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Erin Price-Wright

General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz

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  • Critical Capital - Erin Price-Wright on what it will take to build in America again.

    September 01, 2026 · 📺 Crux Climate

    American industry is building factories, mines, and grid hardware at a scale not attempted in decades, and the capital is there. But Erin Price-Wright says the cost of money no longer sets the return on an industrial project. It’s the time spent waiting on a regulator. In this episode, Alfred Johnson speaks with Erin, who joined Andreessen Horowitz's American Dynamism practice in 2024 to invest in energy, mining, and industry. She argues the grid's real constraint is transmission and equipment, not generation, which has made smaller, faster hardware competitive with scale. Together, they dig…

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  • "We’re at the Beginning of a New Industrial Age" – Erin Price-Wright, Andreessen Horowitz

    August 26, 2026 · 📺 Veriten

    Today we had the pleasure of hosting Erin Price-Wright, General Partner in American Dynamism at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Erin joined a16z from Index Ventures in 2024, where she was a Partner focused on software infrastructure and applied AI. She previously served as Head of Product for Palantir’s data analytics and machine learning program. The American Dynamism practice invests in founders and companies that support the national interest spanning aerospace, defense, public safety, education, housing, supply chain, industrials, and manufacturing. We were thrilled to hear Erin’s perspective…

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  • What’s next for the AI Infrastructure buildout

    June 02, 2026 · 📺 CNBC Television

    CNBC's Morgan Brennan sits down with Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Erin Price-Wright at the Reagan National Economic Summit to discuss the future of AI.

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  • Is Defense the Next Trillion-Dollar Category? | a16z American Dynamism Summit

    May 19, 2026 · 📺 a16z

    Erin Price-Wright speaks with Michael Duffey and Dino Mavrookas about what it will take to rebuild the American defense industrial base for a new era of competition. As production capacity becomes a central constraint, they outline how the system must shift toward speed, scale, and modern manufacturing. The conversation covers the role of autonomy in both defense systems and industrial processes, and how new approaches to design, labor, and production can dramatically reduce cost and complexity. Mavrookas explains how building for software and autonomy enables entirely new classes of platform…

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  • The Founders Who Left Tesla to Rebuild America | a16z

    May 13, 2026 · 📺 a16z

    Erin Price-Wright speaks with Turner Caldwell and Drew Baglino about what it will take to close America's critical minerals gap and modernize the power infrastructure that underpins the AI economy. With the US more than 50 years behind China in critical mineral supply and grid infrastructure built on systems designed a century ago, they examine where the real bottlenecks are and how to move faster. The conversation covers how automation, reinforcement learning, and vertically integrated operations can compress the timelines for mining and refining, and why co-locating supply chains matters mo…

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  • Why Physical AI Is the Next Big Opportunity | Deep Dives with a16z

    April 23, 2026 · 📺 a16z Deep Dives

    Erin Price-Wright speaks with Alex Modon, cofounder and CEO at Unlimited Industries, and Davide Asnaghi, CEO at Diode Computers, about how AI is moving from software into the physical world. They discuss automating construction and electronics design, using code and simulation to model real-world systems, and how incentives and manufacturing constraints shape adoption. They also examine what it takes to scale infrastructure, reduce build times, and unlock more abundant industrial capacity in the United States. Timestamps: 00:00 - Trailer 00:51 - Introductions & What is Physical World AI 02:00…

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  • AI, Data Centers, and the Infrastructure Needed to Power Them | a16z

    March 31, 2026 · 📺 a16z Deep Dives

    a16z general partners Erin Price-Wright and Erik Torenberg speak with Doug Bernauer, founder and CEO of Radiant, and Drew Baglino, founder and CEO of Heron, about rebuilding American energy infrastructure. They discuss portable micro nuclear reactors, solid state power electronics, why delivery rather than generation is the real bottleneck, the case for modular manufacturing, and whether data centers are actually good for the grid. Timestamps: 00:00 — Introduction 03:42 — Why Radiant Exists 06:01 — Why Heron Exists 08:48 — Demand Surge Explained 14:30 — Nuclear Progress and Hurdles 18:43 — He…

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  • What Tesla and SpaceX Teach Founders About Building Hardware | a16z

    March 27, 2026 · 📺 a16z

    Erin Price-Wright speaks with Chandler Luzsicza, founder and CEO of Galadyne, and Turner Caldwell, cofounder and CEO of Mariana Minerals, about what they actually learned building Starship and Tesla's lithium refinery, and how those lessons translate to their own startups. They cover decision velocity, flat organizations, critical path management, vertical integration, hiring for high-talent-density teams, and how to set aggressive milestones without burning people out. Timestamps: 0:00—Introduction 3:32—The Single Most Important Thing Learned at Tesla and SpaceX 9:19—Critical Path Focus 18:2…

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  • Why Modern War Needs Intelligent Power Systems | Chariot Defense CEO on a16z

    March 24, 2026 · 📺 a16z Deep Dives

    Erin Price-Wright speaks with Adam Warmoth, founder and CEO of Chariot Defense, and Alex Miller, CTO of the U.S. Army, about the power crisis at the heart of modern military operations. As the battlefield becomes more distributed and electronics-heavy, the Army's legacy power infrastructure, built around diesel generators and lead-acid batteries, is struggling to keep up. They examine how commercial breakthroughs in EV and aviation technology are being adapted for the front line, why fuel convoys are a military liability, and how procurement reform is letting startups get hardware into soldier…

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  • How Palantir Scaled: Why the Best Software Is Built Backwards

    January 29, 2026 · 📺 a16z Deep Dives

    Palantir is known for building technology used in defense, energy, and other high-stakes operational environments where software has to work in the real world, not just on a roadmap. In this episode, a16z partner Erin Price-Wright sits down with Akshay Krishnaswamy, Chief Architect at Palantir, to explain the company’s Forward Deployed Engineer model. They discuss what forward-deployed engineering actually is, how it differs from services or solutions roles, and why it has become central to building software for complex, mission-critical problems. The conversation also explores the tradeoff…

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  • a16z 2026 Big Ideas: Companies Will Operate Like Factories Did Again

    December 15, 2025 · 📺 a16z

    America’s industrial muscle is coming back. In 2026, a16z General Partner Erin Price-Wright predicts that founders will tackle energy, mining, construction, and manufacturing with a factory mindset powered by AI and autonomy. This means faster permitting, quicker design cycles, better coordination, and deploying robots where work is dangerous or slow. Apply assembly-line thinking to the physical world, and we can mass-produce nuclear reactors, build the housing we need, and construct data centers at record speed. Timestamps: 0:00 — The Renaissance of the American Factory 0:23 — America’s In…

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  • America's Energy Problem: We Need A New Grid

    July 16, 2025 · 📺 a16z

    U.S. per capita energy usage peaked in 1973. Since then? Flat. Meanwhile, China’s per capita energy use has grown 9x. Today, AI, EVs, manufacturing, and data centers are driving demand for more electricity than ever—and our grid can’t keep up. In this episode, a16z general partners David Ulevitch and Erin Price-Wright, along with investing partner Ryan McEntush from the American Dynamism team, join us to unpack: – How America’s grid fell behind – Why we "forgot how to build" power infrastructure – The role of batteries, solar, nuclear, and software in reshaping the grid – How AI is both str…

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