# Jason Cui

> Jason Cui is a Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) investing at the intersection of foundational AI, developer tooling, and scientific platforms. A Harvard computer science graduate, he co-founded Jemi (acquired by Brat TV in 2023), led product at Databricks, and previously worked at Uber and Hulu. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2021, he joined a16z to back the infrastructure layer of the AI era, with bets like the $150M seed round for Inferact, the next-generation commercial inference engine built by the vLLM maintainers.

- **Role:** Partner - Infrastructure & AI at Andreessen Horowitz
- **Organizations:** Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Jemi (co-founder), Databricks, Y Combinator, Gold House Ventures
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** A.B. Computer Science, Harvard University
- **Known for:** Forbes 30 Under 30 - Consumer Technology (2021), Co-founded Jemi, backed by Y Combinator, General Catalyst, and Kleiner Perkins; acquired by Brat TV in 2023, Led product teams at Databricks across developer experience, applied AI, and serverless compute

## Career timeline

- **2018** — Graduated Harvard with A.B. in Computer Science
- **2018-2019** — Product Management at LivingSocial
- **2019-2020** — Product Management at Hulu
- **2020** — Product Management at Uber
- **2020** — Co-founded Jemi with Annie Hwang; angel investor since 2020
- **2021** — Jemi raised $1.8-2M from Y Combinator, General Catalyst, and Kleiner Perkins; named Forbes 30 Under 30 (Consumer Technology)
- **2021-2023** — Co-CEO of Jemi; Product Management Lead at Databricks
- **2023** — Jemi acquired by Brat TV; joined Gold House Ventures as Venture Scout
- **2023-present** — Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Infrastructure & AI
- **2026-01** — Led $150M seed round for Inferact alongside Matt Bornstein and Raghu Raghuram

## Achievements

- Forbes 30 Under 30 - Consumer Technology (2021)
- Co-founded Jemi, backed by Y Combinator, General Catalyst, and Kleiner Perkins; acquired by Brat TV in 2023
- Led product teams at Databricks across developer experience, applied AI, and serverless compute
- Partner at Andreessen Horowitz investing in AI infrastructure and developer tools
- Led $150M seed investment in Inferact (vLLM maintainers), one of the largest seed rounds in AI infrastructure
- Co-authored widely read a16z articles on data agents and the AI search landscape
- Featured speaker at Databricks Data + AI Summit 2025
- Competed in jiu jitsu at a competitive level

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Co-authored 'Your Data Agents Need Context' with Jennifer Li on a16z, arguing that enterprise AI agents fail without robust context layers
- **2026-01** — Led $150M seed investment in Inferact, next-generation commercial inference engine by vLLM maintainers
- **2025** — Co-authored 'Search Wars: Episode 2' with Jennifer Li, Sarah Wang, and Steph Zhang, mapping the AI-native search landscape
- **2025** — Featured speaker at Databricks Data + AI Summit 2025
- **2025** — YouTube interview published: 'a16z's Jason Cui on AI for Science, Infrastructure & the Next Wave of Breakthroughs'

## Links

- Website: https://www.jasonscui.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonscui
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/JasonSCui
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonscui
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jasonscui

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Last updated: 2026-05-09