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Zane Lackey
Infra

Zane Lackey

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More About Zane

Zane Lackey is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz where he focuses on DevOps, cybersecurity, and enterprise infrastructure. He was previously the cofounder and chief security officer of Signal Sciences, which was acquired by Fastly for $775 million in 2020, and the author of Building a Modern Security Program.

Prior to Signal Sciences, Zane led security and infrastructure teams as the CISO of Etsy, and started his career as an early security consultant at iSEC Partners. Zane holds a BA in Economics with a minor in Computer Science from UC Davis.

Latest Content

  • Investing in KeycardNew
    Zane Lackey, Yoko Li, Joel de la Garza, and Malika Aubakirova

    AI agents are emerging as the next computing platform, reshaping how software works at its core. For the first time, systems can act on our behalf. This transformation will redefine how we work across every digital surfa...

  • Breaking the Cybersecurity Kill Chain with AI
    Malika Aubakirova, Joel de la Garza, and Zane Lackey

    Security tools are best understood not by acronyms but by where they disrupt the cyber kill chain, which maps defenses directly to attacker behavior. What look like competitors often address different stages of attack, leaving meaningful room for founders to build differentiated platforms.

  • Investing in Adaptive Security
    Zane Lackey, Joel de la Garza, and Malika Aubakirova

    Adaptive Security is engineered to anticipate, prevent, and mitigate AI-powered threats before they materialize, and to keep organizations alert.

  • How to Think About Foundation Models for Cybersecurity
    Zane Lackey, Joel de la Garza, and Derrick Harris

    In this AI + a16z episode, a16z's Zane Lackey and Joel de la Garza discuss how generative AI and LLMs could effect profound change in cybersecurity.

  • Investing in Doppel
    Zane Lackey and Joel de la Garza

    Doppel is building a next-generation approach for detecting and removing fraudulent accounts and phishing attacks across various channels.

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