Getting funded by a16z is if anything a sign that the field is not hot anymore.
All money is green, regardless of level of sophistication. If you’re using investment firm pedigree as signal, gonna have a bad time. They’re all just throwin’ darts under the guise of skill (actor/observer|outcome bias; when you win, it is skill; when you lose, it was luck, broadly speaking).
> Indeed, one should be sophisticated themselves when negotiating investment to not be unduly encumbered by the unsophisticated. But let us not get too far off topic and risk subthread detachment.
Edit: @jgalt212: Indeed, one should be sophisticated themselves when negotiating investment to not be unduly encumbered by shades of the unsophisticated or potentially folks not optimizing for aligned interests. But let us not get too far off topic and risk subthread detachment. Feel free to cut a new thread for further discussion on the subject.
> All money is green, regardless of level of sophistication.
True, but most, if not all, money comes with strings attached.
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Almost every recent AI startup with buzz has had a16z as its primary investor.
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a16z is like that dubai bro who jumps late on any fad trying to scam people while burning through his daddy's money