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• @maxwelltani Max Tani on x

  With its new positive tech news site, Andreessen Horowitz is answering the question “What if someone actually wrote up all the boring PR pitches about crypto/AI/mindfulness reporters receive and ignore every day?” https://future.a16z.com/ https://twitter.com/...

• @pkafka Peter Kafka on x

  New tech pub launches today: Future, owned and operated by the tech investors at Andreessen Horowitz. a16z power broker Margit Wennmachers explains why her company is bypassing journalists like me (by talking to me). https://open.spotify.com/...

• @patrickc Patrick Collison on x

  A little more than a year after Fast Grants launched, @pdhsu, @tylercowen, and I wrote a piece about how it worked and what we learned: https://future.a16z.com/....

• @dgolumbia @dgolumbia on x

  Andreessen Horowitz announces they are calling their new public relations office “journalism” in the name of clarity, objectivity and fairness https://www.axios.com/...

• @silvermanjacob Jacob Silverman on x

  I would also like not to be embarrassed by my innovations. https://www.axios.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @mekosoff Maya Kosoff on x

  just glad someone is thinking about the investors' feelings 🙏 https://www.axios.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @karaswisher Kara Swisher on x

  From the people for whom owning everything is not enough: “[Future is] expected to provide what a firm spokesperson calls an ‘optimistic’ view of tech, in contrast to what it believes is excessively negative coverage in the traditional tech media.” https://www.axios.com/...

• @benyt Ben Smith on x

  In retrospect, the media panic over VC efforts to counter independent journalism with Clubhouse (remember that?) and a new website of essays and pods about the future seems a bit overblown https://www.axios.com/...

• @monteiro Mike Monteiro on x

  Egghead and Mr. Freeze launch “content site” for enjoyment of people. “Don't worry, site is not evil.” says Mr. Freeze. https://www.axios.com/...

• @ruskin147 Rory Cellan-Jones on x

  ‘Andreessen Horowitz goes into publishing with Future ’ VC firm concerned that tech journalism is too negative starts a more upbeat publication https://techcrunch.com/...

• @heatherkelly Heather Kelly on x

  I know it's being mocked for pretending it's not just PR, but this site could definitely benefit from the help of good PR professionals who know how to keep things clear and, uh, shorter. https://twitter.com/...

• @arrington @arrington on x

  Tech reporters, who hate tech, also hate new site that is launched just because tech reporters hate tech (expand the discussion section on below link for all the fun). https://www.techmeme.com/...

• @heyfeifer Jason Feifer on x

  A sentence structure that is almost always true: “In retrospect, the media panic over [anything] seems a bit overblown” https://twitter.com/...

• @gaberivera Gabe Rivera on x

  Yay, more content. Some lazy observations: 1. they own https://future.com/ but still redirect to a https://a16z.com/ subdomain https://twitter.com/... 2. no Twitter feed for it 3. no RSS 4. there's a joke here about a16z not believing Substack or Medium are the “Future” https://t…

• @axios @axios on x

  VC firm Andreessen Horowitz launched its content site called Future, which is expected to provide an “optimistic” view of technology, in contrast to what it believes is excessively negative coverage of the industry. https://www.axios.com/...

• @shonaghosh Shona Ghosh on x

  What I like about this is AH wants all the benefits of “brand journalism” while seemingly despising all journalists and investigative reporting https://twitter.com/...

• @jaycodon @jaycodon on x

  There was a ton of panic over a16z looking to launch its own media arm. It was overblown. This is just a bunch of essays that are meant to make technology look good. It's not an either-or scenario. Journalism still exists and so does this. https://www.axios.com/...

• @reckless Nilay Patel on x

  I see the future of journalism does not involve any editors politely asking if the authors have considered the glaring red flags https://future.a16z.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @reckless Nilay Patel on x

  The single most advanced law-as-code system I can think of is YouTube's ContentID. Now imagine if ContentID had direct access to your bank account and could put you in jail. That does not seem very... optimistic

• @a16z @a16z on x

  Future is where the best minds in tech share their ideas. https://twitter.com/...

