Investing $475m Seed Round in Unconventional

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bigyabai

29 days ago

a16z makes me wish venture capital worked on a "three strikes and you're out" policy. The damage they've done to the American economy is likely immeasurable, and they show no signs of actually investing in tomorrow's tech any time soon. They're the Penn and Teller of perennial bagholders.

Click back through their submissions long enough and they're singing the praises of data science: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=a16z.com&kind=story&n...

Oh look, here's their Web3 and Blockchain phase: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=a16z.com&kind=story&n...

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