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a16z
@a16z · 1.1M followers
Best of 2025 · 45.5K likes
“Why are hyperlinks blue?”
47 of the 100 best posts X exposes came from 2025. That is the most recent full year. The account is at its peak, or has not reached it yet.
Steph Smith
@stephsmithio · 164.7K followers
@a16z
Biggest post of 2026 · 15.3K likes · Jan 9, 2026
It's time to build.
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@stephsmithio
@a16z
$300M
the earned figure that got the most attention in the last year · Sep 4, 2026 · 355 likes
We're thrilled to lead a $300M investment in Gimlet Labs. AI inference is one of the fastest-growing markets in the history of capitalism, and we are running out of nearly every physical input requir…
Read the postAffirm co-founders, CEO Max Levchin and a16z's Alex Rampell, on 25 years inside payments, from PayPal to agentic commerce: Payments is the biggest market on earth. No niche in it is smaller than $100…
Read the postBen Horowitz on the oldest law in startups, and why the industry no longer has to obey it: "The one thing we all knew in startup world is that if I have a two-year lead on you and you try to catch me…
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of 100 top posts point at @stephsmithio
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top posts point at @a16z · 2 mentions · 3.6K likes
One way. @stephsmithio’s best posts point at @a16z; none of @a16z’s top posts point at @stephsmithio. Counted from each account’s top posts, where a quote, a reply, or a mention each count one post. Likes, follows, and replies received are not visible in this data and are not claimed.
| Measure | @a16z | @stephsmithio |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 and the GitHub side | ||
| Top posts from 2026 so far | 72 | 35 |
| Likes on 2026’s ten best | 63.7K | — |
| GitHub days in 2026 | — | — |
| GitHub days · last 90 | — | — |
| GitHub streak · days in a row | — | — |
| Ships · share of the last 365 days | — | — |
Best of 2021 · 15.6K likes
“2021 drone awards are absolutely insane”
Peak year 2021, five years ago. 35 of the 100 best posts X exposes came from 2021. 2025 produced 8. The best work is behind the account, so far.
Biggest post of 2026 · 26 likes · Aug 22, 2026
Biggest lie ever told
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This year is shown, not ranked: likes accumulate with age, so 2026 is always undercounted against completed years. The GitHub side counts days with any activity, public or private, from the contribution calendar.
Introducing the Machine Age Fund, $1.1 billion for the physical buildout of the AI stack: Ben Horowitz: "What's happened is we have a whole new technology that's the most important technology ever."…
Read the postToday, a16z is announcing the Machine Age Fund, a new $1.1 billion fund for founders rebuilding what intelligence runs on: chips, memory, networking, systems software, power, and the machines that br…
Read the post$1.1B for the Machine Age.
Read the postA $100K/year customer gets white-glove treatment while a $10/year customer gets a help center. @DecagonAI's bet is that AI closes that gap, and enterprise is buying it. Co-founders Jesse Zhang and As…
Read the postNYC's government-run grocery store is expected to open in 2029 at a $30M cost to taxpayers More charts:
Read the post@stephsmithio
No post framed as earnings among the 13 posts read.
• In 1984, the average 3D printer cost ~$300k • In 2000, it was ~$150k • In 2010, it was ~$50k The 3D printer used for this video (now with >1m views) cost $199. That's less than a pair of AirPods…
Read the postEvery line is a post by the account itself that names a dollar figure, newest first, linked so you can read it in place. ShipRatio checks that the post exists, not the number. A figure framed as revenue, MRR, profit, or sales is marked earned; a price, a raise, or someone else’s number is a mention.
| Private share of that activity | — | — |
| The record |
| Peak year | 2025 | 2021 |
| Top posts from the peak | 47 | 35 |
| Top posts counted | 100 | 100 |
| Likes across the sample | 144.5K | 332.1K |
| Best post | 45.5K | 84.2K |
| Median likes | 513 | 684 |
| Years in a row with a top post | 7 | 7 |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | ×8.4 | ×2.2 |
| Followers | 1.1M | 164.7K |