a16z的Angela和Gabriel聊了聊他们怎么投国际创始人的，还举了ElevenLabs、Supersonik这些例子，挺有意思的。
a16z Apps团队过去两年超40%的投资流向国际创始人，其中一半公司总部位于美国以外。该团队在波兰投资了ElevenLabs，在西班牙投资了Supersonik，在哥伦比亚投资了Addi。他们讨论了AI如何打开全球市场，以及为何创始人可以来自任何地方。
Over 40% of the a16z Apps team's investments over the last two years went to international founders....
Over 40% of the a16z Apps team's investments over the last two years went to international founders. Half are headquartered outside the US. Angela Strange and Gabriel Vasquez own the bet behind that number, a bet that the best founders can come from anywhere. In Poland, ElevenLabs became the national AI champion. In Spain, Supersonik landed Salesforce as its first design partner. In Colombia, Angela's first check went to Addi, which now serves a quarter of the country and recruits Capital One's best credit talent to Bogotá. In this episode, they sit down to discuss the playbook: why AI opens every market but concentrates the epicenter in the Bay Area, and why country diasporas beat elite alumni networks. 00:00 Intro 00:54 From a WhatsApp group to a global strategy 05:29 Why AI pulls founders to the Bay Area 10:29 Defining the borderless founder 12:29 How diaspora networks help companies scale 18:11 The three advantages of borderless founders 22:36 Preferential attachment across borders 25:11 The bridge to Silicon Valley works both ways 27:11 Mapping and building global ecosystems 33:15 Backing repeat founders 40:31 Silicon Valley speed and global ambition youtube.com/watch?v=0t3TpJ… @astrange @GEVS94 @VirtualElena Your browser does not support the video tag. 🔗 View on Twitter Gabriel Vasquez @GEVS94 x.com/i/article/2090… 🔗 View Quoted Tweet 💬 2 🔄 2 ❤️ 29 👀 7821 📊 5 ⚡