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A curated a16z Speedrun sample for browsing selected public company records and deciding which profiles to inspect next.

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All approved published company profiles with exact recorded program membership.

  • The selected rows span SR005-SR007 and retain the program's own profile language; cohort completeness and outcomes remain separate questions.
  • The sourcepack preserves official source URLs and public websites; current availability and deeper enrichment still require profile-level checks.
  • Supply Chain / Logistics · AI Agents

    Agent Astra

    Agent Astra is an AI-first freight platform aimed at making logistics operations more structured without discarding operator relationships.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Future of Work · AI Agents

    Ambiguous AI

    Ambiguous AI gives small teams a shared workspace where human and AI coworkers use the same apps, data, permissions and exports.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Supply Chain · Logistics · Food Distribution · AI Agents

    Anchr

    Anchr describes an integrated agent workforce for distributors, preserving operational context across orders, purchasing, finance and fulfillment systems.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Gaming · Media / Entertainment / Creator Economy · AI Voice

    AndThen

    A creator-led voice entertainment platform whose early advantage is designed interactive format rather than open-ended chatbot novelty.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • GovTech / Defense / Video Intelligence

    Argu AI

    Create Vision Agents to monitor any scenario in real-time video

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Healthcare · HR Tech / Talent · AI Agents

    Avenir AI

    Benefits analytics and agentic workflows for self-insured employers, brokers, and CFOs.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Fintech · Robotics · AI Models / Research

    Axon

    Axon is a research and trading firm building small, edge-run models for real-time prediction where latency matters.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Consumer · Commerce · Marketplaces · Resale

    bins

    Bins uses daily finite collections and seller-specific bins to make secondhand shopping social and less overwhelming than an infinite catalog.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Enterprise SaaS · Dev Tools & DevOps · AI Infra

    BotBot

    A voice-agent behavior and experimentation layer for brands that need controlled learning on ordering, booking, upsell and recovery calls.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • HR Tech / Talent · AI Agents

    Acceler8

    Continuous workforce intelligence for automation, redeployment, org design, and succession decisions.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Healthcare · AI Agents

    Advocate

    Advocate coordinates rides, groceries, repairs and appointments for seniors while giving families a shared view of what was handled.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Sales / GTM · AI Infra

    Amdahl

    Amdahl turns buyer and deal data into cited answers and evals for GTM agents, with usage pricing exposed publicly.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Gaming · Mobile · Multiplayer

    Antihero Studios

    Antihero Studios brings former Supercell, King and Blizzard game leaders together around a social mobile extraction game and creator-led brand strategy.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Fintech · AI Agents

    August

    A commercial-banking AI operations platform whose value depends on named workflows, auditability and regulated decision boundaries.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Fintech / Creator Economy

    Belong

    We build so they Belong.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Fintech · Real Estate / Prop Tech · AI Agents

    Bilrost

    Structured context and agentic workflow infrastructure for commercial lending.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Hardware · AI Infra

    Bota

    Bridging AI agents and the real world, starting with offline conversation data.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Legal Tech · AI Agents

    Concorda

    Concorda combines litigation drafting, discovery and citable legal research with a $350-per-user Team plan.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Commerce / Marketplaces · Food / AgTech · AI Agents

    Vereda

    Vereda uses a WhatsApp-native procurement agent and regional field relationships to shorten the farm-input distribution chain.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Deep Tech · Hardware · Manufacturing · Industrial Automation

    Acaysia

    Acaysia describes a real-time MPPI controller that optimizes reactor processes while respecting plant limits and falling back to PID on faults.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • Dev Tools & DevOps · AI Infra

    AgentCat

    An observability layer for agent interfaces where session replay and intent can turn opaque tool-call failures into product decisions.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • Future of Work / AI Agents

    Alia

    Agents that coordinate teams towards company goals.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • Fintech · Real Estate / Prop Tech · AI Agents

    Corlen

    AI-native loan origination and borrower-file operations for CRE lenders and brokers.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • B2C · Consumer

    DRS

    DRS operates Glow, Make and other generative-media consumer apps with a shared live-ops and growth system.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • Healthcare · Artificial Intelligence · Digital Health

    Electrokare

    Electrokare presents Nefesh as an ECG foundation model with clinical and performance applications for precision and preventative physiology.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • B2C · Media / Entertainment / Creator Economy · AI Generative Media

