angela strange
@astrange

General Partner (AI Apps & Fintech) @a16z, proud Canadian, mom of 2 boys, distance runner; Previous: product leader

 San Francisco, CA
Joined February 2007
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Entire industries are now decided in <2 years

“No one gets fired for buying IBM” took ~20 years to become true. With AI, the safe default can be set in <2 years. Once IBM became the default, evaluation stopped. Buyers bandwagoned. AI is

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Responsiveness is one of the most powerful superpowers you can have in work and in life.

Was on a run this morning with some engineering leaders who told me they chose their vendor simply because that team **replied first** Speed absolutely wins. And responsiveness is the form of speed
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Voice agents as a wedge into 7 figure contracts w/ FIs/Insurance

Imagine if every time you were called by a company (or had to call them) -- the agent had a perfect history of your full customer profile (e.g., what you've bought at an e-commerce, which products you

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Fintech isn’t dead. It’s at a new beginning 🚀

Tech in financial services adapts/ creates large opportunities in every product cycle.  We are just at the beginning with AI. 🖥 Product cycle: PC/Internet era Fintech wave 1: “put it on a website” 👉

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Ep 3 of @a16z Fintech’s In the Vault is out now featuring former @GlobalPayInc CEO Jeff Sloan!

We discuss: - How to spot (and move on) industry trends early [payments bundled with software!] - How tech CEOs should put many "bets" on the table and how to keep momentum - The importance of

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