general partner
also referred to as: general partners · gps
13 statements across 13 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 12 people on the record · first statement Jul 28, 2017 by Kathryn McKinley · said 16 times in 10 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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brought up most by Matt Cronin (3), John Gedmark (2), Dan Birkenstock (2), Steph Smith (1), Ryan McEntush (1), Marc Andreessen (1), Kathryn McKinley (1), John Mena (1)
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2025 3 mentions in 1 episode
2024 1 mention in 1 episode
2023 5 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
2022 2 mentions in 1 episode
2019 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2017 1 mention in 1 episode
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Jul 28, 2017
Phone users are least likely to be directly under the GPS dot
“When you see that little dot on your phone, you're actually least likely to be there. The GPS error is, looks like a doughnut. It's a Rowley distribution, so you're actually likely to be in a little circle around where that dot is, alright?”
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Andreessen: a16z has no GPs who were former professional VCs
“Our entire firm actually consists of people who were operators our eight general partners were all founders or CEOs or both and ran companies. We actually don't have, the one thing we don't have in our firm are any former professional venture capitalists.”
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Jun 14, 2019
Nov 9, 2022
Feb 6, 2023 negative
Brandon Tseng: Adversaries actively jam U.S. drone GPS and communications
“Russia, China Iran, North Korea, they are building up their electronic warfare capabilities. They are jamming GPS. They are jamming communications, which are traditional assets that we've become so reliant on, our predator drones, our, you know, our smaller ve…”
Apr 11, 2025
Bry: Commercial Drone Light Show Technology Is Irrelevant in Modern Warfare
“So when you see the drone light shows, they're a hundred percent reliant on GPS. So they're using GPS to figure out where they are and to position themselves precisely. And they're a hundred percent reliant on a, like a comms link between all the drones all th…”
Apr 29, 2025
Nov 26, 2025 positive
a16z targeted GP content to specific investment sectors to attract founders
“And then from then on, every time a GP would come on board, we're like, okay, what do you want to invest in? Therefore, we're going to write about these things because that, that is, becomes the magnet for the entrepreneurs in that corner of the internet or AI…”
Mar 23, 2026
Mendler: Every US government space launch runs through the Satellite Control Network
“Satellite control network that is a common resource for US government where you know, every launch runs through satellite control network. It tracks missions across a really wide set of US government use cases ranging from, you know, GPS to NASA missions you k…”
Sep 10, 2026
Kha: GPs are fired for missing winners while LPs fear bad investments
“A GP can get fired for missing out, you know, the next, you know, Facebook, the next Uber, right? Like, that is error of omission, and like, that's fireable. But LPs on the flip side only get fired if you invest into a mentor. So in some respects, like, the in…”