Hunter Walk

How Reliable Does AI Actually Need to Be?; Building a Career in Tech These Days is Hard; Backchannel References Are Lazy; Mac & Cheese is Changing; and More+++ [link blog]

Chamath Palihapitiya | Chamath Palihapitiya

What I Read This Week...

Lenny's Newsletter

🧠 Community Wisdom: Building a PM copilot with a large context window, navigating career growth and relocation, managing product backlogs effectively, office seating dynamics, and more

Kyle Harrison

Becoming a Cult Leader

Kevin Stevens

The Moat Is Knowing What to Build

Saastr

If You’re Going to Stick with a Mediocre VP for Now, You At Least Have to Micromanage Them

Jessie Harris

The Resolution Rut

Not Boring | Packy McCormick

Weekly Dose of Optimism #175

Ed Sim

What’s 🔥 in Enterprise IT/VC #480

Saastr

Yes, M&A is Back. But Confirmed 3x+ Returns Have Collapsed to Just 7% of Deals. Here’s What That Means for Your Exit.

Tomasz Tunguz | Tomasz Tunguz

Open APIs Are Over

A Wealth of Common Sense | Ben Carlson

The Probability of Loss in the Stock Market

Caitlin Bolnick

1.9.26: Getting back to first principles

A16Z

The Power Brokers

BIG by Matt Stoller | Matt Stoller

The One Simple Thing That Makes the U.S. Economy Unmanageable

Not Boring | Packy McCormick

a16z: The Power Brokers

Net Interest | Marc Rubinstein

Financing the AI Boom 2

Newcomer | Eric Newcomer

Andreessen Horowitz's Fresh $15 Billion Gives it Over $90 Billion in Assets Under Management

99% Derisible | Yoni Rechtman

The second-order effects of AI

Shruti Gandhi | Shruti Gandhi

[ARRAY VC] 15 AI Bets for 2026

Sammy Abdullah

Q4 2025 SaaS Multiples Remain Weak

Collin Wallace

Being Right Is Not a Strategy

Saastr

How Long It Really Takes to “One-Shot” an App: 47,000 Lines of Code Later

Dash Media

☀️ EP. 30 · Turning Purpose Into Opportunity | Edreform in 10

Joe Lonsdale

Ep 138: AI, Space-Based Interceptors & the Bleeding Edge of Warfare with Pentagon R&D Chief Emil Michael