# Rajko Radovanović

> Rajko Radovanović is an investing partner on the AI and infrastructure team at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where he backs the builders reshaping how software is made. He has led or co-led investments in Cursor, Mistral AI, Udio, Luma AI, Black Forest Labs, World Labs, and Braintrust, and runs a16z's Open Source AI Grant Program. Before a16z, he was a venture investor at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), where his portfolio included Perplexity AI, Sentry, and Weaviate. He studied economics and computer science at Harvard, did language studies in Beijing, and attended the United Nations International School — a biography that reads like someone engineered to operate at every intersection of tech, capital, and global culture.

- **Role:** Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
- **Organizations:** Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
- **Nationality:** Serbian-American
- **Education:** International Baccalaureate Diploma, United Nations International School, Language Studies, Beijing Language and Culture University, BA, Economics and Computer Science, Harvard University, Teaching Fellow, Advanced Mathematical Optimization, Harvard University
- **Known for:** Backed Cursor (Anysphere) - the AI-native code editor that became the leading AI coding tool, Co-led a16z's Mistral AI Series A investment, backing Europe's open-weight LLM leader, Seed investor in Black Forest Labs, founded by the original Stable Diffusion creators

## Career timeline

- **Pre-2019** — Studied at United Nations International School, completed IB Diploma
- **2019-2021** — Studied Economics and Computer Science at Harvard University; also attended Beijing Language and Culture University
- **2021-2022** — Management consultant and enterprise technology strategist at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
- **2022-2023** — Venture investor at New Enterprise Associates (NEA); portfolio included Perplexity AI, Sentry, Metabase, Weaviate, TimescaleDB
- **2023** — Joined Andreessen Horowitz as Investing Partner, AI and Infrastructure team
- **2023** — Co-led a16z's investment in Mistral AI Series A
- **2024** — Co-led a16z seed investment in Black Forest Labs (Stable Diffusion creators)
- **2024** — Incubated and launched a16z's Open Source AI Grant Program
- **2024-2025** — Expanded AI infra portfolio: Cursor, Luma AI, Udio, World Labs, Braintrust

## Achievements

- Backed Cursor (Anysphere) - the AI-native code editor that became the leading AI coding tool
- Co-led a16z's Mistral AI Series A investment, backing Europe's open-weight LLM leader
- Seed investor in Black Forest Labs, founded by the original Stable Diffusion creators
- Incubated and runs a16z's Open Source AI Grant Program supporting non-profit AI infrastructure
- Invested in Luma AI, Udio, World Labs, and Braintrust across seed and Series A stages
- Previously at NEA backed Perplexity AI before it became a household AI search name
- Teaching Fellow for Advanced Mathematical Optimization at Harvard University
- Part of a $2.2B a16z infrastructure fund with a sweet spot of $20M investments

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — a16z announced third batch of Open Source AI Grants, co-authored by Rajko, focusing on LLM benchmarking and frontier experimentation
- **2024-10** — Posted about a16z Infra team's Ideogram-generated 'Mafioso' image, noting the team's naming quirk
- **2024-08** — Co-led a16z seed investment in Black Forest Labs alongside Anjney Midha, Marco Mascorro, and Justine Moore
- **2024-07** — Organized NeurIPS luncheon on LLM Scaling and Efficiency
- **2023-12** — Co-authored a16z's Mistral AI Series A investment announcement alongside Anjney Midha and Matt Bornstein

## Links

- Website: https://rajko.rs/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajko-rad
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/rajko_rad

---

Profile page: https://yespress.io/rajko-radovanovic
Published by YesPress — https://yespress.io
Last updated: 2026-05-08