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Uncapped #23 | Martin Casado from a16z
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Martin Casado is a general partner at a16z, where he leads the firm’s $1.25 billion infrastructure practice. Martin has led investments in Cursor, dbt Labs, and Fivetran to name a few. Prior to joining a16z in 2016, he was the co-founder and CTO of Nicira, which was acquired by VMware for $1.26B. While at VMware, Martin was the SVP and GM of network and security, which he scaled to a $600 million run-rate business. Martin started his career at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory where he worked on large-scale simulations for the Department of Defense before moving over to work with the intelligence community on networking and cybersecurity.
We covered:
What necessitates specialization
The conflicts dynamic
Infra vs app companies
Importance of open source
The only sin in VC
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Timestamps:
() Intro
() Importance of media for VC
() Evolution of a16z
() Specialization
() Value of distribution
() Staying power in infra
() The conflicts dynamic
() State of play in AI
() The future of coding
() Significance of open source
() Marc Andreessen’s leadership
() The only sin in VC
() Scaling a lot of board seats
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