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Investing in EigenLayer
It’s exceedingly rare to come across a founder with a vision and plan that has the potential to change everything. I have come to know EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan to be not only brilliant, but also fundamentally motivated by a vision of the future so crisp and compelling that it momentarily becomes real when you talk to him. Sreeram has what I like to call the Promethean flame; he is driven to bring a new technology to life first and foremost because of the future it will create.
Investing in hyperexponential
Over the past decade, data infrastructure across industries has been modernized by many disruptors like Databricks, Fivetran, et al. The modern data stack has made it much easier for companies to ingest, store, query, and analyze vast amounts of data from multiple sources — at today’s SaaS speeds. However, large parts of the insurance industry struggle to take advantage of this modern infrastructure.
Investing in Quora and Poe
Since the release of ChatGPT, development of and interest in generative AI have exploded. Each week brings more model releases and additional tools, and Silicon Valley insiders, early adopters, and tech power users have flocked to Discord servers, registered for betas, and actively sought out ways to get their hands on the latest in AI.
What Builders Talk About When They Talk About AI
The most common refrain across those building AI is that AI is emerging as the next computing platform, and we are still very, very early in that process.
Data Availability Sampling and Danksharding: An Overview and a Proposal for Improvements
Danksharding is an approach to scaling the amount of data on chain for a future version of Ethereum. The goal of this upgrade is to ensure that the data on chain was made available to archiving parties when it was first posted.
7 Sanity Checks Before Designing a Token
Tokens clearly allow for a very rich design space. But we’re still in the early stages of exploring, let alone improving token design.
Tokenology: Moving Beyond ‘Tokenomics’
“Tokens” are a hot-button topic for those in crypto and web3. Even beyond web3, tokens are capturing mindshare from anyone interested in art, cryptography, design, economics, gaming, math, psychology, and more.
2023 State of Crypto Report: Introducing the State of Crypto Index
Our 2023 report aims to address the imbalance between the noise of fleeting price movements – and the data that tracks the signals that matter, including the durable progress of web3 technology.
a16zcrypto：When Is Decentralizing on a Blockchain Valuable?
For the business owner, locked-in effects come with a temptation to exploit locked-in users to increase profits.
Big Ideas in Crypto and Games for 2023
This time of year, the floodgates open to a deluge of best-of lists and end-of-year recaps. But we at a16z have always been more interested in what’s to come. We asked dozens of partners across the firm to spotlight one big idea that startups in their fields will tackle in 2023.
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