A side-by-side comparison of two AI investors: Andreessen Horowitz (Power Score 82/100) and Sequoia Capital (Power Score 82/100), both ranked among the most active firms tracked in this category.
| Andreessen Horowitz | Sequoia Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| Power Score™ | 82/100 | 82/100 |
| Assets Managed | $90B+ | $56B+ |
| Founded | 2009 | 1972 |
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, CA | Menlo Park, CA |
| Sectors | AI, Crypto, Fintech, Consumer, Enterprise Software, Developer Tools, Cybersecurity | Enterprise Software, Consumer, AI, Semiconductors |
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 →Founded in 1972 by Don Valentine, a former Fairchild Semiconductor sales executive often called the "grandfather of Silicon Valley venture capital," Sequoia was there for the first wave of the personal computer era, providing early funding to Apple and Atari. Over five decades it has repeated that pattern again and again - Google, PayPal, and Nvidia among them - building a reputation as the industry's steadiest and most consistent winner across multiple technology cycles.
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