Andreessen Horowitz

Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. The firm specializes in incubating and investing in startups across various stages, from seed to late-stage funding. It primarily focuses on sectors such as technology, including software, cloud computing, enterprise software, and consumer Internet. Additionally, it invests in emerging fields like artificial intelligence, fintech, and healthcare, specifically targeting companies at the intersection of technology and life sciences, such as digital therapeutics and computational medicine. Andreessen Horowitz is committed to fostering innovation and supporting companies that contribute to American dynamism, while strategically avoiding investments in areas like clean energy, transportation, and consumer retail.

Anish Acharya

General Partner

Eric Alby

Partner

Ryan Allen

Partner

Seema Amble

Partner

Jeffrey Amico

Partner and Director of Crypto Startup School

Kofi Ampadu

Partner

Marc Andrusko

Partner

Alicia Barone

Events Partner

Peter Blackwood

Partner

Michael Blau

Partner

Jeff Bramel

Partner, Investing

Sam Broner

Partner

Elena Burger

Deal Partner

Quinten Burgunder

Partner

LeeAnn Caballero

Partner

Connie Chan

General Partner

Sharon Chang

Operating Partner

Zachary Chen

Associate Partner

Alexander Chia

Partner

Zach Cohen

Investor

Annie Collins

Investment Partner

Emma Cooper

Deal Analyst and Chief of Staff

Brian Crnkovich

Partner

Sebastian Cua

Partner and Chief of Staff

Stacy D'Amico

Operating Partner

Allison Davis

Partner

Zach Dicker

Partner

Jay Drain Jr.

Partner, Crypto

JT Evans

Partner

Bryan Faust Ph.D

Investing Partner

Ethan Ferreira

Partner

Pamon Forouhar

Partner, Business Operations

Jason Franklin

Limited Partner

David Garcia

Partner

John Garcia

Firm Operations Partner

Joel de la Garza

Operating Partner

David George

General Partner

Caroline Goggins

Investing Partner, Growth team

Grant Gregory

Partner

Michele Griffin

Partner

Robin Guo

Investment Partner

David Haber

General Partner

Andrea Hall

Partner on the Go-to-Market team

Mason Hall

Partner

Tom Hammer

Partner

Elizabeth Harkavy

Partner

Ronnie Harris

Partner

Leila Abu-Sharr

Partner, Market Development

Oliver Hsu

Partner

Alex Immerman

Partner

Nicole Irvin

Partner

Mindy Isenstein

Partner

Peter Johnson

Partner

Jeff Jordan

Managing Partner

Justin Kahl

Partner

Brad Kern

Operating Partner

Bryan Kim

Partner

Blake Kim

Partner, Enterprise Capital Network

Troy Kirwin

Investment Partner

James Kissell

Partner

Scott Kupor

Managing Partner

Justin Larkin

Partner, Bio Team

Peter Lauten

Partner

Andrew Lee

Partner

Peter Levine

General Partner

Jennifer Li

Enterprise Investment Partner

Yoko Li

Partner

Ginger Liau

Partner, Bio Fund

Kristine Lipscomb

Partner

Bowen Liu

Investing Partner

Seth Lobree

Partner

Insiya Lokhandwala

Partner

Isaiah Lott

Partner

Joshua Lu

Investing Partner, Games Fund One

Josh Lu

Investing Partner, GAMES FUND ONE

Ryan McEntush

Partner

Mehul Mehta

Deal Partner

Michelle V.

