Ben Horowitz on Investing in AI: AI Bubbles, Economic Impact, and VC Acceleration

E1009 - Ben Horowitz on Investing in AI: AI Bubbles, Economic Impact, and VC Acceleration

Published: January 13, 2026

Duration: 34:16

AI is changing how companies are built and how venture firms operate, forcing faster decisions, clearer judgment, and new ways of working.

In this exclusive conversation, Ben Horowitz shares how Andreessen Horowitz adapts to that shift. He explains why managing GPs is different from running a company, how investors are evaluated at the moment of decision rather than years later, and why verticalized teams help the firm scale without internal politics.

Ben also breaks down the current AI cycle, from treating AI as a new computing platform to why application design and model orchestration matter...