Guido Appenzeller invests in AI, infrastructure, open source, and silicon at Andreessen Horowitz. He previously held technology and product leadership roles at Intel, Yubico, and VMware and co-founded Big Switch Networks and Voltage Security. Education includes studies at Stanford University; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
Guido Appenzeller invests in AI, infrastructure, open source, and silicon at Andreessen Horowitz. He previously held technology and product leadership roles at Intel, Yubico, and VMware and co-founded Big Switch Networks and Voltage Security. Education includes studies at Stanford University; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
Career
Guido Appenzeller attended Stanford University.
Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) until Present.Invests in AI, infrastructure, open-source technology, and silicon.
Consulting Assistant Professor at Stanford University from 2008 to 2010.
Former Chief Technology Officer, Data Platforms Group at Intel until Past.Directed technology strategy and pathfinding across Intel's data-platform portfolio.
Former Chief Product Officer at Yubico until Past.Led product development and strategy.
Former Chief Technology Officer, Cloud and Networking at VMware until Past.Helped define VMware's multi-cloud strategy and grow its NSX networking business.
Former Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Big Switch Networks until Past.Co-founded and led the cloud-networking company, which was later acquired by Arista Networks.
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Voltage Security at Voltage by OpenText until Past.Co-founder and CTO.