Ali Yahya (@alive

Ali Yahya

3,297 posts

Ali Yahya

@alive_

GP @a16z crypto // Google Brain, GoogleX, @Stanford CS

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Joined April 2008

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Ali Yahya
@alive_
Jun 9
Barbell strategy for killing it in an age of superhuman AI: Simultaneously get as close to AND stay as far away from AI as humanly possible. 1. Get close — play with AI models, use them to help you think, ask them to teach you about the world, get them to help you create, work
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Ali Yahya
@alive_
Dec 28, 2018
Four years ago on new years eve, I set out to build for myself a robust habit of habit engineering. Looking back, doing this has been very transformative for me. A thread 👇
Ali Yahya
@alive_
Feb 14, 2020
It is mindblowing that roughly the same protocol design for the Internet Protocol (IP) has taken the internet from nothing to ~15B connected devices and has survived for 40 years through the period of fastest technological change in history. What lessons can we draw? A thread 👇
Ali Yahya
@alive_
Apr 21, 2022
Today, we're announcing the creation of @a16z crypto research 💥 Research labs like DeepMind and OpenAI have elevated the field of AI to new heights. We are setting out to do the same for crypto and web3 👇 a16z.com/2022/04/21/ann…
Ali Yahya
@alive_
Apr 17, 2025
I’m excited to announce that we’ve invested an additional $55M in @LayerZero_Core tokens (ZRO), with a 3-year lockup. Our global financial system is evolving, and it's great to see the protocol enabling many new businesses and complex workflows to move onchain.
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Ali Yahya
@alive_
Jun 12, 2019
While I was at Google X, I worked on an effort to build a robot hivemind––a network of robots with collective intelligence. Our work was part of a broader strategy to gain a data advantage. Here’s what I learned about data network effects. A mega thread 👇 outlast.me/robot-hivemind…
Ali Yahya
@alive_
Feb 22, 2024
Today, we're announcing that we're leading @eigencloud's Series B. It's exceedingly rare to come across a founder with a vision and plan that has the potential to change everything. I have come to know @sreeramkannan to be not only brilliant, but also fundamentally motivated by
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Ali Yahya
@alive_
Aug 21, 2020
The business model for a blockchain might seem magical. Why should the cryptocurrencies that drive them be worth anything at all? How do they capture value? And, how are they defensible? There is a hint of an answer in what I like to call the Network Flywheel. A thread 👇
Ali Yahya
@alive_
Jul 24, 2020
Our recent progress in AI has been staggering. We’ve gone from detecting cats in videos to building cars that drive themselves. But, AI has mostly become a game that only tech giants can play. How do we change that? We build tech that levels the playing field. MONSTER THREAD 👇
Ali Yahya
@alive_
Dec 14, 2021
Today, I'm beyond excited to announce that @a16z is investing in @PleasrDAO 🔥 And no better way to make this announcement than with a video that's directed by @pplpleasr1, the artist whose work was the original inspiration for DAO 👇 (sound on 🔊)
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Ali Yahya
@alive_
Jun 17, 2025
I’m excited to announce that we’ve invested an additional $70M in @eigencloud tokens (EIGEN) with a lockup. Over the past couple years, the Eigen team has unlocked a whole new paradigm for building applications that are verifiable and credibly neutral.
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Ali Yahya
@alive_
Nov 1, 2021
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Ali Yahya
@alive_
Jun 24, 2021
Crypto is reaching an important inflection point. The infrastructure is finally capable of supporting applications that reach millions of people. Today we’re announcing @a16z’s Crypto Fund III, a $2.2B venture fund to support the best founders in the space a16z.com/2021/06/24/cry…
Ali Yahya
@alive_
Dec 7, 2023
Two visions for crypto: - You can use it to create long-term alignment of incentives that increase the scale of human cooperation toward building new things. - Or, you can use it to build a degenerate casino of meaningless speculation that turns everything into a zero sum game.
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