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Ali Yahya

General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz

About

Ali Yahya is a venture capital investor at Andreessen Horowitz who brings an unusual combination of deep AI/ML research experience from Google Brain and Google X with a distinctive approach to crypto investing that views blockchains as long-term "civilizations" rather than just protocols or companies. He focuses heavily on privacy-preserving architectures and zero-knowledge proofs as strategic advantages for next-generation networks, while championing multi-decade time horizons and the convergence of AI and crypto through his "network flywheel" investment framework. Ali Yahya is a venture capital investor at Andreessen Horowitz who brings an unusual combination of deep AI/ML research experience from Google Brain and Google X with a distinctive approach to crypto investing that views blockchains as long-term "civilizations" rather than just protocols or companies. He focuses heavily on privacy-preserving architectures and zero-knowledge proofs as strategic advantages for next-generation networks, while championing multi-decade time horizons and the convergence of AI and crypto through his "network flywheel" investment framework.

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Sectors
AI
Defense
BioTech
Consumer
Web3
Crypto

Investment details

Avg check size$500K - $100M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
Asia-Pacific
USA