Olivia Moore
Partner (AI / Consumer Investing) at Andreessen Horowitz
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Background
Olivia Moore is a partner on the investing team at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), focused on AI and consumer investing 12. She joined a16z in 2021 alongside her twin sister Justine Moore, after both had previously worked as early-stage investors at CRV 123. Prior to CRV, she worked at Goldman Sachs on the Alternative Investments and Manager Selection team 12.
Moore holds a B.S. in Economics (with Honors and Distinction) from Stanford University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business 12. While at Stanford she co-founded Cardinal Ventures, the university’s on-campus startup incubator, which has since supported hundreds of student ventures 3.
At a16z Moore publishes widely on consumer AI — including her recurring “Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps” rankings — and tracks which AI apps are gaining traction with everyday users 1.
Stated Thesis
Moore says publicly that her focus at a16z is on consumer AI apps and AI-native workflows for small and mid-market businesses 1. She has framed the current wave as a repricing of vertical software: many “AI-native” companies she backs replace older SaaS workflows with agents that place, receive, or reason over calls, messages, and documents 45.
Inferred Thesis
Sample size warning: The a16z-led/co-led investments where Moore is publicly named as sponsor number roughly 5 disclosed rounds since 2024, plus prior CRV-era investments. Percentages are not computed given the small sample; qualitative patterns only.
- Vertical AI agents replacing operational SaaS. All disclosed a16z investments where Moore is credited (HappyRobot, Toma, Salient, Krea, Scribenote) build AI agents that handle a specific operational workflow — freight brokerage calls, dealership service scheduling, lender-borrower conversations, image and video generation, veterinary scribing 456.
- Voice AI concentration. Three of five publicly named a16z investments (HappyRobot, Toma, Salient) center on AI-driven voice agents — a distinct concentration on real-time voice interfaces over chat-based agents 456.
- SMB / vertical-market bias. The dealer-services, freight brokerage, and lending sub-verticals point to a preference for tightly-scoped, mid-market operational buyers rather than horizontal enterprise tooling 456.
- Consumer-tech roots. CRV-era deals (Kapwing Series A, Brigit Series A, Harper Wilde seed, Uppercase seed) skewed to consumer creator tools, consumer fintech, and D2C commerce, foreshadowing her present consumer-AI focus 3.
Portfolio
| Company | Year | Stage | Source |
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| HappyRobot | 2024-12-04 | Series A (a16z led; Moore + Anish Acharya + Seema Amble named as sponsors) | a16z announcement 4 |
| Toma | 2025-06-05 | Series A (a16z led; Moore + Seema Amble + Eric Zhou named as sponsors) | a16z announcement 5 |
| Salient | 2025-07-28 | Series A (a16z led; Moore named as sponsor) | a16z announcement 6 |
| Krea | ~2024 | (a16z investment; year per Moore’s a16z bio) | a16z profile 1 |
| Scribenote | ~2024 | (a16z investment; year per Moore’s a16z bio) | a16z profile 1 |
| Kapwing | ~2019 | Series A (CRV era) | Signal / historical 37 |
| Brigit | ~2019 | Series A (CRV era) | Signal / historical 37 |
| Harper Wilde | ~2019 | Seed (CRV era) | Signal / historical 37 |
| Uppercase | ~2019 | Seed (CRV era) | Signal / historical 37 |
Note: Additional a16z investments where Moore is a public sponsor exist but were not independently confirmed at press time. This table reflects only investments where Moore is named as sponsor in a primary a16z announcement or her own public bio.
In Their Own Words
On why a16z backed HappyRobot’s Series A:
“We’re thrilled to announce we are leading HappyRobot’s Series A.” — Olivia Moore, Anish Acharya, and Seema Amble, a16z announcement, December 4, 2024 4
On the design of Toma’s AI dealership agent:
“Toma accurately captures detailed customer information and vehicle data (including VIN, part numbers, repair orders, and vehicle models), schedules service appointments, processes parts orders, and efficiently books test drives in real time.” — a16z Toma announcement, June 5, 2025 5
On why voice AI beats human agents at collections and callbacks:
“AI agents can structure calls more efficiently (for example, to collect ACH information), place every call at the optimal time, and handle callers in any language.” — a16z Salient announcement, July 28, 2025 6
What Founders Say
No independently sourced founder testimonials specifically about working with Olivia Moore located at press time.
Sources
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“Olivia Moore,” Andreessen Horowitz author page, accessed July 2026. https://a16z.com/author/olivia-moore/↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩
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“Olivia Moore - AI Partner at Andreessen Horowitz,” LinkedIn, accessed July 2026. https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliviamoore94↩↩↩↩
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Connie Loizos, “The Venture Twins,” TechCrunch, October 27, 2018. Accessed July 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/27/the-venture-twins/↩↩↩↩↩↩↩
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“Investing in HappyRobot,” Andreessen Horowitz, December 4, 2024. Accessed July 2026. https://a16z.com/announcement/investing-in-happyrobot/↩↩↩↩↩↩
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“Investing in Toma,” Andreessen Horowitz, June 5, 2025. Accessed July 2026. https://a16z.com/announcement/investing-in-toma/↩↩↩↩↩↩
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“Investing in Salient,” Andreessen Horowitz, July 28, 2025. Accessed July 2026. https://a16z.com/announcement/investing-in-salient/↩↩↩↩↩
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“Olivia Moore’s Investing Profile,” Signal by NFX, accessed July 2026. https://signal.nfx.com/investors/olivia-moore↩↩↩↩