Investment Partner

Jeanne Moeschler

Partner

Jason Mok

Operating Partner

Olivia Moore

Consumer Partner

John O'Farrell

General Partner

Nelson Perla-Ward

Partner

Jessica Peterson

Partner - EBC Program and Operations Manager

Becky Pferdehirt Ph.D

Investment Partner

Jewel Pi

Operations Partner

Rajko Radovanovic

Investment Partner

Santiago Rodriguez Lebrija

Partner

Maggie Romero

Co-COO and Operating Partner, Bio+Health

Jason Rosenthal

Operating Partner and Head of Crypto Startup Accelerator

Jay Rughani

Investment Partner

Michael Sandwick

Partner, Consumer

Gil Shafir

Partner

Kristina Shen

General Partner

Jeffrey Silverstein

Partner

Arianna Simpson

General Partner

Sumeet Singh

Partner

Steven Sinofsky

Board Partner

Jack Soslow

Partner

Matt Spence

Partner

Nicole Stanners

Fundraise and IR Partner

Angela Strange

General Partner

Jeffrey Stump

Operating Partner

Jamie Sullivan

Partner

Robert H. Swan

Operating Partner

Satish Talluri

Partner

Kimberly Tan

Investment Partner

Carol Tang

Partner

Adela Tomsejova

Partner, Bio + Health

Dalton Turay

Partner

Gabriel Vasquez

Partner

Melissa Wasser

Partner of Fintech Capital Network

Tyler Wilson

Partner

Daisy Wolf

Investing Partner

Carra Wu

Partner, Crypto Investments

Kevin Wu

Partner

Guy Wuollet

Partner

Shangda Xu

Partner

Zeya Yang

Partner

JJ Yu

Partner, Capital Network

David Ulevitch

General Partner

Frank Chen

Partner

Jonathan Lai

Investment Partner

Matt Bornstein

Partner

Past deals in Speech Recognition

WaveForms AI

Seed Round in 2024
WaveForms AI is a firm focused on developing improved audio intelligence through research and solutions. Its audio Language Models improve human-AI interactions by making them more realistic, engaging, and immersive. WaveForms AI aims to solve the Speech Turing Test by facilitating real-time speech discussions that inspire and connect.

ElevenLabs

Series B in 2024
ElevenLabs researching and deploying novel methods in voice AI to make content enjoyable in any language and voice to benefit new audiences and viewers. The company's mission is to make content universally accessible in any language and voice.

Character.ai

Venture Round in 2023
Character.ai provides open-ended conversational applications in which users create characters and converse with them. The company aims to create dialogue agents with a broad range of uses in entertainment, instruction, general question-answering, and other areas. The business specializes in neural language models, which can be used as tools for creativity, idea generation, language learning, and a variety of other tasks. Users can access dialogue agents that are propelled by in-house technology.

Limitless

Seed Round in 2022
Rewind is a personalized AI powered by everything you’ve seen, said, or heard.

Descript

Series C in 2022
Descript, Inc. is a software company that specializes in audio and video editing and transcription solutions. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, Descript provides a collaborative platform that allows users to edit audio by manipulating text transcriptions, streamlining the content creation process. The software integrates speech recognition technology for efficient transcription of audio and video files, offering both automated and manual options. In addition to transcription, Descript features screen recording, remote recording, and tools for podcasting, overdubbing, and adding subtitles. These capabilities aim to simplify the editing workflow for creators, making it easier for them to produce content for platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, and various podcast channels, as well as for business training and marketing purposes.

Descript

Series A in 2019
Descript, Inc. is a software company that specializes in audio and video editing and transcription solutions. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, Descript provides a collaborative platform that allows users to edit audio by manipulating text transcriptions, streamlining the content creation process. The software integrates speech recognition technology for efficient transcription of audio and video files, offering both automated and manual options. In addition to transcription, Descript features screen recording, remote recording, and tools for podcasting, overdubbing, and adding subtitles. These capabilities aim to simplify the editing workflow for creators, making it easier for them to produce content for platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, and various podcast channels, as well as for business training and marketing purposes.

Descript

Seed Round in 2017
Descript, Inc. is a software company that specializes in audio and video editing and transcription solutions. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, Descript provides a collaborative platform that allows users to edit audio by manipulating text transcriptions, streamlining the content creation process. The software integrates speech recognition technology for efficient transcription of audio and video files, offering both automated and manual options. In addition to transcription, Descript features screen recording, remote recording, and tools for podcasting, overdubbing, and adding subtitles. These capabilities aim to simplify the editing workflow for creators, making it easier for them to produce content for platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, and various podcast channels, as well as for business training and marketing purposes.

Wit.AI

Seed Round in 2014
Wit.ai, Inc. is a company based in Palo Alto, California, that specializes in natural language processing solutions. Founded in 2013, it offers an application programming interface (API) that allows developers to integrate natural language interfaces into their applications and devices, facilitating interactions through speech or text. Wit.ai enables the creation of voice interfaces that learn from user interactions, continuously improving their understanding of human language. As of January 2015, Wit.ai operates as a subsidiary of Facebook, Inc. The platform empowers developers to build conversational applications, leveraging community contributions to enhance its capabilities.
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