Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is like an AnCap Hogwarts for grifters. They take in budding Valley Bros, and teach them marketing hype wizardry, longtermism, and then at the end, the Grifting Hat gives them corporate paperwork, a big bag of VC money, keys to offices already staffed with libertarian types, and most importantly: their grifting gimmick.
“Bankman-Fried, your gimmick is an imaginary bank.”
“Altman, you get a fancy autocomplete and a ball that steals souls.”
“Holmes, your gimmick is fabulous medical testing devices.”
“Do they work?”
“Why would that matter!”
“Right, sorry.”
