"Introducing Doublespeed, an [Andreessen Horowitz backed] startup operating a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated slop on behalf of its clients.
Doublespeed clients can expect to pay anywhere between $1,500 and $7,500 a month for access to its phone farm."
Doublespeed clients can expect to pay anywhere between $1,500 and $7,500 a month for access to its phone farm."
AI "Phone Farm" Startup Gets Funding from Marc Andreessen to Flood Social Media With Spam
Andreessen Horowitz has injected $1 million into Doublespeed, a startup meant to flood social media with gobs of for-profit spam.
futurism.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"Introducing Doublespeed, an [Andreessen Horowitz backed] startup operating a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated slop on behalf of its clients.
Doublespeed clients can expect to pay anywhere between $1,500 and $7,500 a month for access to its phone farm."
Doublespeed clients can expect to pay anywhere between $1,500 and $7,500 a month for access to its phone farm."
Doublespeed uses a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated influencers. A hacker managed to get into a backend system of the company.
Hacker Compromises a16z-Backed Phone Farm, Tries to Post Memes Calling a16z the ‘Antichrist’
Doublespeed uses a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated influencers. A hacker managed to get into a backend system of the company.
www.404media.co
April 13, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Doublespeed uses a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated influencers. A hacker managed to get into a backend system of the company.
Social media companies attempt to detect and remove this type of astroturfing for violating their inauthentic behavior policies, which is why Doublespeed uses a bank of phones to emulate the behavior of real users.
@evystadium.bsky.social explains more here: www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
@evystadium.bsky.social explains more here: www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
December 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Social media companies attempt to detect and remove this type of astroturfing for violating their inauthentic behavior policies, which is why Doublespeed uses a bank of phones to emulate the behavior of real users.
@evystadium.bsky.social explains more here: www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
@evystadium.bsky.social explains more here: www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
As @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social reported back in October, Doublespeed raised $1 million from a16z. Doublespeed uses generative AI to flood socials with accounts and posts to promote certain products on behalf of its clients. So-called “click farms” often use hundreds of phones to fake engagement.
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
www.404media.co
December 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
As @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social reported back in October, Doublespeed raised $1 million from a16z. Doublespeed uses generative AI to flood socials with accounts and posts to promote certain products on behalf of its clients. So-called “click farms” often use hundreds of phones to fake engagement.
New from 404 Media: a hacker has compromised Doublespeed, an a16z-backed startup that uses a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated influencers. Hacker tried to use the account to post a meme calling a16z the antichrist
www.404media.co/hacker-compr...
www.404media.co/hacker-compr...
Hacker Compromises a16z-Backed Phone Farm, Tries to Post Memes Calling a16z the ‘Antichrist’
Doublespeed uses a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated influencers. A hacker managed to get into a backend system of the company.
www.404media.co
April 13, 2026 at 4:12 PM
New from 404 Media: a hacker has compromised Doublespeed, an a16z-backed startup that uses a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated influencers. Hacker tried to use the account to post a meme calling a16z the antichrist
www.404media.co/hacker-compr...
www.404media.co/hacker-compr...
Found you, mouth. Seeking you, geometrist. Seeking you, doublespeed. Found you, webspinner. Have faith, dancer. Don't bother, chameleon. Wake up, firefighter.
October 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Found you, mouth. Seeking you, geometrist. Seeking you, doublespeed. Found you, webspinner. Have faith, dancer. Don't bother, chameleon. Wake up, firefighter.
NEW: A hacker gained control of 1,100 mobile phones powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok. Then, he shared details of the operation with 404 Media.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
www.404media.co
December 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NEW: A hacker gained control of 1,100 mobile phones powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok. Then, he shared details of the operation with 404 Media.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
This is a wild hack. a16z gave a million dollars to startup called Doublespeed. They use a phone farm to flood social media with AI generated influencers and ads. A hacker remotely broke into the phone farm, unmasking the AI influencers/fake accounts, gave us the data www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
www.404media.co
December 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is a wild hack. a16z gave a million dollars to startup called Doublespeed. They use a phone farm to flood social media with AI generated influencers and ads. A hacker remotely broke into the phone farm, unmasking the AI influencers/fake accounts, gave us the data www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
As someone who managed online communities for decades, companies like Doublespeed are fucking evil and should be burned out of the internet by a cleansing fire.
