994K
Median views602K across all launches
50%
Past a million viewsof 303 launches
8x
Views against followingmedian launch
#11
Of 20 firmsby median views
Biggest launches
| Company | Views | Followers when posted | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| xAI | 204M | 2,087,211 | 1 May 2026 |
| OpenAI | 139M | 5,492,151 | 3 Sep 2026 |
| Grok Bot | 46M | 489,890 | 2 Sep 2026 |
| SpaceX | 44.8M | 41,942,134 | 25 Aug 2026 |
| TypeSafe AI | 40.1M | 1,500 | 15 Sep 2026 |
| OpenArt | 16.7M | 80,275 | 23 Jun 2026 |
| ElevenLabs | 15.2M | 209,154 | 4 Feb 2026 |
| World Labs | 10.9M | 115,959 | 1 Sep 2026 |
| Flex Port | 10.6M | 753,852 | 29 Sep 2026 |
| Replit | 8.6M | 240,087 | 19 Feb 2026 |
| Rork | 8.6M | 59,283 | 19 Feb 2026 |
| Thinking Machines Lab | 8.4M | 184,613 | 15 Jul 2026 |
Breakouts from small accounts
Launches from accounts under 10,000 followers that passed 250K views, one per company.
| Company | Views | Followers when posted | Against following |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZeroDrift | 5.8M | 1,146 | 5,071x |
| 11x | 4.3M | 2,628 | 1,631x |
| Runware | 2M | 7,764 | 259x |
| Clouted | 1.7M | 2,016 | 857x |
| Codos | 1.6M | 1,800 | 910x |
| Lightfield | 1.3M | 6,784 | 199x |
| Applied Intuition | 1.3M | 6,863 | 190x |
| QuiverAI | 1.3M | 4,825 | 268x |
| Lassie | 1.2M | 5,717 | 210x |
| Runta | 1.1M | 6,275 | 176x |
Launch, then a raise
Launches followed by a funding round within 90 days.
| Company | Launch | Then |
|---|---|---|
| TypeSafe AI | 40.1M15 Sep 2026 | Funding announced on X24 days later |
| Replit | 8.6M19 Feb 2026 | Funding announced on X20 days later |
| Rork | 8.6M19 Feb 2026 | Funding announced on X50 days later |
| ElevenLabs | 558K9 Jan 2026 | Funding announced on X26 days later |
| Harvey | 249K18 Aug 2026 | Funding announced on X22 days later |
Who a16z invests alongside
The firms most often on the same cap tables, by number of shared portfolio companies in the directory.
| Firm | Shared companies |
|---|---|
| SV Angel | 27 of 133 |
| Sequoia | 24 of 133 |
| NVIDIA | 17 of 133 |
| Y Combinator | 17 of 133 |
| Kleiner Perkins | 13 of 133 |
| Lightspeed | 12 of 133 |
| Coatue | 12 of 133 |
| Salesforce Ventures | 11 of 133 |
| Quiet Capital | 11 of 133 |
| General Catalyst | 10 of 133 |
By category
| Category | Launches | Median views |
|---|---|---|
| Frontier labs | 94 | 2.4M |
| Developer tools | 63 | 1.5M |
| Consumer and creative AI | 41 | 1.1M |
| Creative AI | 24 | 1.8M |
| Enterprise AI | 19 | 280K |
| Healthtech and regulated AI | 12 | 926K |
| Robotics and hardware | 9 | 246K |
| Fintech | 7 | 45K |
a16z portfolio companies on X
| Company | Launches | Total views | Biggest launch |
|---|---|---|---|
| xAI | 29 | 670.3M | 204M1 May 2026 |
| OpenAI | 68 | 437.1M | 139M3 Sep 2026 |
| Grok Bot | 10 | 194.2M | 46M2 Sep 2026 |
| SpaceX | 2 | 50.8M | 44.8M25 Aug 2026 |
| TypeSafe AI | 4 | 45.1M | 40.1M15 Sep 2026 |
| ElevenLabs | 13 | 40.6M | 15.2M4 Feb 2026 |
