Ulevitch: Terms like 'deep tech' and 'hard tech' are boring and meaningless
David Ulevitch (Dee) · Why American Dynamism Is Just Getting Started · Mar 17, 2025 · at 10:19
David Ulevitch is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). He explains why a16z deliberately avoided established venture terms like 'deep tech' or 'hard tech' in favor of 'American Dynamism.'
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“And you know, we never use those terms because they, I mean, frankly, they just never made any sense. And certainly, and they also were just, Boring, stupid terms. They weren't galvanizing, that's for sure.”
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