Matt Bornstein — General Partner, a16z Infrastructure

https://a16z.com/matt-bornstein/
  • GP at a16z infra fund; promoted Jan 2026 after 6+ years.
  • Focus: AI/ML + data infrastructure; technical depth is the edge.
  • Lead on Cursor; lead on Tabular (exited → Databricks).
    • Also: Mistral, Hex, Replicate (→ Cloudflare), Tecton (→ Databricks).
  • Wrote “The Modern Data Stack” — one of most-read pieces in a16z history.
  • Background: Math @ Brown, HBS, two startups as CTO before investing.
    • Martin Casado: “doing AI before it was cool.”

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