| OpenArt | 4 | 24.1M | 16.7M23 Jun 2026 |
| Replit | 8 | 17.9M | 8.6M19 Feb 2026 |
| Etched | 2 | 15.4M | 7.8M18 Aug 2026 |
| World Labs | 2 | 11.2M | 10.9M1 Sep 2026 |
| Flex Port | 1 | 10.6M | 10.6M29 Sep 2026 |
| Anduril Industries | 4 | 10.2M | 7.7M27 Jan 2026 |
| OpenEvidence | 3 | 9.5M | 6.8M21 May 2026 |
| Rork | 2 | 8.8M | 8.6M19 Feb 2026 |
| Thinking Machines Lab | 1 | 8.4M | 8.4M15 Jul 2026 |
| The Boring Company | 1 | 6.6M | 6.6M10 Sep 2026 |
| Gamma | 2 | 6.2M | 4.7M17 Mar 2026 |
| ZeroDrift | 2 | 6.1M | 5.8M2 Jun 2026 |
| AgentSky | 2 | 5M | 2.7M18 Sep 2026 |
| Safe Superintelligence | 1 | 4.6M | 4.6M27 Jul 2026 |
| 11x | 1 | 4.3M | 4.3M14 Oct 2026 |
| Ideogram | 3 | 4M | 2.2M3 Jun 2026 |
| QuiverAI | 2 | 3.7M | 2.4M16 Sep 2026 |
| Krea | 4 | 3.3M | 2.4M12 May 2026 |
| Exa | 4 | 2.8M | 1.1M16 Jun 2026 |
| The Horowitz Andreessen Academy | 1 | 2.3M | 2.3M22 Sep 2026 |
| fal | 5 | 2.3M | 2M27 Aug 2026 |
| Sesame | 1 | 2.2M | 2.2M6 Oct 2026 |
| Lightfield | 2 | 2.1M | 1.3M9 Sep 2026 |
| pen.dev | 2 | 2M | 1.5M21 Jan 2026 |
| Runware | 1 | 2M | 2M2 Oct 2026 |
| GLIF | 2 | 1.9M | 1.7M30 Oct 2026 |
| Mirage | 1 | 1.9M | 1.9M22 Sep 2026 |
| Black Forest Labs | 2 | 1.8M | 1.2M23 Jul 2026 |
| Viggle AI | 1 | 1.7M | 1.7M19 Oct 2026 |
| Clouted | 1 | 1.7M | 1.7M20 May 2026 |
| Periodic Labs | 1 | 1.7M | 1.7M15 Sep 2026 |
| Codos | 1 | 1.6M | 1.6M21 Sep 2026 |
| Cresta | 2 | 1.6M | 849K23 Sep 2026 |
| Stripe | 1 | 1.5M | 1.5M29 Apr 2026 |
| Special | 1 | 1.5M | 1.5M2 Jun 2026 |
| Cognition | 1 | 1.4M | 1.4M8 Sep 2026 |
| Applied Intuition | 1 | 1.3M | 1.3M21 Jul 2026 |
| Space | 2 | 1.3M | 1M24 Sep 2026 |
| Arena.ai | 4 | 1.2M | 552K4 Jun 2026 |
| Lassie | 1 | 1.2M | 1.2M3 Jun 2026 |
| Zipline | 1 | 1.1M | 1.1M17 Aug 2026 |
| Runta | 1 | 1.1M | 1.1M16 Jul 2026 |
| Macro | 1 | 991K | 991K2 Oct 2026 |
| OpenRouter | 4 | 984K | 701K19 Aug 2026 |
| Town | 2 | 939K | 667K3 Jun 2026 |
| Underdog | 1 | 909K | 909K2 Oct 2026 |
| Thatch | 1 | 856K | 856K15 Sep 2026 |
| Mercury | 1 | 856K | 856K16 Sep 2026 |
| Cowboy Space Corp. | 1 | 810K | 810K11 May 2026 |
| Coinbase | 1 | 756K | 756K16 Jun 2026 |
| Metal | 1 | 595K | 595K1 Sep 2026 |
| ElevenCreative | 2 | 581K | 465K1 Oct 2026 |
| Hadrian | 1 | 512K | 512K6 Aug 2026 |
| Starcloud | 1 | 489K | 489K21 Aug 2026 |
| Apex | 1 | 466K | 466K2 Sep 2026 |
| Harvey | 3 | 460K | 249K18 Aug 2026 |
| sunapp.ai | 1 | 459K | 459K9 Apr 2026 |
| Ethos | 1 | 455K | 455K6 May 2026 |
| Banbury Road | 1 | 428K | 428K5 Oct 2026 |
| Orbits | 1 | 415K | 415K21 Sep 2026 |
| Reducto | 2 | 408K | 306K1 Sep 2026 |
| Sotant | 1 | 401K | 401K29 Sep 2026 |
| Househunt | 1 | 393K | 393K21 Apr 2026 |
| Mirror Mirror AI | 1 | 369K | 369K14 Oct 2026 |
| Amca | 1 | 338K | 338K20 May 2026 |
| Colmez | 1 | 332K | 332K1 Oct 2026 |
| Vene | 1 | 308K | 308K21 Oct 2026 |
| Endra AI | 1 | 262K | 262K1 Jun 2026 |
| Stitch | 1 | 259K | 259K14 May 2026 |
| General Medicine | 1 | 259K | 259K6 Oct 2026 |
