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0 pointstomhow5mo ago0 comments

A16z invests in _a great many_ companies. Without the company name in the title, you have to click to find out who the company is. That’s the point. The title gets readers riled up and activates them to click.

The title we’ve set is intended to give enough information to pique curiosity for those who will be curious about the topic - the company name, what the company does (AI-generated promotional content), what’s happened (hacked).

I don’t love the title but it’s the best I could come up with to fit within the 80 character limit.

Anyone is welcome to suggest a better one that is compliant with the guidelines.

(Edit: s/ countless / a great many /)

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defrost5mo ago

s/ countless / a great many /

Best to drop the contrafactual hyperbole .. unless A16z's accountants really have dropped the ball and can no longer enumerate their investments.

tomhowOP5mo ago

Heh, fair enough. My first thought was “thousands” - which is true for YC. Then I thought “hundreds?” I have no idea and I don’t really want to spend time trying to find out, partly as it wouldn’t be a precise figure anyway (they wouldn’t disclose that publicly). So it’s “countless” for me.

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UncleMeat5mo ago

a16z is incredibly important to this ecosystem, far more so than any individual company. And them investing in many companies does not exempt them from people identifying when they invest in vile companies.

I am very sorry, but that's a critical part of the story.

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