Andreessen Horowitz has announced a16z Frontier, a new investment vehicle that expands the firm's mandate beyond crypto to back founders working on ambitious projects across AI, hardware, robotics, entertainment, science and new forms of media. The partners—Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz and Chris Dixon—frame the shift as a call for founders to focus on ambition rather than caution, arguing that AI could accelerate technological progress across multiple domains over the next decade.
In a video discussion, the team explores how and networks may reshape the internet, the importance of open-source models as AI becomes more powerful, and whether AI adoption will favor established companies or startups. They also address how the most important next-generation companies may blend technologies and business models that have historically occupied separate categories, and discuss what skills founders and builders should prioritize in an AI-driven landscape.
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