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Ben Horowitz
Co-founder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Previously co-founder and CEO of Opsware (formerly Loudcloud), acquired by Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion in 2007. Author of the New York Times bestsellers "The Hard Thing About Hard Things" and "What You Do Is Who You Are." Held senior product roles at Netscape and AOL. B.A. from Columbia University and M.S. from UCLA, both in computer science.
American · 1 current role · 1 founding
Physical AI footprint (8)
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Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a Silicon Valley venture capital firm founded in 2009 by [Marc Andreessen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Andreessen) and [Ben
- Portfolio company · via Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
American defense-technology company (Costa Mesa, founded 2017 by [Palmer Luckey](/people/palmer-luckey), [Brian Schimpf](/people/brian-schimpf), and others) bui
Series H · $5B9 verified deployments · Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) at Pickaway County, Ohio, USA →7 models - Portfolio company · via Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Los Angeles-based manufacturer of productized, configurable satellite bus platforms built at constellation scale.
- Portfolio company · via Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Industrial AI company founded by Travis Kalanick (Uber founder, CloudKitchens founder), building physical automation systems for mining, food production, and he
1.7B Equity (a16z led) · $1.7B1 verified deployment · Pronto AHS at Lake Bridgeport, Texas, USA →1 model - Portfolio company · via Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Comma AI develops open-source driver assistance software (OpenPilot) and custom hardware (comma four).
- Portfolio company · via Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
American [Construction robotics](/companies/construction-robotics) company developing robot-powered tools for the construction workforce.
- Portfolio company · via Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Mountain View-based autonomous vehicle software company providing simulation tools, vehicle OS, and data platforms for AV development.
Series F · $600M - Portfolio company · via Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Black Forest Labs (BFL) is a Freiburg / San Francisco generative AI lab known for FLUX image and video models, tracked here for its Physical AI / robotics path
and 21 more physical AI companies Ben is connected to.
Current roles (1)
- Andreessen Horowitz Co-founder & General PartnerSEC-verified
Foundings (1)
- Andreessen Horowitzno longer at company
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Co-founders (1)
- Marc Andreessen co-founded Andreessen Horowitz
Investor roles (1)
- Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) founder(venture)
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