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.
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