Can I make fun of the new a16z logo without getting deported?

Thrilled to share the new 2025 @eniacvc.bsky.social AI market map! Hope you find it useful!

If I could give only one piece of advice to founders after leading a seed round, it’s this: Keep your team small and your burn low while searching for PMF. Focus on learning, not selling. Don’t scale until you have a product customers love and a clear strategy for selling it.

twas the night before christmas

When we raised our first fund of $1.6M, I never thought we’d eventually be leading $6.6M seed rounds—and I definitely didn’t think @techcrunch would be calling us “renowned.”

VC platform teams rarely add meaningful value to portfolio companies. They’re mostly a tool for GPs to justify raising larger funds and collecting higher management fees.

One of the most common mistakes founders make after raising a seed round is to ramp burn too quickly. You should keep burn as low as possible until you have true signs of product-market fit. Then ramp as you scale into the A