Archive - The SandHill.io Newsletter

#298 | Raise less & build software, The hunt for human exhaust, & more

Aug 23rd | The latest from Khosla Ventures, USV, Bessemer, Sequoia, Compound, and others

24 hrs ago • Ali Afridi

#297 | The Human Bet, World Models, Data Center Debates, & more

Aug 16th | The latest from Forerunner, Emergence, Theory, Jump Capital, Lightspeed, and others

Aug 16 • Ali Afridi

#296 | The Pragmatic Robotics Boom, The Power Law Comes for VCs, & more

Aug 9th | The latest from Earlybird, Altimeter, Cathay, Wing, Slow, Contrary, and others

Aug 9 • Ali Afridi

#295 | Robotics' Missing Piece, Marketplaces in the age of AI, & more

Aug 2nd | The latest from Emergence, General Catalyst, A16Z, Wing, Slow, and others

Aug 2 • Ali Afridi

July 2026

#294 | Request for Startups, Data Center Industrialization, & more

July 26th | The latest from YC, Dynamo, Emergence, Sequoia, NFX, Compound, and others

Jul 26 • Ali Afridi

#293 | AI Inference Market, Return of Nuclear, Broker's Edge, & more

July 19th | The latest from Chapter One, Maveron, Altimeter, Homebrew, Insight, and others

Jul 19 • Ali Afridi

#292 | AI-Enabled Services, The Task Economy, Death of AI Wrappers, & more

July 12th | The latest from Benchmark, Sequoia, USV, NFX, Madrona, and others

Jul 12 • Ali Afridi

#291 | Exponential Changes, Founders Ditching Model Labs, & more

July 5th | The latest from DCVC, Euclid, Altimeter, NFX, Lerer Hippeau, and others

Jul 5 • Ali Afridi

June 2026

#290 | Hardware Is Eating Software, Consumer Rebellion, & more

June 28th | The latest from Emergence, Wing, USV, NFX, Insight, and others

Jun 28 • Ali Afridi

#289 | The New Industrial Revolution, AI Rewiring Drug Development, & more

June 21st | The latest from NFX, Emergence, Madrona, Felicis, Lightspeed, and others

Jun 21 • Ali Afridi

#288 | Everything is Recorded Now, Beyond Agents, AI Clearinghouses & more

June 14th | The latest from A16Z, Altimeter, 8VC, Sequoia, Conviction, and others

Jun 14

#287 | Physical Seams of the AI Buildout, Industrial AI, & more

June 7th | The latest from Conviction, Zetta, Felicis, Meritech, Energize, Sequoia, and others

Jun 7 • Ali Afridi

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