a16z speedrun hires Seeam Shahid Noor to back AI dev tools and agent evals
andrewchen · x · 2026-07-23
a16z’s speedrun team is adding Seeam Shahid Noor as an investing partner.
- He says he will focus on early-stage investing and is especially interested in AI dev tools, agent RL and evals, data, and infra.
- The post also says speedrun can invest up to $1M in selected founders and aims to give them “unfair advantages” to win.
- It’s a useful signal for where one of the most visible AI investors is looking right now.
Related event: a16z Speedrun Hires New Partner Focused on AI Tooling(2 posts)→
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