Chris Dixon

Founder, Managing Partner

Chris Dixon is a general partner and has been at Andreessen Horowitz since 2013. He founded and leads a16z crypto, which invests in web3 technologies through four dedicated funds with more than $7 billion under management.

Chris is the author of Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet (Random House, January 2024).

Previously, Chris was the cofounder and CEO of two startups, SiteAdvisor and Hunch. SiteAdvisor was an internet security company that warned web users of security threats. The company was acquired by McAfee in 2006. Hunch was a recommendation technology company that was acquired by eBay in 2011.

Chris has been a prolific seed investor, cofounding Founder Collective, a seed venture fund, and making a number of personal angel investments in various technology companies.

Chris started programming as a kid, and was a professional programmer after college at the high-speed options trading firm, Arbitrade. He has a BA and MA in Philosophy from Columbia and an MBA from Harvard.

Chris writes about his theories and experiences as an entrepreneur and investor on Mirror, and before that on Medium and at cdixon.org. He is also a frequent guest on the “web3 with a16z” podcast.

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01.30.24 / Chris Dixon

The Read Write Own Manifesto

The internet is probably the most important invention of the twentieth century. It transformed the world much as earlier technological revolutions. The killer app of the internet is networks. Freedom and sense of ownership led/ lead to a golden period of creativity and innovation, leading to countless applications that have transformed our world and the way we live, work, and play.
01.01.25 / Chris Dixon

Blockchain innovation will put an AI-powered internet back into users’ hands

AI needs blockchain-enabled computing to help restore the original ideals of the internet and empower users.
10.10.24 / Chris Dixon

Fixing the economics of being a creator

While tech platforms have helped us discover and connect with more artists than ever — including more independent artists — a few mainstream artists continue to dominate platforms. It’s a structural problem in the entertainment industry, and also involves the way many tech platforms operate today: Creators need power, power comes from control, and control comes from ownership.

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