun we back bold brilliant founders... even the ones who actually are making robot dogs for the blind @TalusRobotics @lildesertmouse https://t.co/3gogbcyjA5

[Ryan Benmalek @lildesertmouse]

We just pitched Talus Robotics at a16z @speedrun demo day: building a $10K robotic guide dog for the blind - because training real guide dogs costs $80K, leaving 98% of blind Americans without access.

[Andrew Lee @ndrewlee]

@pronounced_kyle @MattGialich who says space + tossing the yoke of a central government aren't related has never seen almost every single space movie (i.e. western) out there

[Andrew Lee @ndrewlee]

@pronounced_kyle “We built this from nothing, so we defend it ruthlessly.” - Mars, The Expanse

[Andrew Lee @ndrewlee]

Have you ever wondered what it will take to the next level of space? Look no further @pronounced_kyle is here to tell you

[Christian Keil @pronounced_kyle]

I want to fund a space warfighting prime.

Space is a unique domain. It's huge, hostile, and fragile — so we need tech that can help America secure outer space *while preserving the domain itself.*

If you're thinking about the future of space and defense, please get in touch.

[Andrew Lee @ndrewlee]

@kenanhsaleh Openclaw for all!

[Andrew Lee @ndrewlee]

@JackSoslow @weissenberger_j "It’s the questions we can’t answer that teach us the most" 🪕

congrats @JackSoslow - your ambition could not be contained within 18 characters

[Andrew Lee @ndrewlee]

special guest my baby daughter @speedrun alumni demo day

[Artin Bogdanov @ArtinBogdanov]

What are @ndrewlee 's favourite books?

I spoke to him during the @a16z @speedrun alumni day. In between conversations about his predictions for speedrun 007 batch, distribution being the moat, he dropped two of his favourite reads:

The Mahjong Project by Nicole Wong and
Mark Twain – the biography by Ron Chernow.

He's a huge fan of audio learning. So, find the SUN links to his picks in the comments. Chat with him about his favs if you see him. Plug and play! 🌞

[Andrew Lee @ndrewlee]

@a16z If anyone has seriously used AI, they'll quickly realize that they can do a lot more and they know it's not perfect. In fact, I expect it to be like Jevon's paradox in the future (which is typically the case with new technology - remember when trains replaced wagons)

[a16z speedrun 🧊 @speedrun]

REQUEST FOR STARTUPS: There has never been a better time to build at the intersection of health and AI.

Every corner of medicine is being reimagined, and dermatology is one of the most compelling places to start.

Hear it from @evajsteinman 👇

[Andrew Lee @ndrewlee]

Excited to do more @sophiaamoruso!

[Sophia Amoruso 3.0 @sophiaamoruso]

Great seeing @ndrewlee of @speedrun last week.

For the uninitiated: Speedrun is a16z's pre-seed accelerator — 12 weeks in San Francisco, sub-1% acceptance rate, up to $1M per company. One of the sharpest early-stage programs running right now, and increasingly the place AI-native founders are starting from.

@trustfundvc and Speedrun co-invested in @usebrief (a16z sr005). Glad to be in alongside them. Here's to cooking up more together!

[Andrew Lee @ndrewlee]

@tzartaraporvala this hits me in all the feels - so privileged to have been able to work you and @smayan_mehra