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Alan Cohen
Alan Cohen is a General Partner at DCVC (Data Collective), the Palo Alto deep tech venture firm. He invests in AI-enabled health tech, energy, security, and enterprise companies after a 25+ year run as an operator at Cisco, Nicira, Airespace, and Illumio. He led DCVC's exits at Element AI, Evolv Technology, and Caption Health, and helped originate the firm's 'TechMed' thesis.
Martin Casado
Martin Casado is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz leading the firm's infrastructure practice. A Spanish-born computer scientist and entrepreneur, he pioneered software-defined networking (SDN) by inventing the OpenFlow protocol during his Stanford PhD. He co-founded Nicira Networks, which VMware acquired for $1.26 billion in 2012, where he then scaled the networking and security business to $600 million in annual revenue. An ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award winner, Casado now invests in cutting-edge infrastructure and AI companies, serving on boards of over a dozen startups while shaping the future of enterprise technology and AI regulation policy.