Building the
Future of Games
Over the past decade, games have radically transformed from packaged entertainment to social network-like online services that scale like consumer technology companies. Today’s games also drive innovation across the entire consumer ecosystem through new methods of engagement, retention, and monetization. We believe that games will play a pivotal role in defining how we socialize, play, and work over the next century.
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Big Ideas in Tech for 2024 New
Smart energy grids. Voice-first companion apps. Programmable medicines. AI tools for kids. We asked over 40 partners across a16z to preview one big idea they believe will drive innovation in the coming year.
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Play to Win: Mobile Game Soft Launch Best Practices
Exploring soft launch best practices, myths, and limitations to determine the right strategy to soft launch your game.
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What Builders Talk About When They Talk About AI Featured
Insights from leaders at OpenAI, Microsoft, Anthropic, Databricks, Character.AI, Roblox, insitro, and Figma on where we are, where we're going, and the open questions for building the next wave of AI.
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Leveling Up
Roblox cofounder and CEO David Baszucki and a16z's Jonathan Lai discuss the ways AI is changing games and virtual worlds and how we create them.
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Investing in Proof of Play
We’re leading a Seed investment in Proof of Play, an on-chain game studio and tech company that’s committed to building a future with composability, interoperability, and permanence at the core of gameplay.
Meet the Team
Our team supports the developers in the games industry that we believe will play a pivotal role in defining how we play, socialize, and work over the next century.
Portfolio
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