| Vals AI | 1 | 248K | 248K13 Aug 2026 |
| Formation Bio | 1 | 237K | 237K28 Oct 2026 |
| Saronic | 1 | 232K | 232K30 Sep 2026 |
| Aleph | 1 | 222K | 222K30 Sep 2026 |
| Temporal | 1 | 214K | 214K14 Sep 2026 |
| doxxnet | 1 | 212K | 212K1 Oct 2026 |
| Gimlet Labs | 1 | 190K | 190K4 Sep 2026 |
| Convey | 1 | 181K | 181K17 Jun 2026 |
| Pit | 1 | 171K | 171K7 May 2026 |
| Mintlify | 2 | 169K | 152K6 Aug 2026 |
| Auto | 1 | 165K | 165K13 Apr 2026 |
| HappyRobot | 1 | 164K | 164K4 Aug 2026 |
| Truli | 1 | 162K | 162K5 Oct 2026 |
| Telepatia | 1 | 157K | 157K17 Jun 2026 |
| Stilta | 1 | 157K | 157K19 May 2026 |
| Karotte | 1 | 139K | 139K7 Oct 2026 |
| Abliteration | 1 | 136K | 136K1 Oct 2026 |
| Endeavor Optical Network | 1 | 123K | 123K4 Aug 2026 |
| Rive | 1 | 121K | 121K10 Sep 2026 |
| Neo Security | 1 | 117K | 117K20 Jul 2026 |
| Saru | 1 | 112K | 112K12 Oct 2026 |
| Uplift | 1 | 111K | 111K13 Aug 2026 |
| Foundry | 1 | 108K | 108K1 Oct 2026 |
| bounty | 1 | 107K | 107K17 Sep 2026 |
| TechCrunch | 1 | 95K | 95K9 Oct 2026 |
| Waymo | 1 | 95K | 95K22 Sep 2026 |
| Resend | 2 | 89K | 79K23 Oct 2026 |
| Hilbert | 1 | 84K | 84K15 Apr 2026 |
| ELU | 1 | 76K | 76K1 Oct 2026 |
| Highstock | 1 | 67K | 67K10 Sep 2026 |
| Composio | 2 | 50K | 45K22 Oct 2026 |
| Arc | 1 | 46K | 46K26 May 2026 |
| Coinbase Assets | 1 | 45K | 45K21 Oct 2026 |
| Dream | 1 | 41K | 41K29 Oct 2026 |
| Mirai | 1 | 40K | 40K1 Oct 2026 |
| FurtherAI | 2 | 36K | 32K20 Apr 2026 |
| Shield AI | 1 | 34K | 34K22 Sep 2026 |
| Stuut | 1 | 33K | 33K7 Oct 2026 |
| Kanu AI | 1 | 27K | 27K30 Sep 2026 |
| SafeWorld AI | 1 | 20K | 20K5 Oct 2026 |
| Plaid | 1 | 19K | 19K8 Oct 2026 |
| Blueprint | 1 | 18K | 18K5 Oct 2026 |
| Jo | 1 | 15K | 15K19 Oct 2026 |
| OpenWhispr | 1 | 15K | 15K10 Sep 2026 |
| UpSmith | 1 | 13K | 13K5 Oct 2026 |
| Decagon | 2 | 12K | 11K8 Oct 2026 |
| ElevenLabs Developers | 1 | 9K | 9K14 Sep 2026 |
| Concourse | 1 | 5K | 5K10 Sep 2026 |
| Leonidas | 1 | 3K | 3K12 Oct 2026 |
| Toptal | 1 | 1K | 1K13 Oct 2026 |
| Samsara | 1 | 717 | 71713 Oct 2026 |
Questions
Which a16z portfolio companies launch on X?
127 a16z-backed companies have 303 launches in the Doomers launch directory. The biggest by total views are xAI, OpenAI, Grok Bot.
What was the biggest launch from a a16z-backed company?
xAI, with 204M views on 1 May 2026.
How do a16z-backed launches compare with other launches on X?
The median a16z-backed launch did 994K views, against 602K across every launch we track. 50% passed a million views. By median views the portfolio ranks 11 of the 20 firms we report on.
Where does this data come from?
Views, followers and dates are read from X. A company counts as backed when the firm invested in any round on record, matched to investment records by the company's website, plus companies whose own posts name the firm.
A known gap: about four in ten companies have no investment record yet, mostly the newest, so very young portfolio companies are under-counted.