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Jonathan Lai

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Jonathan Lai is a partner on the consumer investing team, focusing on games, interactive media, next-gen social, and the creator economy. Jon serves as a board observer for Parsec, Singularity 6, Improbable, Mainframe Industries, Odyssey Interactive, Elodie, and One More Game.

Before joining Andreessen Horowitz, Jon led the North America investments team at Tencent. Prior, Jon was a product manager at Riot Games, the developers of League of Legends, where he shipped the Riot API and the Merch Store before the company was acquired by Tencent. He started his career in investment banking for Morgan Stanley.

Jon graduated from Harvard University, Magna Cum Laude, and also earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Latest Posts

16 Minutes #55: China Steams Ahead in Gaming; MetaHuman Creator and the Uncanny Valley

by Jonathan Lai and Zoran Basich
  • AI, machine & deep learning
  • China
  • consumer
  • gaming, social, and new media
  • marketplaces
  • news
  • online communities
  • virtual & augmented reality
  • 16 Minutes
  • entertainment
  • new mediums & forms of communication

Our Top 10 Consumer Tech Posts of 2020

by Connie Chan, Andrew Chen, Jeff Jordan, D'Arcy Coolican, Bennett Carroccio, Jonathan Lai, Anne Lee Skates, and Li Jin
  • China
  • consumer
  • ecommerce
  • education
  • gaming, social, and new media
  • marketplaces
  • mobile (& messaging)
  • news
  • online communities
  • metrics
  • end of year roundups
  • trends 2020

Meet Me in the Metaverse

by Jonathan Lai
  • cloud computing
  • gaming, social, and new media
  • online communities
  • how innovation happens
  • social strikes back

The Founder’s Dilemma: To Compete or Unbundle

by Jeff Jordan, Connie Chan, Andrew Chen, D'Arcy Coolican, Jonathan Lai, Bennett Carroccio, and Anne Lee Skates
  • consumer
  • ecommerce
  • gaming, social, and new media
  • marketplaces
  • online communities
  • network effects
  • social strikes back

From Tocelot

Jon Lai@Tocelot

Join our Games Clubhouse at 5pm pst today! 🌌🎮 Featuring an all-star panel on the future of games & the Metaverse: - @raphkoster lead designer on Ultima Online - @ballmatthew media investor & strategist - @johnwastaken studio head @ Atvi, Niantic https://t.co/vsQ4aFAKPX

Jon Lai@Tocelot

Don't miss this week's Games Clubhouse! Enter the Metaverse 🌌 with @ballmatthew @raphkoster @johnwastaken Wed 5pm pst - the future of games - how to build the metaverse - the app store w/ regular cohosts @andrewchen @KellyWallick @sjsivak @farming_xp https://t.co/vsQ4aFAKPX

Jon Lai@Tocelot

4 hours into @Valheimgame and finally figured out how to build a functional chimney that doesn't let rain in! 🔥 By Odin's beard I'm learning real architecture lessons from this gem of a norse viking game https://t.co/2uJolpTYSJ

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