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Jennifer Li | Andreessen Horowitz

Apr 19, 2024 | a16z.com | Martin Casado |Matt Bornstein |Jennifer Li |Rajko Radovanovic

Jennifer Li is being promoted to GP where she will continue to invest broadly within the enterprise space, focusing on infrastructure and horizontal SaaS. Jennifer joined us 6 years ago as an investment partner, transitioning from a long-time operating role running product teams, and building developer tools, and ML applications. In that time she has gone from just learning about venture, to being one of the most impactful investors in the firm.
Infra | Andreessen Horowitz

Apr 5, 2024 | a16z.com | Martin Casado |Matt Bornstein |Rajko Radovanovic |Mira Murati

AI represents a generational shift in computing — following in the footsteps of the microprocessor and the internet — and it will deliver commensurate improvements in cost, efficiency, and human productivity. At a16z Infra, we believe that infrastructure underpins this coming shift just as it does for many other transformational technologies.
Investing in Distributional

Dec 14, 2023 | a16z.com | Martin Casado |Matt Bornstein |Anjney Midha |Rajko Radovanovic

Modern AI has allowed us to build the world’s first creative computers. Fields that once seemed uniquely human — like visual art, writing, music, or even the art of conversation — are now accessible to software in ways we couldn’t previously imagine. For many consumer AI apps, this is an incredible and groundbreaking feature. For business applications, though, creativity poses a problem.
Announcing Our Latest Open Source AI Grants

Dec 13, 2023 | a16z.com | Matt Bornstein |Rajko Radovanovic |Martin Casado |Anjney Midha

We’re excited to announce the second batch of a16z Open Source AI Grant recipients. This program is designed to support a thriving open source ecosystem around modern AI. We provide grant funding (not an investment) to developers and small teams who are building critical pieces of the open source AI stack. More information about the program and a list of prior recipients are available here.
Investing in Mistral

Dec 11, 2023 | a16z.com | Anjney Midha |Matt Bornstein |Rajko Radovanovic |Martin Casado

AI should be open. Most of the core systems powering modern computing are now open source: server operating systems (Linux), virtualization (KVM, Docker), databases (Postgres), data analytics (Spark, DBT), programming languages (Javascript, Python, C), web servers (NGINX) — the list goes on. Why? The community. No single engineering team can anticipate every user’s needs or catch every bug.
Supporting the Open Source AI Community

Aug 30, 2023 | a16z.com | Matt Bornstein |Rajko Radovanovic

We believe artificial intelligence has the power to save the world—and that a thriving open source ecosystem is essential to building this future. Thankfully, the open source ecosystem is starting to develop, and we are now seeing open source models that rival closed-source alternatives. Hundreds of small teams and individuals are also working to make these models more useful, accessible, and performant.
The Economic Case for Generative AI and Foundation Models

Aug 3, 2023 | a16z.com | Martin Casado |Sarah Wang |Matt Bornstein |Rajko Radovanovic

Artificial intelligence has been a staple in computer science since the 1950s. Over the years, it has also made a lot of money for the businesses able to deploy it effectively. However, as we explained in a recent op-ed piece for the Wall Street Journal—which is a good starting point for the more detailed argument we make here—most of those gains have gone to large incumbent vendors (like Google or Meta) rather than to startups.