Andreessen Horowitz
also referred to as: a16z
includes a16z Podcast Network
16 statements across 11 episodes · 4 bullish · 3 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Mar 31, 2021 by Shaan Puri · said 82 times in 40 episodes since 2020 · across every show →
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brought up most by Shaan Puri (36), Sam Parr (26), Suleman "Suli" Ali (8), Matt Mazzeo (4), James Currier (2), Ben Horowitz (2), Steph Smith (1), Hasan Minhaj (1)
tap a year for its mentions
2026 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2025 22 mentions in 5 episodes 4 per episode
- 60 Minute Business Masterclass (worth more than your Stanford MBA)
- 5 under-the-radar trends (+ our business ideas)
- How to Scale a Profitable Agency with 0 Employees (Using AI Agents)
- From making $6/week selling worms to making $110M+
- The Crazy Story of Google’s 7 Angel investors
- every mention in 2025, scene by scene →
2024 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2023 18 mentions in 4 episodes 5 per episode
- Behind The Scenes of Selling My Company For Millions | Suli Ali (#410)
- 5 Internet Goldmines To Spot The Next $1B Trend | Steph Smith (#529)
- Our 2020 Predictions For OpenAI Came True… Here’s What’s Next (#508)
- Sam Reveals The Company He's Worked On For The Last 8 Month
- every mention in 2023, scene by scene →
2022 9 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
- 5 Business Ideas With High Demand & Low Supply | Start These In 2022 (#374)
- Ranking The Best And Worst Businesses To Start w/ Billionaire Investor Andrew Wilkinson (#386)
- 8 Profitable Side Hustles For The Halloween & Christmas Season (#381)
- Is The Rock Going to Make $1B+ From Tequila? + Placebo Water, STR Update, and More
- Solana Billionaires, MFM Goes Viral on TikTok, Right to Be Forgotten, and More
- every mention in 2022, scene by scene →
2021 27 mentions in 20 episodes 1 per episode
- The Milly Awards 2021
- MFM #172 - Advice to Young Entrepreneurs, Indie Businesses Making Millions, & How to Grow a Podcast
- Why Everyone Is Wrong About the Metaverse, Gaingels, Companies that Don't Advertise, and More
- The Next Big Social Media Network Will Be On the Blockchain. Nader Al-Naji Tells Us Why.
- MFM #165: How Jack Butcher is Selling his Art for $76m & How to Research Wealthy People
- Hasan Minhaj - Comedy, Netflix, Haters, & Money
- 12 Startups Where Stock Grants Can Make You a Millionaire | My First Million #220
- Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates | My First Million #218
- 12 more episodes that year, every mention in 2021 →
Everything said about Andreessen Horowitz, oldest first
Mar 31, 2021 neutral
Apr 5, 2021 neutral
Sam Parr admits feeling insecure around Stanford graduates and a16z partners
“I'm insecure. That I like I didn't go to Stanford or like a fancy school. And when I meet people in the in crowd, like when we meet guys like Andrew Chen, who works in Andreessen Horowitz, I'm like, dude, like, I kind of want to be in the in crowd, but like, I…”
Sep 17, 2021 bullish
Dec 31, 2021 bearish
Jan 28, 2022 neutral
Puri: A16z Invested $100M in Clubhouse at a $4B Peak Valuation
“I think Andreessen invested like a hundred million dollars, I think Andreessen invested a hundred million dollars at a four billion dollar valuation for Clubhouse at its peak, and like since then the chart just shows it going down, down, down”
Oct 13, 2022
Jan 24, 2023 bearish
Ali: Passed on $25K Coinbase Series A worth $200M at IPO
“Biggest miss was Coinbase. My at TinyCo, we had this guy who worked for me named Adam Merber. He was roommates with Fred, the Coinbase co-founder. And so Brian Armstrong and Fred were fundraising for their Series A. They got a term sheet from Andreessen Horowi…”
Jan 24, 2023
Ali: TinyCo's a16z Series A was almost torpedoed by an ex-cofounder
“I started that company, then I started TinyCo and we were raising our series A from Andreessen Horowitz and he found out and He sent them an email saying, you shouldn't let this guy you shouldn't invest in this guy call me. And so they called him and, you know…”
Jan 24, 2023 negative
Ali: Bill Gurley yelled at founder over lost Andreessen Horowitz deal
“Friend of mine was raising money and got a term sheet from Andreessen Horowitz and Bill Gurley at Benchmark and went with the Andreessen Horowitz term sheet. And Bill Gurley was so mad that he called the founder up and like yelled at them for two hours. And se…”
May 8, 2024
Apr 24, 2025 bullish
Dec 1, 2025 neutral
Horowitz: Nothing at a16z Compares to the Trauma of Running Loudcloud
“The first company I founded, Lovecloud, which then became Opsware, was so difficult that I never, I like in life since then, like we like we've had difficulties building the firm, whatever, but like they never got like a rise out of me that could compare to, y…”
Dec 1, 2025
Dec 1, 2025
Dec 1, 2025 positive
Horowitz: a16z Hosted CEO Barbecues With Zuckerberg, Larry Page, and Kanye
“I used to have this event, which I should probably bring back, but I ran out of room in my backyard called the CEO barbecue, where we would bring all the CEOs for the portfolio. And then we would just like put like very famous people around them. So we had lik…”
Sep 4, 2026 positive
Parr: a16z told Butterfield to pivot instead of returning his capital
“And for those who don't know, it was a video game company for one or two or three years and it sucked. And he was gonna give his money back to Andreessen Horowitz and they're like, dude, I don't care about this money, figure it out, just do something.”