Strange: Emerging market startups must build full-stack due to missing modular infrastructure
Angela Strange · The Opportunity for Global Founders · Aug 20, 2026 · at 5:06
a16z General Partner Angela Strange explains the operational differences between building software companies in the United States versus Latin America.
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“Unlike in the U.S., where you can get everything as a service, At every layer of the stack. In many other markets, including Latin America, you just can't do that. There's no sort of, ah, fraud as a stack, KYC as a stack. So you end up having to build everything, which requires a much deeper local market knowledge”
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