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A curated a16z Speedrun sample for browsing selected public company records and deciding which profiles to inspect next.

Ali Abouelatta

Cofounder of Lazyweb (a16z Speedrun). Previously grew subscriptions and built native ads at Duolingo. Writes First1000 (90,000+ subscribers).

Published 2026-09-19 · Updated 2026-09-19

Agent Astra

Agent Astra is an AI-first freight platform aimed at making logistics operations more structured without discarding operator relationships.

Supply Chain / Logistics; AI Agents a16z Speedrun SR005

Ambiguous AI

Ambiguous AI gives small teams a shared workspace where human and AI coworkers use the same apps, data, permissions and exports.

Future of Work; AI Agents a16z Speedrun SR005

Anchr

Anchr describes an integrated agent workforce for distributors, preserving operational context across orders, purchasing, finance and fulfillment systems.

Supply Chain; Logistics; Food Distribution; AI Agents a16z Speedrun SR005

AndThen

A creator-led voice entertainment platform whose early advantage is designed interactive format rather than open-ended chatbot novelty.

Gaming · Media / Entertainment / Creator Economy · AI Voice a16z Speedrun SR005

Argu AI

Create Vision Agents to monitor any scenario in real-time video

GovTech / Defense / Video Intelligence a16z Speedrun SR005

Avenir AI

Benefits analytics and agentic workflows for self-insured employers, brokers, and CFOs.

Healthcare; HR Tech / Talent; AI Agents a16z Speedrun SR005

Axon

Axon is a research and trading firm building small, edge-run models for real-time prediction where latency matters.

Fintech; Robotics; AI Models / Research a16z Speedrun SR005

bins

Bins uses daily finite collections and seller-specific bins to make secondhand shopping social and less overwhelming than an infinite catalog.

Consumer; Commerce; Marketplaces; Resale a16z Speedrun SR005

BotBot

A voice-agent behavior and experimentation layer for brands that need controlled learning on ordering, booking, upsell and recovery calls.

Enterprise SaaS · Dev Tools & DevOps · AI Infra a16z Speedrun SR005

Acceler8

Continuous workforce intelligence for automation, redeployment, org design, and succession decisions.

HR Tech / Talent; AI Agents a16z Speedrun SR006

Advocate

Advocate coordinates rides, groceries, repairs and appointments for seniors while giving families a shared view of what was handled.

Healthcare; AI Agents a16z Speedrun SR006

Amdahl

Amdahl turns buyer and deal data into cited answers and evals for GTM agents, with usage pricing exposed publicly.

Sales / GTM; AI Infra a16z Speedrun SR006

Antihero Studios

Antihero Studios brings former Supercell, King and Blizzard game leaders together around a social mobile extraction game and creator-led brand strategy.

Gaming; Mobile; Multiplayer a16z Speedrun SR006

August

A commercial-banking AI operations platform whose value depends on named workflows, auditability and regulated decision boundaries.

Fintech · AI Agents a16z Speedrun SR006

Belong

We build so they Belong.

Fintech / Creator Economy a16z Speedrun SR006

Bilrost

Structured context and agentic workflow infrastructure for commercial lending.

Fintech; Real Estate / Prop Tech; AI Agents a16z Speedrun SR006

Bota

Bridging AI agents and the real world, starting with offline conversation data.

Hardware; AI Infra a16z Speedrun SR006

Concorda

Concorda combines litigation drafting, discovery and citable legal research with a $350-per-user Team plan.

Legal Tech; AI Agents a16z Speedrun SR006

Vereda

Vereda uses a WhatsApp-native procurement agent and regional field relationships to shorten the farm-input distribution chain.

Commerce / Marketplaces; Food / AgTech; AI Agents a16z Speedrun SR006

Acaysia

Acaysia describes a real-time MPPI controller that optimizes reactor processes while respecting plant limits and falling back to PID on faults.

Deep Tech; Hardware; Manufacturing; Industrial Automation a16z Speedrun SR007

AgentCat

An observability layer for agent interfaces where session replay and intent can turn opaque tool-call failures into product decisions.

Dev Tools & DevOps · AI Infra a16z Speedrun SR007

Alia

Agents that coordinate teams towards company goals.

Future of Work / AI Agents a16z Speedrun SR007

Corlen

AI-native loan origination and borrower-file operations for CRE lenders and brokers.

Fintech; Real Estate / Prop Tech; AI Agents a16z Speedrun SR007

DRS

DRS operates Glow, Make and other generative-media consumer apps with a shared live-ops and growth system.

B2C; Consumer a16z Speedrun SR007

Electrokare

Electrokare presents Nefesh as an ECG foundation model with clinical and performance applications for precision and preventative physiology.

Healthcare; Artificial Intelligence; Digital Health a16z Speedrun SR007

Fictional

A consumer character platform whose product test is whether persistent multimodal personas create repeat attention without losing control of memory and content.

B2C · Media / Entertainment / Creator Economy · AI Generative Media a16z Speedrun SR007

Hoid

Agentic AI compiler — makes AI models faster & cheaper on any hardware

Developer Tools / AI Infrastructure a16z Speedrun SR007

Mirai

Interactive neighborhood tours that add streets, places, and commutes to a property listing.

Real Estate / Prop Tech; AI Generative Media a16z Speedrun SR007

OneGC

OneGC is a software-plus-lawyer operating layer for startup legal work from formation through fundraising and governance.

Legal Tech; AI Agents a16z Speedrun SR007

How this collection was assembled

Includes all of our approved published profiles with recorded a16z Speedrun membership. This remains a researched subset of the public program roster, not a complete intake list or a quality ranking.

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