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Chris Dixon

General Partner, A16Z Crypto

Search every verified Chris Dixon interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Chris Dixon, General Partner at a16z Crypto, appeared on a podcast with Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, and Erik Torenberg on October 22, 2026, to announce the expansion of the a16z crypto fund into a16z Frontier. He described the broader mandate as one aimed at backing founders building at the edges of what's possible, noting that the firm is increasingly asking whether ideas are ambitious enough rather than too ambitious. Dixon said the move was motivated in part by crypto's successes, citing stablecoins becoming a standard part of the tech landscape for companies like Stripe and Wall Street firms moving into tokenized assets. During the conversation, Dixon also discussed the coming internet of AI agents and the importance of open source as AI becomes more powerful. He advised that young people should study "modern alchemy," which he described as humanity learning to turn sand into intelligence, suggesting math, computer science, and economics as relevant fields. Dixon emphasized that the firm ultimately invests in entrepreneurs, describing its approach as "humble definite optimism" and expressing openness to creative ideas that do not fit into other core areas.

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“We're expanding the ACC crypto fund to A16Z Frontier. The idea is, I say a couple of kind of motivations behind this. One is, crypto has in some areas worked really well. Stable coins have become kind of a normal part of the tech landscape used by companies like Stripe and sort of almost every fintech company now kind of considers it part of their toolbox. Wall Street firms are moving heavily into crypto with tokeniz”

“The national security people I talked to typically don't agree with that because there's a trail. There's a blockchain and there's a trail and that is contrasted specifically with how a lot of for example terror financing happens today.”

“If you saddle people who build products that get used by many people for many reasons. It's a kill shot to the industry which is clearly the goal.”

“Web 3 is an internet owned by users and builders orchestrated with tokens. So, this new concept of a token is the kind of the key concept of web 3.”

“The best VC funds lose money at least half the time, which means half of our investments will fail, and then some small portion will be huge hits and some other portion will be modest hits.”

“We think of ourselves primarily as a service firm. So, we think of ourselves a way of maybe a law firm or talent agency or someone would where our first job is to serve is to provide services for the entrepreneur. And so, we, you know, and our secondary job is to is to sort of pick the right company.”

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