a16z: 40% of app investments went to international founders
stuffyokodraws · x · 2026-08-21
Over 40% of a16z's app team investments in the last two years went to international founders, with half headquartered outside the US. Angela Strange and Gabriel Vasquez discuss their thesis: how AI opens every market but concentrates the epicenter in the Bay Area, and why diasporas often outperform elite networks. Success stories include ElevenLabs (Poland), Supersonik (Spain), and Addi (Colombia).
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