    Fictional

    A consumer character platform whose product test is whether persistent multimodal personas create repeat attention without losing control of memory and content.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • Developer Tools / AI Infrastructure

    Hoid

    Agentic AI compiler — makes AI models faster & cheaper on any hardware

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • Real Estate / Prop Tech · AI Generative Media

    Mirai

    Interactive neighborhood tours that add streets, places, and commutes to a property listing.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • Legal Tech · AI Agents

    OneGC

    OneGC is a software-plus-lawyer operating layer for startup legal work from formation through fundraising and governance.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • Developer Tools · AI Agents · Mobile

    Rork

    Rork helps people describe, build and publish iPhone, Android and web apps without assembling a native build pipeline.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Fintech · Sales / GTM · AI Agents

    Metal

    Metal gives founders a structured investor-research and fundraising workflow, from discovery and warm-intro paths to pipeline and meeting work.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • SaaS · Marketing · AI Search

    Limy AI

    Limy helps companies observe how AI systems discover and describe their brands, then connect that visibility to traffic and pipeline questions.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Finance and Accounting · B2B · AI Agents

    Artifact AI

    Artifact describes reconciliation, reporting and month-end close workflows that sit alongside an existing general ledger.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • AI Models / Research · Developer Tools · Local AI

    Syzygy

    Syzygy describes local-model tooling that connects apps and browsers to developer agents while reducing dependence on cloud inference.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Developer Tools · Design · AI Agents

    Pen.dev

    Pen.dev connects visual design work to code through an agentic canvas, model integrations and design-file synchronization.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Legal Tech · B2B · AI Agents

    Fearn

    Fearn combines patent expertise and staged pricing for startups deciding what to protect and how to build an IP portfolio.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Marketing · Social · AI Agents

    doublespeed

    doublespeed combines social personas, content generation and account management for teams running organic distribution workflows.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • HR Tech · Recruiting · AI Agents

    Jooba

    Jooba says it can run early recruiting work inside a team’s existing communication workflow rather than add another isolated hiring dashboard.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Enterprise SaaS · AI Agents · Finance

    Kanu AI

    Kanu positions its enterprise OS around connected data, agent queries, anomaly detection and deployments for data-heavy industries.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • AI Governance · Security · B2B

    ZeroDrift

    ZeroDrift offers policy checks, remediation and evidence IDs for teams shipping AI into regulated customer workflows.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • AI Agents · Enterprise SaaS · Consulting

    Panorama

    Panorama combines workflow discovery and implementation for teams deciding what to automate first.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Education · Business Intelligence · AI Agents

    Straia

    Straia connects higher-education data sources so administrators can ask questions and get operational insight.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Sales / GTM · Industrial · AI Agents

    Emanate

    Emanate positions autonomous revenue workflows for industrial businesses with high-value inquiries and quoting work.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Fashion · Generative Media · Commerce

    Mirror Mirror AI

    Mirror Mirror AI combines a model roster, booking and generative imagery for fashion brands producing campaign assets.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Finance · AI Agents · Enterprise SaaS

    Pluvo

    Pluvo positions finance teams around connected source data, explained variances and read-only, governed AI work.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Construction · AI Agents · Document Intelligence

    Piper-ai

    Piper connects construction project documents and company knowledge to scope, bid-leveling and estimate-review workflows.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Consumer · Hardware · Home Robotics

    Syncere

    Syncere combines a physical lamp with adaptive lighting and a claimed household-automation layer.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Management Consulting · AI Agents · Enterprise SaaS

    Verra

    Meridian connects a consulting firm’s prior engagements to research, drafting and delivery workflows with citations and permission controls.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Finance and Accounting · Tax · B2B SaaS

    Grove Tax

    Grove gives tax firms a return-level workflow for document collection, workpapers, review and delivery.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • AI Models · Developer Tools · Speech

    Oruk

    Oruk provides speech analysis APIs for developers building voice analytics, QA and speech-aware products.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • AI Agents · Developer Tools · AI Infra

    SenseLab

    SenseLab gives repeated agent runs a shared memory and outcome layer so findings can be reinforced or degraded over time.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • Data Infrastructure · AI Agents · Developer Tools

    Embrasure

    Embrasure gives agents a warehouse, catalog and memory surface for answering questions against business data.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • Energy · Infrastructure · AI Agents

