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    Ben Horowitz

    Ben Horowitz is a venture capitalist and the co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, a prominent venture capital firm.

    #35 Venture capital investing
    27CiteRank

    Last updated 11 Nov 2026 · Named in 24 answers across 6 engines
    Bing AI Mode starts a separate baseline. Copilot remains a separate public engine and keeps its history; changes across the switch are not like-for-like growth.

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    Recognized by 5 of 5 measured engines. Updated 2026-10-26

    All five engines describe him as the Andreessen Horowitz co-founder with an operating background at Loudcloud and Opsware, sold to HP in 2007. Copilot alone lists portfolio companies such as Databricks, Okta, Lyft and Skype and the Cultural Leadership Fund. Perplexity alone adds that he led HP's Business Technology Optimization software unit. Gemini and Google AI Mode name his book The Hard Thing About Hard Things. The cited pages are mostly a16z.com, Wikipedia and Forbes.

    • ChatGPTNamed in 1 answers

      Describes him as a founder-operator turned venture capitalist who co-founded Andreessen Horowitz in 2009 after selling Opsware, formerly Loudcloud, to HP for 1.6 billion.

      Known for
      • backing founder-CEOs
      • helping founders operate
      • venture capital as a service business
    • GeminiNamed in 6 answers

      Says he is a technology entrepreneur, author and venture capitalist who co-founded a16z in 2009 and sold Opsware to HP for 1.6 billion.

      Known for
      • The Hard Thing About Hard Things
      • coaching founders to become CEOs
      • operator-first venture investing
    • Google AI ModeNamed in 3 answers

      Says he is a technology entrepreneur and author who co-founded a16z and turned Opsware around before selling it to HP for 1.6 billion.

      Known for
      • turning Opsware around
      • platform model of venture capital
      • The Hard Thing About Hard Things
    • PerplexityNamed in 9 answers

      Says he is cofounder and general partner of a16z who held roles at Netscape and AOL, cofounded Loudcloud and led an HP software organization.

      Known for
      • operating experience as startup CEO
      • The Hard Thing About Hard Things
    • Bing AI ModeNamed in 1 answers

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    • CopilotNamed in 4 answers

      Says he is co-founder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, with earlier roles at Lotus, Netscape and AOL and a stake in Databricks, Okta, Lyft and Skype.

      Known for
      • high-conviction bets on technical founder-CEOs
      • Cultural Leadership Fund

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    • #35Venture capital investingof 115
      Named in 19 answers
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    Top URLs

    1. 1
      Forbes 2026 Midas List: Top Venture Capital Investors Ranked
      forbes.com5 citations
    2. 2
      קורס ניהול מוצר בטכניון – להיות ...
      cont-edu.technion.ac.il3 citations
    3. 3
      ניהול מוצר – ויקיפדיה
      he.wikipedia.org3 citations

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