Erik's Public Intellectuals in Tech

byErik Torenberg

  1. tylercowen

    Chairman and Faculty Director at Mercatus Center at George Mason University

    1. Mercatus Center at George Mason University

      Chairman and Faculty Director

      Present

  2. Katherine Boyle

    General Partner, a16z American Dynamism

    1. Mercatus Center at George Mason University

      Board Member

      2023-01 – Present

    2. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

      General Partner

      2021 – Present

    3. Apex Space

      Board Member

      Present

  3. Nadia Asparouhova

    Publisher at Asterisk Magazine

    1. GitHub

      Open Source Programs and Research

      2016 – 2018-04

    2. Protocol Labs

      Researcher

      2018-05 – 2019

    3. Substack

      Researcher

      Present

  4. Glen Weyl

    Founder and Research Lead, Plural Technology Collaboratory at Microsoft Research

    1. Microsoft

      Engineering

      2019 – Present

  5. Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth)

    Director of Ads at Base

    1. Coinbase

      Director of Ads at Base

      2025-01 – Present

    2. Spindl

      Founder and CEO

      2025-01

    3. Facebook

      Product Manager, Advertising

      2011-04 – 2013-04

  2. Byrne Hobart

    Founder and Writer, The Diff

    1. The Diff

      Founder and Writer

      Present

  3. anna-sofia

    Partner at Humba; author of Second Nature

    1. Humba Ventures

      Partner

      Present

  4. Nathan Labenz

    AI Scout and Host, The Cognitive Revolution

    1. The Cognitive Revolution

      Host

      2023-02 – Present

    2. Waymark

      AI R&D

      2022-07 – Present

  1. Dwarkesh Patel

    Host of the Dwarkesh Podcast; angel investor

    1. Dwarkesh Podcast

      Founder and host

      2020 – Present

  2. Ben Thompson

    Author and founder of Stratechery, covering the strategy and business of technology and media.

  3. Alex Danco

    Editor-at-Large at a16z; writer and former Shopify product leader.

    1. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

      Editor at Large

      2025-08 – Present

    2. Shopify

      Director of Product

      2020 – 2025-08

    3. Social Capital

      Associate

      2015-12 – 2019-05

  4. Mike Solana

    Chief Marketing Officer at Founders Fund and founder of Pirate Wires

    1. Pirate Wires

      Founder, CEO, and Editor-in-Chief

      2020 – Present

    2. Founders Fund

      Chief Marketing Officer

      Present

  1. Dan Romero

    Go-to-market lead at Tempo

    1. Tempo

      Go-to-Market

      Present

    2. Tempo (Stripe/Paradigm-incubated)

      Co-founder, Tempo

      Present

    3. Farcaster (sold to Neynar Jan 2026)

      Co-founder, Tempo

      Present

  2. Theo Jaffee

    Co-founder and host at MTS

    1. MTS

      Co-Founder and Host

      2026-04 – Present

    2. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

      Research Partner, New Media

      2026-04

  3. Balaji Srinivasan

    Founder of Network School

    1. Coin Center

      Co-Founder and Board Member

      2014 – Present

    2. Network School

      Founder

      Present

    3. Self

      Independent (writer/investor)

      Present

  4. Signüll

    Founder of Signull Labs, building Skye

  1. Samo Burja

    Founder and President of Bismarck Analysis

    1. Bismarck Analysis

      Founder and President

      2017 – Present

  2. Henry Williams

    Special projects at OpenAI Strategic Futures

    1. OpenAI

      Strategic Futures

      2026 – Present

    2. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

      Partner, New Media

      2025 – 2026

    3. Vapi

      Product Manager

      2025

  4. Tina He

    Parnter at Pace Capital

    1. Pace Capital

      Partner

      Present