# Marc Andreessen First Degree Connections The **full directly-connected map** for [[Marc Andreessen]] — every person, firm, and institution with a documented first-degree tie, annotated by the *type* of tie. Broader than [[Marc Andreessen Inner Circle]]; this is the whole one-hop neighborhood. The capital view is [[Musk-Thiel Funding Map]]. > "First degree" = a tie Andreessen holds personally (co-founder, partner, co-investor, funder, documented associate). ## People — by tie type | Person | Tie type | Note | |---|---|---| | [[Ben Horowitz]] | Co-founder | [[Andreessen Horowitz]] | | [[Katherine Boyle]] | Partner | [[American Dynamism]] | | [[Chris Dixon]] | Partner | a16z crypto | | [[Elon Musk]] | DOGE co-traveler | Vetted administration hires | | [[David Sacks]] | Crypto co-investor | Aligned agenda | | [[Peter Thiel]] | VC peer | [[Founders Fund]] sibling; [[Musk-Thiel Funding Map]] cross-investor | | [[Palmer Luckey]] | Portfolio founder | a16z/Founders Fund both in [[Anduril]] orbit | | [[Curtis Yarvin]] | Intellectual co-traveler | [[Dark Enlightenment]] | | [[Sriram Krishnan]] | a16z alum → policy | AI orbit | | [[Donald Trump]] | Endorsed (2024) | Crypto/AI policy | ## Firms & vehicles (Andreessen-founded or Andreessen-run) The holdings detail is in [[Marc Andreessen Holdings]]. First-degree entities: - [[Andreessen Horowitz]] (co-founder) · Netscape (co-founder) · Opsware (co-founder) · [[American Dynamism]] (practice) · a16z crypto fund ## Money & policy nodes | Entity | Tie | |---|---| | [[Fairshake]] + crypto PACs | $33.5M funder | | [[MAGA Inc.]] | $3M donor | | [[DOGE Ecosystem]] | "Unpaid intern" / talent recruiter | | [[Mar-a-Lago]] | "Significant hours" shaping tech/economic policy | | [[Crypto-Political Machine]] · [[Crypto Super PACs]] | The ecosystem he co-funds | ## Portfolio-adjacent (illustrative) a16z is a cross-investor across the [[Musk-Thiel Funding Map]]; portfolio companies in this KB include [[Anduril]], [[Flock Safety]], and crypto issuers. The full firm portfolio belongs to [[Andreessen Horowitz]], not this page. ## See Also - [[Marc Andreessen Inner Circle]] — the trusted core subset - [[Marc Andreessen Holdings]] — the entity side in detail - [[Musk-Thiel Funding Map]] · [[Defense Tech Conflicts of Interest]] - [[Marc Andreessen Dossier]]