A side-by-side comparison of two AI investors: Andreessen Horowitz (Power Score 82/100) and General Catalyst (Power Score 81/100), both ranked among the most active firms tracked in this category.
| Andreessen Horowitz | General Catalyst | |
|---|---|---|
| Power Score™ | 82/100 | 81/100 |
| Assets Managed | $90B+ | $35B+ |
| Founded | 2009 | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, CA | Cambridge, MA |
| Sectors | AI, Crypto, Fintech, Consumer, Enterprise Software, Developer Tools, Cybersecurity | Healthcare, Fintech, AI Infrastructure |
Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen, the co-creator of the Netscape browser, and Ben Horowitz, a former enterprise software executive, a16z set out to build a different kind of VC firm - one staffed with in-house recruiters, marketers, and engineers to support founders directly, not just write checks. The firm's stage-agnostic, software-eats-the-world thesis has since carried it into crypto, biotech, and AI, backing companies from seed rounds through late-stage growth across every category it touches.
View full Andreessen Horowitz profile →David Fialkow and Joel Cutler, childhood friends since the age of five or six, spent years building and selling travel and consumer companies together before co-founding General Catalyst in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2000. What started as a Boston-area firm with a first fund of $250 million has since expanded into Silicon Valley, Europe, and India, evolving into one of the largest venture firms in the world.
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