Andreessen Horowitz’s Connie Chan to Leave as Consumer Focus Shifts to AI

For years, partners at Andreessen Horowitz proclaimed they would scour the startup world for the next big consumer marketplace like Airbnb or the next hit consumer app out of China, areas in which the firm had unique expertise. Now, it’s shifting toward an area more en vogue across venture capital: consumer apps powered by artificial intelligence.

Those changes are happening amid an overhaul of its consumer team. Connie Chan, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz who formerly led a team …

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