    Vela Energy

    Vela connects power-project data, dependencies and decisions into a shared execution model for energy and data-center teams.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • Operations · AI Agents · Consulting

    Sotant

    Sotant combines process mapping, ROI opportunity analysis and managed AI workflow implementation.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • Security · SaaS · AI Agents

    Switchfrog

    Switchfrog helps SaaS teams classify browser sessions and apply action-specific controls when customers bring agents to their product.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • Consumer · Fintech · AI Agents

    Flip

    Flip puts personal-finance chores in an iMessage conversation and exposes an agent API for approved workflows.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • Developer Tools · AI Agents · Cloud Infrastructure

    Cube Computer

    Cube gives developers persistent Linux machines and agent workspaces without keeping a laptop open or managing local infrastructure.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • Regulated · Food and Beverage · AI Agents

    Truli

    Truli gives CPG brands a workflow for label review, claims validation, post-market monitoring and risk prioritization.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • Fintech · Trading Infrastructure · Crypto

    Mecone

    Mecone positions itself at the exchange layer, helping platforms expand the assets available for perpetual markets.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • AI Agents · Sales / GTM

    Atrios

    Atrios turns a trusted recommendation into a tracked referral path.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • AI Agents · Enterprise SaaS

    Bead AI

    Bead AI is selling an evidence trail for internal audit work.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Dev Tools & DevOps · AI Infra

    Brief

    Brief is a memory layer for the decisions behind a codebase.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • AI Agents · Manufacturing / Industrials

    Forgepoint

    Forgepoint treats the RFQ as the beginning of the manufacturing workflow.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Healthcare · AI Agents

    Moona Health

    Moona Health is a care workflow for CBT-I, not just a sleep app.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Enterprise SaaS · AI Infra

    Sentra

    Sentra’s memory product only works if permission survives the merge.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Infra · AI Infra

    Sparta

    Agent tests need state, not transcripts.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Media / Entertainment / Creator Economy · Consumer · AI Generative Media

    Zero Billion

    A human-data marketplace needs consent before it needs volume.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • AI Agents · Robotics · Gov Tech / Defense

    Dispatcher

    Dispatcher turns a drone into an aerial intelligence system that can act on a natural-language task.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • AI Agents · Insurtech · AI Infra

    General Magic

    General Magic is building insurance-specific agents for brokerages and carriers.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • AI Agents · Supply Chain / Logistics

    Sourcerer

    Sourcerer presents itself as a distributor that owns the path from a messy purchasing request to fulfillment.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • AI Agents · Future of Work

    Oasis

    Oasis is a shared room where humans and agents work on the same task state.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • AI Agents · Fintech · AI Voice

    PayPath

    PayPath is laying an AI workflow over the debt lifecycle, from enrollment to account management.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • AI Agents · Fintech

    Quanto

    Quanto connects accounting-firm growth work to the onboarding work that follows a signed engagement.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • AI Agents · Legal Tech

    Athena

    Athena combines a law firm’s senior judgment with purpose-built systems and AI agents for defined deals.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • AI Agents · Dev Tools & DevOps

    Elu

    Elu connects product signals to a proposed fix instead of leaving teams inside a dashboard.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • AI Agents · Dev Tools & DevOps · Manufacturing / Industrials

    EverCurrent

    A hardware change is only useful if you can trace its consequences.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Insurtech · Healthcare · AI Agents

    Logical Health

    Healthcare outreach should close a loop, not send another reminder.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Consumer · Hardware · AI Voice

    Taya

    Memory should start before you open a notes app.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • AI Agents · Transportation / Mobility

    Heavi

    Parts search should start with the VIN.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • AI Agents · Fintech · Healthcare

    Hammock

    Benefits only matter when employees can use them.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Sales / GTM · AI Agents

    Sirius

    The cancellation screen is a retention product.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Consumer · AI Generative Media · Media / Entertainment / Creator Economy

    Reelful

    A video editor can start with a sentence.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • AI Agents · Commerce / Marketplaces · Future of Work

    Bounty

    Pay for the result, not the agent.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • AI Agents · Consumer

    Creed

    Text/voice questions, Scripture-linked answers, guided prayer and Bible reading, with a dated privacy boundary for voice and journal data.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Consumer · AI Agents

