Guido Appenzeller

@appenz

At a16z investing in AI & Infra. 2x founder & CEO. CTO at Intel & VMware. CPO at Yubico. Tweets are my own.

Silicon Valley, CA

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Joined January 2008

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Guido Appenzeller
@appenz
Aug 28
We have raised a $1.1b fund to invest in silicon, data centers, robotics and related aspects of the physical buildout of AI. Every major tech cycle redefines the physical infrastructure, and AI is no exception. And this presents huge opportunities for startups. LFM!
The Machine Age Fund
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Guido Appenzeller
@appenz
Nov 5
Astra and $500 in tokens to build the chip-level logic (FPGA) and software for a fully functional Satellite TV receiver. Crazy! Amazing work @ivan_makarov !
Ivan Makarov
@ivan_makarov
Nov 1
Full and flawless sat tv reception on agent's built of sdr on ad9361+xc7z020 🤯🤯🤯 it took gpt-6-astra 72h to get protocol right with no full documentation, and then stream the video+audtion on on-traget web app
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Guido Appenzeller
@appenz
Nov 5
The more I am looking at AI for semiconductor design, the more it seems to me that: 1. RTL generation is just coding 2. 100% of RTL will be generated by agents 3. This means frontier models will dominate And to be clear, we still need specialized tools for those agents that do
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Guido Appenzeller
@appenz
Nov 4
Few people if any understand high-performance remote desktop access as well as @boxerbk and Chris. And agents just made remote desktop access a whole lot more important. Super excited about us investing in @Phaze_in
Benjy Boxer
@boxerbk
Nov 4
Today we’re announcing an $8.75M seed round for Phaze. Companies aren’t ready for how many computers people and AI agents are about to need. And it’s happening just as computer prices are up 3x. Chris and I spent years building Parsec to make a computer thousands of miles away
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Guido Appenzeller
@appenz
Oct 31
Huge thanks to the amazing @mercury team! This was was a bug and they fixed it. On a Saturday morning. I just love Mercury! And if your current bank doesn't support Agents, check them out. They have a *very* good CLI, API and MCP integration. @immad @rywiggs! 🙏
Guido Appenzeller
@appenz
Oct 31
I love @mercury's online presence, it's second to none. But the fact that I can't use their cards to pay a vendor in the European Union is crazy. It makes it hard to see them being used as a primary bank for start-ups.
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