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Steph Smith
@stephsmithio · 164.7K followers
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.
a16z
@a16z · 1.1M followers
@stephsmithio
Biggest post of 2026 · 26 likes · Aug 22, 2026
Biggest lie ever told
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@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…
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$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…
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top posts point at @a16z · 2 mentions · 3.6K likes
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of 100 top posts point at @stephsmithio
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 | @stephsmithio | @a16z |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 and the GitHub side | ||
| Top posts from 2026 so far | 35 | 72 |
| 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 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.
Biggest post of 2026 · 15.3K likes · Jan 9, 2026
It's time to build.
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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.
Affirm 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…
Ben 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…
Read the postIntroducing 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 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 | 2021 | 2025 |
| Top posts from the peak | 35 | 47 |
| Top posts counted | 100 | 100 |
| Likes across the sample | 332.1K | 144.5K |
| Best post | 84.2K | 45.5K |
| Median likes | 684 | 513 |
| Years in a row with a top post | 7 | 7 |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | ×2.2 | ×8.4 |
| Followers | 164.7K | 1.1M |