A16Z Launches Cosign Awards to Recognize Top Startup Operators and Talent
David Booth and Dhruv Gupta from a16z's new media team discussed the launch of the Cosign Awards, designed to shine a light on top-performing operators, companies with high talent density, and products. According to Booth, the awards feature categories spanning people, companies, and products, including role-based categories and popular selections like rising stars.
“So Cosone Awards is honestly, the first idea was, well, can we shine a spotlight on who are the people that had the most impact across the year?”
David Booth
“Yeah, I think the Cosign Awards, our main goal is to... give people the chance to celebrate everyone at their company that they think deserves it.”
Dhruv Gupta
Heard on The a16z Show — “Can AI Fix Professional Networking? | Inside Cosign”, published Saturday, October 31, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.