IR-lore & Legends
Sasha’s “government name”
Alexandra
These are the cities with a16z offices
Where is Menlo Park, San Francisco, Santa Monica, NYC and Washington DC?
Tiny Speck became this a16z portfolio company.
What is Slack?
This is the year our founders launched the firm on Sand Hill Road.
What is 2009?
This is how you pronounce Nadia’s last name.
What is “Ry-bal-sky-ya”
A four-word refrain from a 2011 op-ed by our cofounder that explains why code keeps remaking retail, finance—even biology.
What is “Software is eating the world"?
The firm’s biggest driver of realized returns, this company went public via a Nasdaq direct listing in April 2021.
What is Coinbase?
Before a16z, our founders built this company—later sold to HP for a multibillion-dollar outcome.
What is Opsware (formerly Loudcloud)?
Luna and Ares
What are Aya's dogs' names?
At this year’s picnic, these six colleagues were toasted for hitting the “tin” milestone—ten years with the firm.
Who are Vivian, Kristina, Marvin, Angela, Alex, and Sharon?
Prior to taking the CEO role in January 2016, Ali Ghodsi held this dual post at Databricks.
What is VP of Engineering and Product Management?
Ben opens “It’s Time to Lead” with this MC’s bar: “Follow the leader is the title, theme, task—now you know you don’t have to ask.
Who is Rakim?
These teammates are former college athletes
Who are Kevin, Charlie, Andie, Cola, and Mattie?
In early 2019, DG believed he botched his candidacy during his interview with Ben Horowitz by talking about this operating function.
What is Marketing?
Founded by the creator of a $2B VR exit, this defense tech company’s Lattice OS stitches together drones, sensors, and autonomy at the edge.
What is Anduril?
Before the browser wars and Sand Hill Road, Marc spent his early years in this Iowa city.
These IR team members were born outside the U.S.
Who are Sasha, Khalid, Charlie, Mattie, Aya, and Nadia?
This is the name of the Queensbridge MC—14-time Grammy nominee—who tops Ben’s favorite artist list.
Who is Nas?
There two red-haired, former MIT students are also CEOs of these two a16z companies.
Who are Patrick Collison, CEO of Stripe and Michael Truell, CEO of Cursor?
In a post on June 20, 2010, TechCrunch celebrated a16z's 1st birthday along with the announcement of 3 new individuals who had recently joined Andreessen Horowitz. Two of them were John O’Farrell and Margit Wennmachers and the final one is still at the firm today. Who are they?