Doublespeed uses a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated influencers. A hacker managed to get into a backend system of the company.
Hacker Compromises a16z-Backed Phone Farm, Tries to Post Memes Calling a16z the ‘Antichrist’
Doublespeed uses a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated influencers. A hacker managed to get into a backend system of the company.
www.404media.co
April 13, 2026 at 4:19 PM
As someone who managed online communities for decades, companies like Doublespeed are fucking evil and should be burned out of the internet by a cleansing fire.
October 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Let's take a look at one of these Doublespeed accounts. Here's one with 200 slideshows featuring an AI-generated woman who discusses various physical ailments.
The last image in each slide always includes a photo of a massage roller from a company called Vibit.
www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
The last image in each slide always includes a photo of a massage roller from a company called Vibit.
www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
December 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Let's take a look at one of these Doublespeed accounts. Here's one with 200 slideshows featuring an AI-generated woman who discusses various physical ailments.
The last image in each slide always includes a photo of a massage roller from a company called Vibit.
www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
The last image in each slide always includes a photo of a massage roller from a company called Vibit.
www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
"the startup, called Doublespeed, is pitching an astroturfing AI-powered bot service, which is in clear violation of policies for all major social media platforms."
a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service
Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.
www.404media.co
October 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"the startup, called Doublespeed, is pitching an astroturfing AI-powered bot service, which is in clear violation of policies for all major social media platforms."
NEW: an a16z-backed startup called Doublespeed promises clients can “orchestrate actions on thousands of social accounts through both bulk content creation and deployment.”
Essentially an AI-powered bot service in violation of all major social media platforms
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
Essentially an AI-powered bot service in violation of all major social media platforms
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service
Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.
www.404media.co
October 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
NEW: an a16z-backed startup called Doublespeed promises clients can “orchestrate actions on thousands of social accounts through both bulk content creation and deployment.”
Essentially an AI-powered bot service in violation of all major social media platforms
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
Essentially an AI-powered bot service in violation of all major social media platforms
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
1000台以上のスマホを使って秘密裏にAI生成広告を作成しTikTokに配信するスタートアップ「Doublespeed」の実態がハッキングにより暴露される
https://gigazine.net/news/20251218-doublespeed-ai-promoting/
https://gigazine.net/news/20251218-doublespeed-ai-promoting/
1000台以上のスマホを使って秘密裏にAI生成広告を作成しTikTokに配信するスタートアップ「Doublespeed」の実態がハッキングにより暴露される
大手ベンチャーキャピタルのアンドリーセン・ホロウィッツが支援するスタートアップ「Doublespeed」がハッキングされ、不審な広告配信ビジネスを行っていることが暴露されました。
gigazine.net
December 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
1000台以上のスマホを使って秘密裏にAI生成広告を作成しTikTokに配信するスタートアップ「Doublespeed」の実態がハッキングにより暴露される
https://gigazine.net/news/20251218-doublespeed-ai-promoting/
https://gigazine.net/news/20251218-doublespeed-ai-promoting/
So an a16z-backed startup called Doublespeed promises clients can “orchestrate actions on thousands of social accounts through both bulk content creation and deployment.”
It's basically a spam operation then
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
It's basically a spam operation then
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service
Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.
www.404media.co
October 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
So an a16z-backed startup called Doublespeed promises clients can “orchestrate actions on thousands of social accounts through both bulk content creation and deployment.”
It's basically a spam operation then
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
It's basically a spam operation then
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
February 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
『ところが、実態は大量の偽アカウントを作成し、ボットに見えないよう、ある程度「育てた」上で特定の製品を宣伝するという運用をしていたようです。』
1000台以上のスマホを使って秘密裏にAI生成広告を作成しTikTokに配信するスタートアップ「Doublespeed」の実態がハッキングにより暴露される
gigazine.net/news/2025121...
1000台以上のスマホを使って秘密裏にAI生成広告を作成しTikTokに配信するスタートアップ「Doublespeed」の実態がハッキングにより暴露される
gigazine.net/news/2025121...
