Why a16z’s ‘speedrun’ accelerator is playing a new game

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A16z’s gaming accelerator this week opened applications for its 5th LA cohort, bumping up investment per company to $1 million from $750,000.

So far, a16z has deployed more than $100 million in capital towards speedrun—to be sure, that’s small by a16z standards: Per its latest SEC filing, a16z has about $74.74 billion in assets under management.

"I haven’t done any other accelerator so it’s hard to say, but as I’ve talked to friends who’ve been through others, I think the programming seems similar—other programs have, say, a weekly speaker session," said Chen.

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