The a16z Show · Friday, September 11, 2026
A16Z's Speedrun program prioritizes investing in founders with unique past experiences, which can range from significant athletic achievements to successful GitHub repositories or insights gained from top AI companies. The program is open-minded about founder backgrounds and is primarily focused on US-based startups.
“And so what we try to do at its core is to really just invest in the best people.”
“Um, and so we're looking for folks that have had some really unique experience, um, in in, uh, in their past.”
“And that could be anything from enormous athletic accomplishments, you know, on their way to a career in tech or it could be that they started a GitHub, uh, you know, repo that has now thousands of stars and is growing incredibly fast.”