Matt Perault(@MattPerault):What does life actually look like for a two-person team building a startup at a kitchen table? And why are these founders almost never in the room when policy gets made? .@AndrewChen joins the AI Policy Brief to talk about the Littlest of Little Tech. Through a16z @speedrun, he backs startups on day one. Through @TechWeek_, he sees what makes startup ecosystems thrive. A conversation about founder reality, the Little Tech policy gap, and how regulation shapes what gets built.

Matt Perault

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Head of AI Policy @a16z. Fmr director of @UNC_TechPolicy and Facebook public policy.

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Matt Perault@MattPerault

2026.05.12 13:44

What does life actually look like for a two-person team building a startup at a kitchen table? And why are these founders almost never in the room when policy gets made? .@AndrewChen joins the AI Policy Brief to talk about the Littlest of Little Tech. Through a16z @speedrun, he backs startups on day one. Through @TechWeek_, he sees what makes startup ecosystems thrive. A conversation about founder reality, the Little Tech policy gap, and how regulation shapes what gets built.