a16z: agents follow tech's oldest law — chaos first, then rein it in
a16z Newsletter · rss · 2026-10-27
a16z's newsletter, tied to the Replit for Business launch and Amjad Masad's 'Agent Habitat' thesis, argues disruptive tech always enters workplaces chaotically: PCs smuggled past IT, 'rogue spreadsheets' full of formula hallucinations, email panicking executives. The lesson: chaos signals genuinely valuable bottom-up behavior, and the winners build habitats that rein it in without killing it — the playbook for today's 'rogue agents.'
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