# Stephenie Zhang

> Stephenie Zhang is a partner on the Growth investing team at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), the storied Silicon Valley venture firm behind Airbnb, Coinbase, and GitHub. A Phi Beta Kappa computer science graduate from MIT who grew up in Palo Alto, she joined a16z from Warburg Pincus, where she honed her instincts on growth and late-stage technology deals. At a16z, she backs enterprise technology companies at the growth stage, with investments spanning workflow orchestration (Temporal), AI-native presentations (Gamma), and internal developer tools. She also co-authored a16z's 'Big Ideas 2026' thesis on the agentic interface - the idea that software design is shifting from visual, human-first hierarchies to machine-legible structures built for AI agents.

- **Role:** Investment Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
- **Organizations:** Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Warburg Pincus
- **From:** Palo Alto, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BS, Computer Science (Phi Beta Kappa), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- **Known for:** Phi Beta Kappa honors at MIT for Computer Science, Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, one of the world's most influential VC firms, Backed Temporal, the workflow orchestration platform used by Stripe, Netflix, and Snap

## Career timeline

- **2013-2017** — Studied Computer Science at MIT, graduated Phi Beta Kappa
- **2017-2021** — Technology Investor at Warburg Pincus, focused on growth and late-stage tech companies
- **2021** — Joined Andreessen Horowitz as partner on the Growth investing team
- **2023** — Co-authored a16z investment announcement for Gamma (AI-native presentations)
- **2024** — Co-authored a16z investment announcement for Temporal (workflow orchestration)
- **2025** — Co-authored 'One Prompt, Zero Engineers: Your New Internal Dev' on AI-driven software development
- **2025** — Co-authored a16z Big Ideas 2026 thesis on 'The Agentic Interface'

## Achievements

- Phi Beta Kappa honors at MIT for Computer Science
- Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, one of the world's most influential VC firms
- Backed Temporal, the workflow orchestration platform used by Stripe, Netflix, and Snap
- Backed Gamma, the AI-native presentation tool that reached millions of users
- Co-authored a16z's 'Big Ideas 2026: The Agentic Interface' thought leadership piece
- Contributed to a16z Growth Fund with $2.2B under management
- Investment range of $500K-$40M, sweet spot at $20M growth-stage deals

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Co-authored 'Big Ideas 2026: The Agentic Interface' with Sarah Wang and Marc Andrusko, arguing software design will shift to machine-legible structures for AI agents
- **2025-09** — Co-authored 'One Prompt, Zero Engineers: Your New Internal Dev' on how AI collapses the gap between idea and working software
- **2024** — Co-led a16z Growth investment in Temporal, the workflow orchestration platform
- **2023** — Co-led a16z Growth investment in Gamma, the AI-native presentation tool

## Links

- Website: https://a16z.com/author/stephenie-zhang/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steph-zhang-9b5bb3a9
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/steph_zhang

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Last updated: 2026-05-09