Marc Andreessen
Co-founder, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Venture investor and author of the "Techno-Optimist Manifesto," a prominent argument for accelerating AI development.
Key arguments & positions
- Author of the "Techno-Optimist Manifesto" (2023), arguing technology and markets are unambiguous forces for progress and that AI-safety-driven regulation risks entrenching incumbents.
- Advocates open-source and open-weight AI as a check on the concentration of power.
Accomplishments
- Co-created Mosaic and co-founded Netscape in 1994.
- Co-founded the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) in 2009, a major AI investor.
Papers & key writings
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Timeline
- 1993Co-writes Mosaic, the browser that popularized the web.
- 2009Co-founds the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz.
- 2011Publishes "Why Software Is Eating the World".
- 2023Publishes "The Techno-Optimist Manifesto".
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