Marc Andreessen is one of the most influential Silicon Valley founders and investors, so when he talks about the future of tech, we want to pay attention. In this conversation, recorded live at our NOW conference in June 2024, Brown Advisory's Elise Liberto sat down with Marc to explore: why he's a techno-optimist, innovation in the age of AI, the state of venture capital, and lots more.

 

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Marc Andreessen

Cofounder and General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz

Marc Andreessen is a cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He is an innovator and creator, one of the few to pioneer a software category used by more than a billion people and one of the few to establish multiple billion-dollar companies. Marc co-created the highly influential Mosaic internet browser and co-founded Netscape, which later sold to AOL for $4.2 billion. He also co-founded Loudcloud, which as Opsware, sold to Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion. He later served on the board of Hewlett-Packard from 2008 to 2018. Marc holds a BS in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Marc serves on the board of the following Andreessen Horowitz portfolio companies: Applied Intuition, Carta, Coinbase, Dialpad, Flow, Golden, Honor, OpenGov, Samsara, Simple Things, and TipTop Labs. He is also on the board of Meta.

 

 

Moderator

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Elise Liberto

Managing Director of Private Investments

Elise is a partner and managing director of Private Investments at Brown Advisory. Elise oversees tactical private market opportunities (direct investments, co-investments and funds) that complement Brown Advisory's core venture capital, private equity, private credit and real estate strategies. She launched and leads Brown Advisory’s investment strategy for early-, growth- and late-stage private companies. Additionally, Elise focuses on Brown Advisory’s corporate investment program that identifies and structures balance sheet commitments to private companies and strategic partners.  

 

 

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