Alastair (Alex) Rampell
General Partner
Andreessen Horowitz
a16z GP leading Apps, with fintech and marketplace investments and multiple founder exits.
Bio
Professional summary
Ali Yahya is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz where he invests in crypto. His a16z crypto bio lists portfolio work with Alchemy, Aleo, Aztec, EigenLayer, Espresso, Gensyn, Jito, LayerZero, Solana, XMTP, and zkSync. Before a16z, he was a software engineer and researcher at Google X and Google Brain, where he worked on TensorFlow, and he began his career as a student and researcher at Stanford University focused on computer security, distributed systems, and networking.
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
AlchemyAleoAztecEigenLayerSolana
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Andreessen HorowitzGeneral Partner2021 – Present
- Andreessen HorowitzPartner2017 – 2021
- Google XSoftware Engineer and Researcher
- Google BrainSoftware Engineer and Researcher
- Stanford UniversityStudent and Researcher
Education
- Stanford UniversityComputer Science
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