Organizers announced a16z’s Ops Engineering Fellowship on September 23, 2026, describing a program for people connecting internal systems, building agents and redesigning workflows across finance, sales and support. They plan to bring about 50 participants together over six weeks in San Francisco and New York City. The announcement names Claire Vo, Ann Miura-Ko, Owen Williams and Sebastien Goddijn among the founding fellows and invites applications and recommendations for other participants.