• @a16z @a16z on x

  Some of the first contributors to Future are: • @ljxie on crypto composability • @patrickc, @tylercowen, @pdhsu on fast grants • @wes_kao on cohort-based learning • @lennysan on choosing north star metrics • @nicolefv on workplace productivity ...among many more.

• @thetomzone @thetomzone on x

  lol andreessen horowitz launched a blog to reinvent journalism and recent hits included “speculative bubbles are actually a proactive social experience” https://future.a16z.com/...

• @kantrowitz Alex Kantrowitz on x

  Gotta love how the new blog to replace tech media went to tech media to announce its debut

• @rstephens Robert Stephens on x

  Finally, the future is evenly distributed. https://twitter.com/...

• @mathewi Mathew Ingram on x

  I have a number of questions about Future, the nerdy new op-ed portal from Andreessen Horowitz, but one of them is: Why no pictures? https://future.a16z.com/ https://twitter.com/...

• @anupkaphle Anup Kaphle on x

  “This isn't a news operation.” https://techcrunch.com/...

• @dannycrichton Danny Crichton on x

  Huge deep dive on the entire A16Z media strategy with Future, which we have all been pondering about the last few months https://twitter.com/...

• @jonrussell Jon Russell on x

  “The publication will cover topics that they find compelling with a broad theme of ‘rational optimism’ — something that the firm feels there isn't enough of in coverage of tech at large.” So propaganda to support A16z investments then? https://twitter.com/...

• @thestalwart Joe Weisenthal on x

  Good piece from @ByrneHobart on Bubbles https://future.a16z.com/...

• @vedikaja_in Vedika Jain on x

  I'll be exploring https://future.a16z.com/ today. P.S - I wish there was a social layer to feel the presence of others on content like this.

• @jbrowder1 Joshua Browder on x

  Finally published my writing on the future of the legal system! Expensive lawyers will be replaced by software. Here's how it will happen: https://future.a16z.com/...

• @garcegarce @garcegarce on x

  It's here! A place and space for and by folks who are building and interested in tech and innovation. Welcome to Future! https://future.a16z.com/

• @stephentotilo Stephen Totilo on x

  “Today, a franchise is truly successful when fans start writing fiction ... and making art depicting your two hetero male lead characters kissing. ” New article from @ibjade about modern games thriving when they inspire (or support) community involvement https://future.a16z.com/.…

• @a16z @a16z on x

  Introducing Future. A new site from a16z. By and for the people building the future. https://future.a16z.com/

• @kantrowitz Alex Kantrowitz on x

  Always should have been: VC firm starts blog https://twitter.com/...

• @om @om on x

  I am so excited to dig into the Future (by @a16z ) and enjoy a different kind of writing about tech. https://future.a16z.com/

• @sub8u Subrahmanyam Kvj on x

  The pandemic, but as a reset for science administration so it matches the pace we need! Fascinating read via @patrickc & @tylercowen. “A common theme across all of these is that fairly obvious opportunities were not pursued by incumbent institutions.” https://future.a16z.com/... …

• @pkafka Peter Kafka on x

  That said: While I understand concerns about big, powerful institutions making their own media, it's not a new idea, and it has its own limitations. https://future.a16z.com/

• @karlbode Karl Bode on x

  we're going to replace journalism with brand slathered teen influencers, disinformation, and rosy VC marketing blogspam, then stand around with a dumb look on our face wondering why everybody's heads are full of string cheese and hate https://t.co/LL47Q9JRph

• @danprimack Dan Primack on x

  It's media. But it's not journalism. https://www.axios.com/...

• @robinwauters @robinwauters on x

  “The publication will cover topics that they find compelling with a broad theme of ‘rational optimism’ — something that the firm feels there isn't enough of in coverage of tech at large.” Yeah I dunnoooooooo Solid domain name though! https://twitter.com/...

• @alex On Vacation Alex on x

  let's see what infinite money can build here - honestly curious https://t.co/XD5T9ikjod

• @panzer Matthew Panzarino on x

  A16z has its media arm. The dot com is a flex. https://techcrunch.com/...