The a16z Show · Friday, September 11, 2026
The technology and product co-founders in the Speedrun program are increasingly leveraging AI coding tools to accelerate development. This allows a small team to be more effective without needing to outsource or hire additional junior developers, enabling them to focus on making the business viable and stable.
“The technology and product co-founder is typically using a lot of AI right now. A lot of AI coding.”
“So rather than, you know, going out and needing to, um, uh, outsource, you know, parts of your your coding or hiring a bunch of, you know, young people to, to, to do coding, you can just focus on just, hey, how effective can, can one or two people be right now?”
“And let's just make this business stable and survive.”