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It's so hard to read this VC babble as anything other than lukewarm also-ran puff. The massive disclaimer at the end includes a write-off that the whole thing
by popcorncowboy 3y ago
It's so hard to read this VC babble as anything other than lukewarm also-ran puff.
The massive disclaimer at the end includes a write-off that the whole thing "may not be reliable" and "we haven't actually checked any of this", and "this might just be an advert" and if anything is wrong with it, well it's not a16z's views, it's just one of our ICs, we stand by none of it.
All presented as authoritative "industry" commentary. Only to be revealed as diluted waffle, regurgitating some investment thesis as a thinly veiled advert.
Thanks for the 2c a16z.
- gitfan86 3y agoTheir target audience isn't engineers but decision makers at large organizations. They want ALDC (or whatever acronym they are pushing) to become a standard part of the stack so that everyone will have to buy ALDC Ops Service or ALDC Security service. And what do you know A16Z has investments in companies that offer those SaaS products.
- SinParadise 3y agoAlso plays into the trend of "lets hire fullstack devs AKA frontend devs that knows how to call APIs and have a vague understanding of transactions and its pitfalls" and offload all backend work to SaaS products. If the startup takes off? Great! If it doesn't? At least those SaaS products offered free trials.