1000台以上のスマホを使って秘密裏にAI生成広告を作成しTikTokに配信するスタートアップ「Doublespeed」の実態がハッキングにより暴露される
大手ベンチャーキャピタルのアンドリーセン・ホロウィッツが支援するスタートアップ「Doublespeed」がハッキングされ、不審な広告配信ビジネスを行っていることが暴露されました。
gigazine.net
December 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
『ところが、実態は大量の偽アカウントを作成し、ボットに見えないよう、ある程度「育てた」上で特定の製品を宣伝するという運用をしていたようです。』
1000台以上のスマホを使って秘密裏にAI生成広告を作成しTikTokに配信するスタートアップ「Doublespeed」の実態がハッキングにより暴露される
gigazine.net/news/2025121...
1000台以上のスマホを使って秘密裏にAI生成広告を作成しTikTokに配信するスタートアップ「Doublespeed」の実態がハッキングにより暴露される
gigazine.net/news/2025121...
“a16z is the antichrist. sponsored by doublespeed.ai,” the meme says. It includes images of a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen; a woman pole dancing; and occult symbol Baphomet.www.404media.co/hacker-compr...t/
Hacker Compromises a16z-Backed Phone Farm, Tries to Post Memes Calling a16z the ‘Antichrist’
Doublespeed uses a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated influencers. A hacker managed to get into a backend system of the company.
www.404media.co
April 18, 2026 at 11:20 PM
“a16z is the antichrist. sponsored by doublespeed.ai,” the meme says. It includes images of a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen; a woman pole dancing; and occult symbol Baphomet.www.404media.co/hacker-compr...t/
Wow😱 GRU Kremlin Trolls on Steroids:
“The hacker told me he had access to around 1,100 smartphones Doublespeed operates. One way the hacker proved he had access to devices was by taking control of one phone’s camera, which seemingly showed it in a rack with other phones.” ☎️
“The hacker told me he had access to around 1,100 smartphones Doublespeed operates. One way the hacker proved he had access to devices was by taking control of one phone’s camera, which seemingly showed it in a rack with other phones.” ☎️
This is a wild hack. a16z gave a million dollars to startup called Doublespeed. They use a phone farm to flood social media with AI generated influencers and ads. A hacker remotely broke into the phone farm, unmasking the AI influencers/fake accounts, gave us the data www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
www.404media.co
December 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Wow😱 GRU Kremlin Trolls on Steroids:
“The hacker told me he had access to around 1,100 smartphones Doublespeed operates. One way the hacker proved he had access to devices was by taking control of one phone’s camera, which seemingly showed it in a rack with other phones.” ☎️
“The hacker told me he had access to around 1,100 smartphones Doublespeed operates. One way the hacker proved he had access to devices was by taking control of one phone’s camera, which seemingly showed it in a rack with other phones.” ☎️
Also friendly reminder that Andreessen-Horowitz invested $1 million in a social media bot farm company called Doublespeed too. So, yeah… there’s that. 🫠
www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
www.404media.co
December 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Also friendly reminder that Andreessen-Horowitz invested $1 million in a social media bot farm company called Doublespeed too. So, yeah… there’s that. 🫠
www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
Doublespeed probably started with a more accurate name "doublespeak" but decided that was too on the nose.
December 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Doublespeed probably started with a more accurate name "doublespeak" but decided that was too on the nose.
*listening to drum and bass for the first time* hmm this is like doublespeed halftime...
September 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
*listening to drum and bass for the first time* hmm this is like doublespeed halftime...
*doublespeed button mashing*
September 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
*doublespeed button mashing*
A new startup, called Doublespeed, is being backed by one of biggest venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
The new venture "is pitching an astroturfing AI-powered bot service, which is in clear violation of policies for all major social media platforms."
The new venture "is pitching an astroturfing AI-powered bot service, which is in clear violation of policies for all major social media platforms."
a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service
Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.
www.404media.co
October 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
A new startup, called Doublespeed, is being backed by one of biggest venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
The new venture "is pitching an astroturfing AI-powered bot service, which is in clear violation of policies for all major social media platforms."
The new venture "is pitching an astroturfing AI-powered bot service, which is in clear violation of policies for all major social media platforms."