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The Seven Generative AI Building Blocks for the Next Generation of Consumer Technology Companies

OpenAI’s ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly active users just two months after launch, setting the new standard for the fastest-growing consumer application in history. The landmark achievement underscored the strength of generative AI’s pull in consumer markets—surpassing even the breakthroughs of the internet and smartphones.

Pinecone Now Valued at $750M, Arguably the Most Important Element in the Modern Data Stack

Pinecone has raised a $100M Series B led by A16Z—with explosive growth justifying their new $750M valuation.

Our Investment in Typeface: Generative AI at Enterprise Speed and Scale

Since the advent of the internet, few technological advances have garnered as much attention and enthusiasm as quickly as generative AI. The technology has seen a meteoric rise, skyrocketing from a relatively unknown status to nearly ubiquitous interest, capturing our collective attention and imaginations along the way.

Software Will Supercharge Developer Productivity: Why We Are Excited About DX

Software developers spend their days chasing the elusive “flow state:” headphones on, Slack notifications paused, dev environment humming along, context switching to a minimum, and delivering a significant amount of valuable code and/or solving a hard problem. The unfortunate reality is developer flow is constantly interrupted by toil: faulty environments, flaky tests, slow builds, cross-team dependencies, and the like.

Securing the Modern Software Supply Chain

The code that runs the world today is rarely written from scratch. In 2021, developers borrowed more than 2.2 trillion open source packages or components from third-party ecosystems. 99% of codebases contain open-source code, and between 85% to 97% of enterprises leverage open-source software.

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The Seven Generative AI Building Blocks for the Next Generation of Consumer Technology Companies

Pinecone Now Valued at $750M, Arguably the Most Important Element in the Modern Data Stack

Our Investment in Typeface: Generative AI at Enterprise Speed and Scale

Software Will Supercharge Developer Productivity: Why We Are Excited About DX

Securing the Modern Software Supply Chain

Generative AI: Lessons From Prior Waves

Our Investment in Anthropic: The Foundation Layer for Generative AI

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The Seven Generative AI Building Blocks for the Next Generation of Consumer Technology Companies

Pinecone Now Valued at $750M, Arguably the Most Important Element in the Modern Data Stack

Our Investment in Typeface: Generative AI at Enterprise Speed and Scale

Software Will Supercharge Developer Productivity: Why We Are Excited About DX

Securing the Modern Software Supply Chain

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Generative AI: Lessons From Prior Waves

Our Investment in Anthropic: The Foundation Layer for Generative AI