    SoulLink

    A beta virtual-human companion whose dated terms describe voice/chat memory processing, login options and deletion requests.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Consumer · AI Agents

    Auto

    A photo-first camera that suggests small Frames for meals, plants, outfits, bills and other personal tasks.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Gov Tech / Defense · AI Agents

    Prior Foundry

    Policy teams can research evidence, simulate population impacts and draft decision-ready documents with an audit trail.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Real Estate / Prop Tech · AI Agents

    Smart Bricks

    Deal, underwriting, execution and portfolio agents for real-estate investment teams, including a 1,000+ variable underwriting claim.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • AI Agents · Commerce / Marketplaces

    Baro

    An approval-gated operating loop for consumer brands: set a goal, review a recommendation, approve execution, and measure the result.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • AI Agents · Insurtech

    Keythorn

    Technical AI risk assessment and standards certification before an insurance placement or carrier underwriting handoff.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • AI Infra · Media / Entertainment / Creator Economy · Adtech / Marketing Tech

    Space

    Space describes a cloud-backed filesystem that streams large files into desktop apps and syncs changes across devices.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • AI Agents · Future of Work · Fintech

    Kintow

    Kintow’s homepage describes a restaurant operations layer connecting documents, communications, payments, scheduling, and banking to support food-cost, labor, ordering, and cash-flow workflows.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • AI Agents · Fintech

    Loan Labs

    Loan Labs’ homepage describes AI digital workers that collect mortgage documents, extract data, run checks, maintain program checklists, and automate borrower follow-up.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Manufacturing / Industrials · Robotics

    URSA Mining

    URSA Mining’s homepage describes autonomous mining equipment plus material tracking, stockpile balances, and grade-control workflows.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Future of Work · AI Agents

    Alike

    Alike’s homepage describes shared context, programmable rules, and agent coordination across coding and team tools.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Construction Tech · AI Agents

    Cascade

    Cascade’s homepage describes public-project discovery, opportunity scoring, project-spec analysis, and proposal writing for AEC firms.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • Hardware · Healthcare

    Clair Health

    Clair Health’s homepage describes an early-access wearable and app for hormone-aware training, fertility, and health insights.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • AI Voice · Healthcare

    Rhema Health

    Rhema Health’s homepage describes voice outreach, patient intake, visit-ready summaries, clinician review, and follow-through workflows.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • AI Agents · Supply Chain / Logistics · AI Models / Research

    Ripline

    Ripline’s homepage describes AI agents for supplier qualification, RFQs, finance exceptions, and compliance work in physical-industry teams.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • Future of Work · AI Agents

    Sonatic

    Sonatic’s homepage describes a waitlisted digital assistant that observes workflow patterns and acts across connected workplace apps.

    a16z Speedrun SR005

  • Healthcare · AI Agents · Biotech / Pharma

    Omi Health

    Omi Health’s homepage describes blood and saliva testing, baseline tracking, and an app that turns results into personalized guidance for dogs.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • AI Agents · Fintech

    Sellara

    Sellara’s homepage describes a forward-deployed team that configures, monitors, and expands AI workflows for financial institutions.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • AI Agents · Adtech / Marketing Tech

    Simula

    Simula’s homepage and policy describe an advertising layer and SDK that deliver ads inside third-party publisher apps.

    a16z Speedrun SR006

  • AI Agents · Real Estate / Prop Tech

    Alven

    Alven’s homepage describes an AI property manager covering leasing, maintenance, delinquency, asset management, compliance, and accounting work.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • AI Infra · AI Agents · Enterprise SaaS

    Codos

    Codos’ homepage describes employee interviews, a company context layer, and AI field engineers that automate selected cost centers.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • Manufacturing / Industrials · Climate / Energy · Enterprise SaaS

    Colmez

    Colmez’s homepage describes lead discovery, lab-analysis interpretation, contract history, invoicing, and renewal work for environmental-services teams.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

  • Healthcare · AI Agents

    Vene Health

    Vene Health’s homepage describes an assistant that tracks medications, appointments, referrals, refills, and insurance while keeping families and clinicians informed.

    a16z Speedrun SR007

How this collection was assembled

Includes all of our approved published profiles with recorded a16z Speedrun membership. This remains a researched subset of the public program roster, not a complete intake list or a quality ranking.