Bryan Kim
Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
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Background
Bryan Kim (“BK”) is a Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where he focuses on consumer AI investments 1. His current investing themes span four areas: productivity (ElevenLabs, Cluely, Raspberry AI), consumer health (Function Health, Slingshot AI), creation (Captions, Civit.ai, Glif, Viggle), and connection (BeReal, Partiful) 1.
Before joining a16z, Kim spent several years at Snap during its hyper-growth and IPO phase, where he was a founding member of the strategy team — sourcing acquisitions including Looksery and Bitmoji — and built and led the growth and product operations teams 1. He also scaled Snap’s finance team from zero to 70+ people through the company’s IPO 1. Prior to Snap, Kim served as CFO at Bungalow and was a founding General Partner at Uncommon Projects, an operator-led seed fund 1. Earlier in his career, he worked in technology M&A and capital markets at Credit Suisse 1. He holds a BA in Economics and International Relations from Carleton College and an MBA from Columbia Business School 1.
Stated Thesis
Kim publicly describes his focus as “investing in AI applications at a16z” 2. On the firm’s author page, he frames his work around how AI is reshaping consumer experiences across productivity, consumer health, creation, and connection 1. He has written publicly on consumer AI retention, AI shopping, AI-native companies, and voice agents 1.
Inferred Thesis
Based on 9 verified investments tracked in public deal databases 3, Kim’s actual behavior aligns closely with his stated focus on consumer AI applications, with some notable patterns:
- Stage distribution: Of 9 verified rounds, 6 are Series A (Hilbert’s AI, ElevenLabs 2023, Oboe, Cluely, Raspberry AI, Mirage 2022), 1 Seed (District), 1 Series B (Function Health), and 2 growth-stage follow-ons (ElevenLabs Series D, Mirage Series C) 3. This skews heavily toward Series A as the primary entry point (67% of verified entries).
- Sector concentration: All 9 verified investments are consumer or consumer-adjacent AI — voice/audio (ElevenLabs), AI search/answer engines (Cluely, Hilbert), generative creation tools (Raspberry AI for fashion design, Mirage), consumer health (Function Health), and consumer audio/news (Oboe) 3. Notable absence: no enterprise SaaS, no infrastructure, no fintech in verified deals.
- Check sizes: Reported sweet spot of ~$5M with a range of $100K-$100M 3, consistent with a16z’s ability to deploy at either seed or growth scale.
- Board involvement: Board member at Captions and Partiful; board observer at ElevenLabs and Function Health 1 — indicating concentrated post-investment focus on a small number of high-conviction bets rather than passive portfolio breadth.
- Sample size caveat: 9 verified rounds is a modest sample; Kim’s a16z author page references additional portfolio companies (Captions, BeReal, Slingshot AI, Civit.ai, Glif, Viggle, Partiful) 1 that do not appear in the public Signal/NFX dataset, suggesting actual portfolio depth exceeds what is publicly tracked.
Portfolio
| Company | Year | Stage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| District | 2026 | Seed ($15M) | 3 |
| Hilbert’s AI | 2026 | Series A ($28M) | 3 |
| ElevenLabs | 2026 | Series D ($550M) | 3 |
| Oboe | 2025 | Series A ($16M) | 34 |
| Function Health | 2025 | Series B ($300M) | 3 |
| Cluely | 2025 | Series A ($15M) | 35 |
| Raspberry AI | 2025 | Series A ($24M) | 3 |
| Mirage | 2024 | Series C ($60M) | 3 |
| ElevenLabs | 2023 | Series A ($19M) | 3 |
| Mirage | 2022 | Series A ($11M) | 3 |
| Captions | ~2022 | Board member 1 | 1 |
| Partiful | ~2022 | Board member 1 | 1 |
| ~unknown | BeReal | n/a | Investor 1 |
| ~unknown | Slingshot AI | n/a | Investor 1 |
| ~unknown | Civit.ai | n/a | Investor 1 |
| ~unknown | Glif | n/a | Investor 1 |
| ~unknown | Viggle | n/a | Investor 1 |
Note: Public deal databases capture roughly the first 9-10 entries above; remaining companies are listed on Kim’s a16z author page without dated round specifics.
In Their Own Words
On Oboe and the role of AI in consumer learning, from his a16z investment announcement 4:
“Oboe is not a thin tool. It is a true engine for learning that is personalized, multimodal, and designed with both care and speed in mind.”
“AI can now create learning experiences that feel personal, patient, and adaptive.”
“We are proud to partner with Oboe. This is the start of a new era in learning, where curiosity becomes a possibility for everyone.”
Kim has also authored or co-authored a16z posts on consumer AI retention, AI shopping, AI-native companies, and voice agents 1, and has appeared on the “New to Venture” podcast (Ep 047) and Sourcery podcast discussing his $15M lead investment in Cluely 56.
What Founders Say
No independently sourced founder testimonials about working with Bryan Kim have been verified at this time.
Sources
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Andreessen Horowitz author page, “Bryan Kim, Partner at Andreessen Horowitz,” accessed June 2026. https://a16z.com/author/bryan-kim/↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩
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Bryan Kim LinkedIn profile, “Investing in AI applications at a16z,” accessed June 2026. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirbyman↩
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Signal by NFX, “Bryan Kim’s Investing Profile - Andreessen Horowitz Partner,” accessed June 2026. https://signal.nfx.com/investors/bryan-kim↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩
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Andreessen Horowitz, “Investing in Oboe,” accessed June 2026. https://a16z.com/announcement/investing-in-oboe/↩↩
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Sourcery, “Inside a16z’s $15M Bet on Cluely: Lead Investor Bryan Kim Reveals All,” accessed June 2026. https://www.sourcery.vc/p/breaking-bryan-kim-partner-at-a16z↩↩
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New to Venture podcast, “Ep 047 - Bryan ‘BK’ Kim, Partner at a16z,” accessed June 2026. https://open.spotify.com/episode/7g87r7JzXs5GqC9NZPM85G↩