Martin Casado co-founded Nicira and pioneered software-defined networking before VMware acquired the company for $1.26 billion, after which he scaled its technology into a $600+ million business unit before joining Andreessen Horowitz as a general partner. He leads a16z's $1.25+ billion infrastructure practice and serves as a central voice in AI policy debates, arguing that regulation should focus on concrete risks rather than speculative future scenarios while regularly interviewing frontier AI leaders about how the technology will reshape creativity and work in the 2030s. Martin Casado co-founded Nicira and pioneered software-defined networking before VMware acquired the company for $1.26 billion, after which he scaled its technology into a $600+ million business unit before joining Andreessen Horowitz as a general partner. He leads a16z's $1.25+ billion infrastructure practice and serves as a central voice in AI policy debates, arguing that regulation should focus on concrete risks rather than speculative future scenarios while regularly interviewing frontier AI leaders about how the technology will reshape creativity and work in the 2030s.