a16z speedrun is designed for founders who move fastโreally fast. Attended the SF Demo Day, and the energy in the room was unreal. Some of these startups are already scaling at breakneck speed.
Here are the founders to watch and the bold ideas theyโre bringing to life:
๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด & ๐จ๐๐
โซ๏ธ Spekter Games (Taehoon Kim) โ Turning Telegram into a super app for gaming with Web3-powered monetization
โซ๏ธ Nilo Technologies (Nuno Leiria) โ AI-native 3D world-building in secondsโstraight from your browser
โซ๏ธย Greathorn Games (Ian Dundore) โ Social multiplayer games designed to spark conversations
โซ๏ธ Alpaka Games (Can Aksoy) โ Building the next-gen of hit action mobile games
โซ๏ธ Kitbash Games (Riley Dutton) โ AI-powered game development for everyone
โซ๏ธ Circle Games (Gokturk Balikci) โ Mobile puzzle games built for long-term engagement
โซ๏ธ Figment (Shubha Jagannatha) โ Interactive AI-powered storytelling
โซ๏ธ Intangible (Bharat Vasan, Charles Migos) โ The โCanva for 3Dโ
โซ๏ธ Clubs Poker (Jon Kaplowitz) โ North Americaโs next big online poker network
โซ๏ธ Edgar (Martin Moon) โ Real-money sweepstakes for F2P gaming
โซ๏ธ Double Dusk (Alexander Mistakidis) โ Viral two-player co-op games
๐ค ๐๐-๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ & ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐
โซ๏ธ Trophi ai (Mike Winter) โ AI coaching for gaming
โซ๏ธ DeepPrediction (David Schmetterling, Liam Bolling) โ AI-powered user behavior analytics
โซ๏ธ Genway AI (Natan V., Gal Dayan) โ AI-driven user interviews at scale
โซ๏ธ Labyrinth (Neil Garde) โ AI-powered vertical SaaS
โซ๏ธ Blank (Blas Moros) โ The โInstagram for Generative AIโ
โซ๏ธ FLORA (Weber W., Alex Li) โ AI-native creative workflow automation
๐ฐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต & ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น
โซ๏ธ Atorie (Redouane Ramdani) โ The โluxury Temuโ for premium goods
โซ๏ธ SweatPals (Salar Shahini, Mandi Zhou) โ The โAirbnb for fitness communitiesโ
โซ๏ธ Sunflower (Koby Conrad ๐ป) โ AI-powered addiction recovery toolkit
โซ๏ธ Waveful (Steven Motta ๐ฌ) โ AI-powered Reddit 2.0
โซ๏ธ Coverd (Eric Xu, Albert Wang) โ Gamifying finance by letting users bet against their bills
โซ๏ธ Sitch (Chad (Charles) DePue) โ AI-powered matchmaking
โซ๏ธ Ghosted (Adrien Guilmineau) โ No-filter dating for Gen Z
โซ๏ธ Plots (Tristan Amell) โ A social network for real-life events
๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต & ๐ ๐ผ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐
โซ๏ธ Unbound Technologies (Florian Hoenig) โ Reinventing 3D content creation
โซ๏ธ Darwin (Sanjit Juneja) โ Interactive videos where you control the story
โซ๏ธ Nativ (Ashish Ranjan Jha) โ AI-powered content localization for global markets
โซ๏ธ Talus Robotics (Ryan Benmalek) โ Affordable robotic guide dogs
๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ & ๐2๐
โซ๏ธ Chronicler (David Duan) โ AI assistant that organizes your self-texted notes
โซ๏ธ Layerpath (Vinay Chandrasekaran) โ AI demo agents replacing human sales calls
โซ๏ธ Outcome (Antoine Merour) โ AI-powered TeamOS for workplace efficiency
Which one catches your eye?
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