Scott Kupor on Growing a16z From 3 to 700 People and Fixing Federal HR
davidsenra · x · 2026-11-05
Scott Kupor, a16z's first hire, spent 16 years growing the firm from 3 to 700 people with the job description "we invest, you figure out everything else." He now runs the Office of Personnel Management for 2 million federal employees.
The conversation covers how a16z borrowed Michael Ovitz's CAA playbook, why only 7% of the federal workforce is under 30, and why 400 million pages of retirement records sit in an underground limestone mine in Pennsylvania.
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