a16z speedrun 006 founder

Silvia Chen

Founder of Bilrost, Automated infrastructure for modern commercial lenders.

Company

Silvia Chen is listed as a founder of Bilrost. Automated infrastructure for modern commercial lenders. Speedrun 006 profile: 5 employees; located in Oakland, California; tags: AI, Fintech, Enterprise SaaS.

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  1. LinkedIn

    Silvia Chen post about Bilrost

    Founder post says Bilrost is backed by a16z speedrun and describes commercial loan processing automation.

  2. LinkedIn

    I never thought I'd see our name in lights this soon.

    I never thought I'd see our name in lights this soon. 🗽 We've been growing fast and there it is: Bilrost, on a billboard in the middle of Times Square. We built Bilrost to do what real estate lenders have been waiting for: bring automation and intelligence across the full...

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    Building a category-defining company in financial infrastructure is hard.

    Building a category-defining company in financial infrastructure is hard. Having people who've already scaled through it standing with you changes the odds. Excited to share that Erin James Collard is joining Bilrost as a strategic advisor. Erin co-founded and served as CFO at...

  4. LinkedIn

    Bilrost: Solving the Problem Worth Going All In On | Silvia Chen posted on the topic | LinkedIn

    How do you decide if something is worth going all in on? That's the question John Furrier and Brian J. Baumann asked me at ACTAI Global. The full interview is at 11k views and counting. My answer is simple: look at the problem. As LLMs get smarter, compute gets cheaper, and the...

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    In addition to the program itself, I’ve also just met some seriously amazing human beings through Speedrun including a16z partners, inspiring fellow founders, and broader community.

    In addition to the program itself, I’ve also just met some seriously amazing human beings through Speedrun including a16z partners, inspiring fellow founders, and broader community. Highly recommended

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    When you have the best team, you really feel the difference

    When you have the best team, you really feel the difference

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    Over 15 years of investing, I’ve noticed a pattern: I keep going one layer deeper than the field I’m working in. When I did AI research,...

    Over 15 years of investing, I’ve noticed a pattern: I keep going one layer deeper than the field I’m working in. When I did AI research, I bought chips. When I traded bonds, I bought crypto. Now that I’m building AI apps, I’ve spent the last two years doubling down on energy,...

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    Just worked with a #broadway actor on how to use body language to be a stronger story teller. Loving this #StartupLife. Always learning s...

    Just worked with a #broadway actor on how to use body language to be a stronger story teller. Loving this #StartupLife. Always learning something new