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Alex Rampell
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Alex Rampell

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Alex Rampell is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he leads the firm’s $1 billion Apps practice. A serial entrepreneur who started writing software at age 10, Alex now invests across a wide range of B2B and B2C startup sectors and stages.

He currently serves on the boards of Branch, Brightside, Capitolis, Descript, Divvy Homes, Earnin, Flock Homes, FlyHomes, Loft, Point, Propel, Rocket Companies (NYSE:RKT), Sentilink, Super Evil Megacorp, VGS, and Wise (WISE:LSE). Alex additionally led the firm’s investments in Mercury, OpenDoor (NASDAQ:OPEN), OpenInvest (acquired by JP Morgan Chase), Plaid, Quantopian (acquired by Robinhood), and Rival (acquired by LiveNation).

Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, Alex co-founded multiple companies including Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM), which he co-founded with Max Levchin, FraudEliminator (acquired by McAfee in 2006), Point, TrialPay (acquired by Visa in 2015), TXN (acquired by Envestnet in 2019), and Yub (acquired by Coupons.com in 2013).

He holds a BA in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Harvard University, where he also played on the squash team. He now serves on The John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean’s Advisory Cabinet at Harvard. Alex additionally serves on the board of the Steadman Philippon Research Institute, a leading orthopedic research center, in Vail, Colorado. Alex is a supporter of math education programs, is an avid runner and cyclist and speaks Russian and Japanese.

Latest Content

  • The Greenfield Strategy: AI-native startup BingoNew
    James da Costa and Alex Rampell

    AI-native startups are transforming enterprise software by targeting greenfield companies at formation, winning distribution before incumbents, and redefining business infrastructure across global markets as labor becomes software.

  • Fruits of the Walled GardenNew
    Marc Andrusko and Alex Rampell

    As AI infrastructure providers like OpenAI and Anthropic move up the stack to launch consumer products, startups can build defensible positions by owning exclusive, high-quality data. Companies such as VLex and OpenEvidence show how proprietary, regulated, and dynamic datasets can create durable moats—and where the next “walled gardens” of data may emerge across sectors from law and medicine to climate and culture.

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    Is Google Screwed? Maybe. But Not How You Think.

  • Investing in Rillet
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    Rillet is building the AI-native enterprise resource planning (ERP) system — a self-driving finance system designed from the ground up for speed, intelligence, and automation.

  • How Big Bank Fees Could Kill Fintech Competition (July 2025 Fintech Newsletter)
    James da Costa, Alex Rampell, Angela Strange, and David Haber

    “Many banks have hostages, not customers.” Reviving the fight over data access, new M&A deals, and more in our July Fintech newsletter.

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