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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

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Andreessen Horowitzverified→
Founder
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
Waymoverified→
Portfolio company · via Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Waymo is [Alphabet](/companies/alphabet)'s autonomous driving subsidiary.
Debt Financing · $3B50 verified deployments · Ojai at Phoenix, Arizona, USA →1199 incidents3 models
Skydioverified→
Portfolio company · via Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
American autonomous-drone maker (San Mateo, founded 2014 by [Adam Bry](/people/adam-bry), [Abraham Bachrach](/people/abraham-bachrach), and [Matt Donahoe](/peop
Series F · $110M30 verified deployments · Skydio Dock at US Air Forces Central, Middle East →3 incidents3 models
Anduril Industriesverified→
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
Shield AIverified→
Portfolio company · via Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
American defense-autonomy company (San Diego, founded 2015 by Brandon Tseng, Ryan Tseng, and Andrew Reiter) building the Hivemind AI pilot and the V-BAT VTOL dr
Series G · $2B6 verified deployments · Hivemind at U.S. Air Force CCA Program, USA →1 incident2 models
Hadrian Automationverified→
Portfolio company · via Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Hadrian Automation is an American defense manufacturing company that designs and operates AI-powered, software-driven factories for precision components serving
Series D · $1.4B4 verified deployments · Hadrian Autonomous Factory at Arizona, USA (new manufacturing facility) →1 model
ATOMSverified→
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
Double Roboticsverified→
Portfolio company · via Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
American telepresence robotics company developing the [Double](/companies/double-robotics) series of telepresence robots for remote communication, education, an
Series A · $5M1 verified deployment · Double 3 at Palo Alto →1 model

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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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