Andreessen Horowitz

Shopping Bots Will Do the Clicking So You Don’t Have To: Andreessen Horowitz’s Latest Bet on Human Laziness

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Shopping Bots Will Do the Clicking So You Don't Have To Andreessen Horowitz's Latest Bet on Human Laziness

In the peculiar tradition of Silicon Valley venture capital, where the most mundane human activities are inevitably reimagined as “trillion-dollar market opportunities,” Andreessen Horowitz has unveiled their latest thesis: AI x Commerce. This represents their belief that artificial intelligence will fundamentally transform how we shop, from product discovery to evaluation, timing, and purchase completion. The … Read more

The $10 Billion Nothing Machine: How Thinking Machines Lab Convinced Silicon Valley to Pay $2 Billion for a PowerPoint and a Dream

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an ai bot illustration of Thinking Machines Lab the ai assistant that has raised $2 billion at a $10 billion valuation

In what may be the most impressive magic trick since David Copperfield made the Statue of Liberty disappear many moons ago, former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati has convinced investors to pour $2 billion into her three-month-old startup, Thinking Machines Lab, valuing the company at a modest $10 billion. The remarkable achievement comes despite the company … Read more