# Marc Andreessen Inner Circle The **tight, trusted core** around [[Marc Andreessen]] — his co-founder, the a16z partner bench, and the closest political allies. This is the small inner ring; the fuller directly-connected map lives in [[Marc Andreessen First Degree Connections]]. > Roster, not biographies. Each name links to its own page where the deep profile lives. ## The partnership | Person | Tie | |---|---| | [[Ben Horowitz]] | Co-founder of [[Andreessen Horowitz]] since 2009; co-endorsed Trump (July 2024); the 30-year business partner from Netscape/Opsware onward | ## a16z partners & practice leads | Person | Role | |---|---| | [[Katherine Boyle]] | General partner; co-leads [[American Dynamism]] — the defense-tech practice | | [[Chris Dixon]] | Leads a16z crypto (the $4.5B fund) | | [[Sriram Krishnan]] | a16z alum; administration AI-policy orbit | ## Political & movement allies | Person | Tie | |---|---| | [[Elon Musk]] | DOGE co-traveler; Andreessen vetted hires as a DOGE "intern" | | [[David Sacks]] | Crypto co-investor; aligned deregulation agenda | | [[Peter Thiel]] | Fellow defense-tech VC ([[Founders Fund]] sibling to a16z) | ## Intellectual co-travelers | Person | Tie | |---|---| | [[Curtis Yarvin]] | [[Dark Enlightenment]] — the explicit version of the manifesto's anti-oversight politics | ## How to use this page vs. its neighbors - **This page** = the trusted core (Horowitz, the a16z bench, closest allies). - [[Marc Andreessen First Degree Connections]] = everyone directly connected, including looser co-investor and political ties. - [[Andreessen Horowitz]] = the firm itself. ## See Also - [[Marc Andreessen]] — canonical biography - [[Andreessen Horowitz]] · [[American Dynamism]] · [[Ben Horowitz]] - [[Marc Andreessen First Degree Connections]] - [[Marc Andreessen Dossier]]