Chinese kindergarten enrollment is down 25% in just four years. The global demographic implosion is going to cause massive social and economic consequences, and it’s only getting started.

This shouldn’t be a surprise. Fewer marriages and no cultural requirement or push for marriage means those who marry tend to be more serious about it. Still, it’s good to neutralize the argument many make: “you’re rolling the dice if you marry.” It’s clearly not true among younger generations.

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We @a16z are excited to announce our Series A investment in @diodeinc, partnering with @davideasnaghi and @lennykhazan as they transform the way circuit boards are designed and manufactured in the US.  Whether it’s robots, drones, autonomous systems, or consumer products, two things matter most in today’s hardware landscape: speed of iteration and design for manufacturability.  The US answer to Shenzhen will be powered by AI, and will have @diodeinc inside!

Exciting news on @diodeinc published on Business Insider today. 1/ We raised capital! Over $14.5m, most recently in a $11.4m series A round led by @a16z (details below) 2/ We are working with fortune 100 companies and fast growing startups. If you are building hardware, we want to be your first choice for circuit boards. 3/ This is just the beginning, insane benchmarks coming later this month

🇺🇸 Today is a day we have been working towards for six months. We are announcing America’s AI action plan putting us on the road to continued AI dominance. The three core themes: - Accelerate AI innovation - Build American AI infrastructure - Lead in international AI diplomacy and security. It’s a long document (!) and I highly encourage you read it. There is a lot of exciting actions in here but one I’m very partial to is the focus on open source and open weights and making sure the U.S. leads in this critical area. This represents the work of many many people but I want to particularly highlight @DavidSacks @mkratsios47 and the person who has spent the most time and sweat and effort on this : @deanwball Personally, this is an effort I’ve been incredibly proud to have been a part of and why I signed up for this job. I’m confident this and the other announcements today put us on the road to AI dominance as called for by President Trump.

He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.

My conversation @ZachBDell on building Base Power If you are interested in energy, the grid, and how each are changing, this is an awesome overview Even since we recorded, Base is scaling at an impressive clip A company, and entrepreneur, to watch

Introducing: Made in America A Sourcery Mini-Series born at @reindsummit Detroit featuring 20+ of the most important leaders in American progress

Honored to have @SecDef Pete Hegseth share his vision for Reindustrialization with our audience last week. He inspired us with a Detroit-based, WWII slogan: "You make it Right...They will make it Fight." Sir, we WILL make it right, so you and our military can fight.