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so few startups try to make something everyone in the world could one day use entire industry is oriented around "find a niche b2b saas glue problem"

hey all - update for SR008: It's now the FINAL weekend to apply for our next residency in San Francisco. Applications close this Sunday, Nov 1 at 11:59 PM PT. Here's the link: speedrun.a16z.com/apply How it works: - you apply - we review, reach out to get introduced, etc - if there's a fit, we handshake and sign - we wire our investment right away! - plus you get access to >$10M in credits right away - you'll onboard + start working with us immediately, have access to working out of our SF offices, etc The official residency starts Feb 2027 where we'll have speakers, office hours, and much more. I plan to be on site and look forward to meeting many of you You might ask- who's the best fit for this? We want to talk to you as early as possible, and that means: - no company yet - no deck - no huge insight tweet thread - sometimes not even fully committed yet You don't need the perfect idea. We can start working together when you're iterating and getting the idea off the ground. That's the whole point of speedrun - it's our way of backing you from Day 0. More official stuff below: - Deadline is this Sunday, Nov 1 at 11:59 PM PT (this weekend!) - SR008 runs Feb 1 through April 18, 2027 in San Francisco -- twelve weeks of firesides, office hours, and sessions, closing out with Demo Day on April 13 in front of thousands of investors - Capital: up to $1M with a two-week close target, plus $10M+ in credits from 200+ partners - Customers: SR Insiders gets you in front of 10,000+ buyers and operators, including 150+ C-suite execs, plus a full day of live demos at AI Faire - Talent: our Talent Network of 171,000+ engineers, designers, and product people. 230+ hires so far, $0 in fees. Plus visa, banking, and housing help if you're coming from abroad - A team of ~40 battle-tested investors and operators who help cover your gaps without adding headcount -- GTM, marketing, brand, talent, fundraising, and more - a16z speedrun is super selective -- fewer than 0.4% of applicants get in. You'll join a tight-knit community of founders from 20+ countries who stay involved as speakers, advisors, and often each other's first customers - Still in school or still finding your idea/team? Check out the alpha fellowship too -- up to $250K for students, recent grads, and dropouts

DeltaDB is a new, Git-compatible version control system for agent context. It keeps every edit linked to the conversation that produced it. @as__cii takes a deep dive into how we built it with Rust, SQLite, and Durable Objects: delta.dev/blog/fine-grained-…

Every company needs capital to scale and grow. To-date, @speedrun companies have raised nearly $1B. If you want a deeply experienced team in your corner every single step of the way as you navigate early-stage venture, fundraising, and financing, drop an application! Can't wait to work together 🚀

experimenting with a lil personal project: an AI-native macOS dock with custom modes (writing, building, etc.) to help me stay focused my agent is able to customize mode behavior and add new modes, it uses jev to classify my activity + notifications in real time & act on them

Claude Code is now multiplayer. Run `/delta share` in Claude Code, and your teammate joins in their own session with your full context and uncommitted work. You're both working on the same thread, backed by DeltaDB. delta.dev/blog/claude-code-m…

I know I've been prompting my agents correctly when they present interfaces at the grammar, noun, and verb level. Took a lot of skill crafting to get here but god it's refreshing to work at the correct abstraction level and not like "my brother in christ why is this a modal?"

this cycle remains as true as ever. what started with Opus 4.5 led to a year of making my craft as agentic as possible. i've tried many skills, rethought my assumptions about software engineering from first principles. i think i was at the peak of inflated expectations this year. i don't know if i've hit the very trough of disillusionment yet, but i can definitely say coding is not yet solved. i am much more interested now in finding a more happy medium where i make my way towards the plateau of productivity. i'm excited for the frontier to advance but i have to remember that the hype cycle is evergreen.

say what!?

github.com/mantrakp04/ardia/… open source arc replacement browser just makes me feel happy inside

We’re like one hack away from me finally being able to get my medical records easily

i'm thinking how to bring this mentality to agentic coding

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ok. i'm on Ardia now ardia.dev/

Introducing Ardia, the open-source Arc I've been working on this for a few months now. It's feature-complete, already used by a bunch of former Arc users, and extremely performant. github.com/mantrakp04/ardia

they realized that people were clinging to Arc on its death bed and the only way to get us to stop was to pull the plug and kill it.

thinking through what it might look like to continually queue tasks for an agent. you can move tasks around, pause them, or add more context. it can also skip requests that need more input without stopping the entire session.