Recommended Reading from Tech Founders

Martin Casado pointed people to his a16z conversation on what makes robotics pay off. Garry Tan, Tobi Lütke and Casado shared a post on frontier models editing weights directly. Amjad Masad promoted Replit's case for running AI agents in managed cloud environments.

Tim Ferriss updated his book and program picks. Keith Rabois praised Harry Stebbings' conversation with David Tisch, and Garry Tan, Patrick O'Shaughnessy and Ryan Hoover each pointed to an AI, investing or podcast piece.

What tech founders and investors recommended: a 20VC episode on Anthropic's S-1, a post on how far to push AI, Colossus's feature on Trump's science adviser, Hayek, a cardiology study and a Star Trek episode.

Recommendations from founders and investors: a former Apple App Review head's essay on account terminations, Khosla Ventures' summit write-ups, a bearish read on Reddit's earnings call, and the latest All-In episode.

Three investors shared Will Manidis's new long-form outlook on capital and sovereignty. Martin Casado called one agent-harness talk a must-watch, and other picks covered an AI-native company playbook, a factory-tour series and strength training.

Investors recommended work on AI infrastructure finance and model efficiency, a VC framework from Martin Casado, and a few long-running reading favorites: Stratechery and Cryptonomicon.

Chamath endorses a skeptical read of Anthropic's IPO financing, Patrick O'Shaughnessy points readers to Cliff Sosin's case that intelligence is overrated, and Gerstner, Khosla, Sweeney and Farnam Street add shorter recommendations.

Anthropic's IPO filing was the most-recommended document of the day, with Sarah Guo, Jason Lemkin and Aaron Levie each pointing to different parts of it. Other picks: Marc Andreessen's essay on self-driving companies, OpenAI's ETH-refutation preprint, and a few more.

Rob Snyder on Lenny's Podcast names Christopher Alexander's four-volume architecture series as his favorite book. Aaron Levie and Martin Casado share posts on AI and cybersecurity, and Keith Rabois and Palmer Luckey post about books.

Andrew Wilkinson names the books and podcast he gives young entrepreneurs. Martin Casado and Aaron Levie share posts arguing that broad access to AI models helps defenders.