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Bryan Kim
Consumer

Bryan Kim

Investing

More About Bryan

Bryan Kim (“BK”) is a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he invests primarily in consumer AI applications. He is particularly interested in how AI is reshaping consumer experiences across core themes such as productivity (ElevenLabs, Cluely, Raspberry), consumer health (Function Health, Slingshot AI), creation (Captions, Civit.ai, Glif, Viggle), and connection (BeReal, Partiful). 

He is also actively exploring new categories and behaviors emerging at the frontier of consumer AI. BK serves on the boards of Captions and Partiful, and as a board observer at ElevenLabs and Function Health.

Prior to joining a16z, BK spent several years at Snap, where he helped scale the company through its hyper-growth and IPO. He built and led the growth and product operations teams, driving user expansion globally. He also scaled the finance team from zero to 70+ people and led several key milestones, including the IPO. As a founding member of the strategy team, he sourced and integrated major acquisitions such as Looksery (which powers Snap AR Lenses) and Bitmoji.

Earlier in his career, Bryan was CFO at Bungalow and a founding General Partner at Uncommon Projects, an operator-led seed fund. He began his career in investment banking at Credit Suisse, advising technology companies on M&A and capital markets transactions.

He holds a BA in Economics and International Relations from Carleton College and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Latest Content

  • Investing in Cluely
    Bryan Kim and Eric Zhou

    The AI-powered assistant operates discreetly on users' desktops, intelligently interpreting live audio and on-screen context to deliver proactive insights.

  • Notes on distribution tactics, seizing mindshare…and an extended metaphor about pigeons.

  • Shopping in ‘God Mode’ with AI
    Daisy Zhao and Bryan Kim

    Cher's digital closet was just the beginning. Online shopping is becoming intelligent, predictive, and visually intuitive.

  • From Prompt to Product: The Rise of AI-Powered Web App Builders
    Justine Moore, Yoko Li, Gabriel Vasquez, Marco Mascorro, and Bryan Kim

    What products are builders using to make websites and web apps with AI? A deep dive into how these products work, their limitations, and the features on the horizon. 

  • Investing in Slingshot AI
    Vijay Pande, Daisy Wolf, Bryan Kim, and Zach Cohen

    Today, we’re proud to announce we’ve led the Series A for Slingshot, the world’s first foundation model for psychology. This brings the total capital raised for the company to $40 million.

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