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A16z’s infrastructure team and a claimed big year for M&A and markups

A September 28 post calls 2026 a “pretty nuts” year for a16z’s infrastructure team, listing Cursor at $60 billion under “M&A” and Databricks at $190 billion under “Markups.”

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A user’s September 28 post lists Cursor ($60 billion), World Labs ($8.2 billion) and OpenRouter ($7.5 billion) under “M&A.” Under “Markups,” it lists Databricks ($190 billion), Mistral ($24 billion), Eleven Labs ($22 billion), Fal ($15–20 billion) and Periodic ($7.5 billion). The user presents the list as a sign of a big 2026 for a16z’s infrastructure team.

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David Kwon@dkwon98the a16z infra team is having a pretty nuts 2026 M&A Cursor for $60B World Labs for $8.2B OpenRouter for $7.5B Markups Databricks at $190B Mistral at $24B Eleven Labs at $22B Fal at $15-20B Periodic at $7.5B11d
Erik Torenberg@eriktorenbergRT @dkwon98: the a16z infra team is having a pretty nuts 2026 M&A Cursor for $60B World Labs for $8.2B OpenRouter for $7.5B Markups Datab…11d
Dave McClure@davemcclureRT @dkwon98: the a16z infra team is having a pretty nuts 2026 M&A Cursor for $60B World Labs for $8.2B OpenRouter for $7.5B Markups Datab…11d
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    David Kwon@dkwon98the a16z infra team is having a pretty nuts 2026 M&A Cursor for $60B World Labs for $8.2B OpenRouter for $7.5B Markups Databricks at $190B Mistral at $24B Eleven Labs at $22B Fal at $15-20B Periodic at $7.5B11d
    Erik Torenberg@eriktorenbergRT @dkwon98: the a16z infra team is having a pretty nuts 2026 M&A Cursor for $60B World Labs for $8.2B OpenRouter for $7.5B Markups Datab…11d
    Dave McClure@davemcclureRT @dkwon98: the a16z infra team is having a pretty nuts 2026 M&A Cursor for $60B World Labs for $8.2B OpenRouter for $7.5B Markups Datab…11d
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