a16z Speedrun

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Andreessen Horowitz's flagship accelerator. 12-week in-person program in SF. Access to a16z's massive operational team for GTM, brand, media, and talent. $180M+ deployed since 2023.

Tier

Tier A

Application questions 52

01

Are you full-time or part-time on the startup?

Full-time / Part-time.
02

Number of Full-Time Founders

How many founders are working full-time on your startup? Founders are individuals with over 10% equity. If you're part-time or not yet incorporated, enter '0' and add all co-founders in the section below. Options 0-5.
03

Total FTE Employees

How many full-time equivalent employees (including founders) are currently at your startup? Part-time staff should be counted proportionally (e.g., two half-time employees = 1 FTE).
04

Founder Details — First Name

Repeatable per founder, starting with CEO. Use 'Add co-founder' for additional founders.
05

Founder Details — Last Name

Repeatable per founder.
06

Founder Details — Email

Repeatable per founder.
07

Founder Details — Phone Number

Optional. Repeatable per founder.
08 · 1000 characters

Relevant experience

In a few sentences, highlight your most relevant professional, startup, or industry experience. Focus on track record, domain expertise, and past wins.
09

Founder Details — Country / City

Repeatable per founder. Full country list.
10

Citizenship

Repeatable per founder. Full country list.
11

College / University

Repeatable per founder.
12

Highest Education

Optional. Options: High School Degree; Bachelor's Degree (BA, BS); Master's / Professional Degree (MD, MBA, JD, etc.); Doctoral Degree (PhD).
13

How many years of professional experience do you have?
14

Are you technical enough to build the product end-to-end?

Yes/No.
15

LinkedIn URL

Repeatable per founder.
16

GitHub URL

Optional.
17

X URL

Optional.
18

Portfolio URL

Optional. Link to personal website, project portfolio, or side project.
19 · 1000 characters

Tell us more about the team

How does the team know each other? Is there anyone else on the team? Why is this the best team to win? Do you have any key advisors? Etc.
20

Startup Name
21 · 100 characters

Pitch your startup in one sentence.

What do you do and for whom? E.g. “AI-powered therapist for Gen Z”
22 · 800 characters

Startup Description

What problem are you solving? What are you building?
23

Primary Category

Select the closest match for your startup. If none apply, choose 'Other'. Options: B2B / Enterprise Applications; Consumer Applications; Deep Tech; Gaming / Entertainment Studio; Infrastructure / Dev Tools; Healthcare; GovTech; Crypto; Other.
24

Secondary Category

Optional. If your startup fits more than one category, select a second category. If none apply, choose 'Other'. Same option list as Primary Category.
25

Where do you intend to build your startup?

Country + city. Full country list.
26

When was your startup founded?

Year (2016-2026) and month.
27

Company Website

Optional. E.g. https://yourcompany.com
28 · 1000 characters

Anything else we should know?

Optional. If there's something that doesn't fit elsewhere, drop it here.
29

Pitch Deck (PDF)

Optional. File upload.
30

Traction

Optional.
31

Funding History

Optional.
32

Active Fundraising Round

Optional.
33

Referral

Optional.
34

Where did you learn about speedrun?

Required. Let us know how you found out about speedrun. Options: X / Twitter; LinkedIn; Speedrun Newsletter / Substack; Speedrun Alumni; Speedrun Scout; Friend; Investor; Event; a16z Team; Other.
35

Source detail

Optional. Provide the name, handle, post, event, etc. for the referral source above.
36

email
37

phone number(OPTIONAL)
38

Founder experience
39

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40

City
41

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42

portfolio url(OPTIONAL)

Link to personal website, project portfolio, or side project.
43

Team description
44

One-liner
45

Where do you intend to build your startup? *
46

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48

website url(OPTIONAL)

E.g. https://yourcompany.com
49

traction notes(OPTIONAL)
50

date
51

start date
52

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