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20 Aug 2026, 9:00 PM	TechCrunch	7.5	For a16z, AI gives foreign founders an advantage a16z partners Gabriel Vasquez and Angela Strange say 44% of investments in their Apps Fund One and Two have an international founder, and argue that non-US founders now have an edge in AI because they can keep one foot in their home market and one in Silicon Valley. Vasquez notes that enterprise buying patterns outside the US have shifted dramatically in the last 3-5 years, with international startups now landing Fortune 500 clients early, prompting a16z to spend over a million air miles pursuing non-US dealflow rather than requiring teams to relocate. Why: If you're a founder in Malaysia or SEA building an AI startup, a16z is actively looking for international dealflow and no longer expects you to move to the US. The concrete signal is that non-US enterprise buyers' willingness to pay has risen sharply over 3-5 years, meaning you can land major enterprise clients from your home market before raising from US funds. This should change your go-to-market calculus: target global enterprise customers from day one rather than assuming you need US relocation to be fundable. venture-capital ai-startups enterprise-sales international-founders

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20 Aug 2026, 9:00 PM

TechCrunch

7.5

For a16z, AI gives foreign founders an advantage

a16z partners Gabriel Vasquez and Angela Strange say 44% of investments in their Apps Fund One and Two have an international founder, and argue that non-US founders now have an edge in AI because they can keep one foot in their home market and one in Silicon Valley. Vasquez notes that enterprise buying patterns outside the US have shifted dramatically in the last 3-5 years, with international startups now landing Fortune 500 clients early, prompting a16z to spend over a million air miles pursuing non-US dealflow rather than requiring teams to relocate.

Why: If you're a founder in Malaysia or SEA building an AI startup, a16z is actively looking for international dealflow and no longer expects you to move to the US. The concrete signal is that non-US enterprise buyers' willingness to pay has risen sharply over 3-5 years, meaning you can land major enterprise clients from your home market before raising from US funds. This should change your go-to-market calculus: target global enterprise customers from day one rather than assuming you need US relocation to be fundable.