David Ulevitch

General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where he leads the firm’s American Dynamism practice focused on companies serving the national interest across areas such as national security, aerospace, public safety, logistics, housing, education, and AI-enabled infrastructure. He previously founded OpenDNS, which Cisco acquired, and later led Cisco’s global security business.

America’s AI Race Requires Silicon Valley to Build for National Interest

Ben Horowitz argues that a16z’s scale gives it responsibilities that now extend into national strategy. In a conversation with David Ulevitch following the firm’s largest-ever fundraise, Horowitz says Silicon Valley should treat U.S. technological leadership in AI, defense, manufacturing and allied supply chains as a national-interest obligation, not a side concern. His case is that if the next technological revolution determines global influence, venture capital and startups have to help America build, adopt and remain optimistic about the technologies that will shape it.

a16zMay 8, 202613 min read