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Highlights from the a16z Data and AI Forum, featuring founders building products across the spectrum of data and AI use cases.
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Transactional databases have long been the most critical component of application design. Why? Because a steadfast database is generally the ultimate enforcement point for correctness in a messy, distributed world. Witho...
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Annealing: A process that changes the properties of a material to make it more workable. It is a best practice to anneal metals before they are joined together. That way the pieces will stay aligned during the solderin...
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Vertical clouds are on the rise, as traditional clouds give way to specialization.
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The pressure the cloud puts on margins can start to outweigh the benefits you scale and growth slows. Understand how much market cap is being suppressed by the cloud to help inform the decision-making framework on managing infrastructure as companies scale.
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When you hear stories about Amazon’s “invention machine” — which led to a company with not just one or two products but several successful diverse lines of business — we often hear about thi...
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We’re back to covering multiple items on our show 16 Minutes — which covers the news, occasional explainers, and teases apart what’s hype/ what’s real — as well as where we are on the long a...
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There’s a few ontologies for describing the phases leaders — and their startups — go through, whether it’s product-sales-etc. or pioneer to settler. In any case, as companies evolve, so must the l...