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Torenberg predicts a group chat app will replace Twitter for fast discourse
“I think that in the next five years, like someone is going to build a group chat social network where every day where you guys cover the current thing every day. But Twitter is too slow in the way that like Twitter sort of obsoleted the New York, the tradition…”
Erik Torenberg Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 21:54 The Future of Media in VC | Erik Torenberg on TBPN
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Torenberg: a16z Role Combines Venture Investing and Media Networks
“Basically they had had a desire to, Go much bigger on, on, on, on content, like separate from me. And they kind of liked what I was up to at Terpeton with sort of this network approach and they crafted the right dual role. That's a mix of investing and a mix o…”
Erik Torenberg Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 2:21 The Future of Media in VC | Erik Torenberg on TBPN
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Torenberg: a16z plans to build an affiliate podcast network for top creators
“We want to, like, Do something like an affiliate network where we can partner with amazing shows, help them get distribution, help them make more money and kind of make it a no brainer for them to be part of this sort of broader podcast network that just sort …”
Erik Torenberg Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 17:32 The Future of Media in VC | Erik Torenberg on TBPN
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Torenberg: Andreessen Horowitz builds internal media rather than investing in media startups
“I don't want to invest in, in, in media companies, but I do want to support. I do want to build a lot of media at Andreessen Horowitz.”
Erik Torenberg Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 7:03 The Future of Media in VC | Erik Torenberg on TBPN
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Torenberg: Every corporate job role will have a dominant creator-led publication
“Hey, there's gonna be a Lenny for HR. There's gonna be a Lenny for CFOs. There's gonna be a Lenny for every position in every sector.”
Erik Torenberg Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 11:01 The Future of Media in VC | Erik Torenberg on TBPN
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Torenberg: Sriram Krishnan built dozens of vertical WhatsApp chats at a16z
“I worked for Shriram when he was at introducing, because he built out their group chat operation. They basically have dozens of chats, different verticals, different categories in WhatsApp. It's all separate chats.”
Erik Torenberg Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 21:25 The Future of Media in VC | Erik Torenberg on TBPN
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Torenberg: Shelved a live group chat product after meeting Marc Andreessen
“So I was actually working on a product. That was going to be like pub house for group shots where, where you chat live with a public audience. You can sort of tear the permission gates and there's a speaker and an audience that really had some magic... I was w…”
Erik Torenberg Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 22:45 The Future of Media in VC | Erik Torenberg on TBPN
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Cuban and Ramaswamy first debated DEI in Torenberg's private group chat
“He went on a podcast with Vivek. They had a debate. So this public, cause they, I said their names, they did a debate on DEI in our chat and then they take it to the podcast.”
Erik Torenberg Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 29:40 The Future of Media in VC | Erik Torenberg on TBPN
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