Andreessen Horowitz Names Connor Love as American Dynamism General Partner

Andreessen Horowitz Names Connor Love as American Dynamism General Partner Andreessen Horowitz has appointed former U.S. Army Captain Connor Love as a new General Partner on its American Dynamism team, focusing on investments across defense, space, manufacturing, and autonomous systems. Connor Love joins Andreessen Horowitz as a General Partner on the American Dynamism team. Love is a West Point graduate and former active-duty U.S. Army Captain who deployed to Northern Iraq in 2019 before spending six years in venture capital.

Connor Love 加入 a16z 担任 American Dynamism 团队普通合伙人 风险投资机构 Andreessen Horowitz（a16z）宣布 Connor Love 以普通合伙人身份加入其 American Dynamism 团队，将重点投资国防、太空、制造及自主系统等领域的企业。 Connor Love 毕业于西点军校，曾任美国陆军上尉，六年前转入风险投资领域。 他在国防、太空、制造业和自主系统等硬科技投资中建立了良好声誉，被创业者评价为能深入理解实际业务。 a16z 与 Love 均认同服务于国家利益与实现商业回报不仅不冲突，而且相互促进。 军旅经历与投资积累 Connor Love 是西点军校毕业生及前美国陆军上尉。2019年，他选择前往伊拉克北部部署执行任务，与联合军事组织及库尔德伙伴合作，随后于六年前进入风险投资行业。在投资生涯中，他专注于国防、太空、制造和自主系统领域，常在达成交易前每隔数周与创始人沟通以了解业务动态，因此在创业者群体中赢得了深入理解实际业务的声誉。 投资理念与战略聚焦 a16z 表示，吸引该机构的是 Love 的核心信念，即服务国家利益与创造非凡回报并不冲突，两者能够相互强化。a16z 认为 American Dynamism 领域仍处于早期发展阶段，未来十年美国能否在国防、太空、制造及连接这些领域的自主系统中快速建设至关重要，支持这些企业需要长期的信念与耐力。

[America](https://www.a16z.news/t/america) | [Tech](https://www.a16z.news/t/technology) | [Opinion](https://www.a16z.news/t/opinion) | [Culture](https://www.a16z.news/t/culture) | [Charts](https://www.a16z.news/t/charts) When we started thinking about people who could help build the next decade of American Dynamism, and talking to founders, one name kept surfacing. Founders building the hardest things in defense, space, and manufacturing would mention Connor Love, and they would tell us the same thing over and over: he understood their business better than any other investor on their cap table. Not the version that fit neatly into a deck, but the one they were actually building. That kind of reputation is hard to earn and impossible to fake. It comes from doing the work. Long before a deal, Connor would get on calls with founders every few weeks to stay current, offer perspective, and build a real relationship, and to make sure he was always on top of how a company and its market were evolving. He shows up because the mission is personal to him. Connor is a West Point graduate and a former active-duty Captain in the U.S. Army. In 2019 he was set to start business school when he chose instead to deploy to Northern Iraq, working alongside the joint military community and our Kurdish partners. He has led soldiers, advised senior commanders, and seen up close what motivated, purpose-driven teams can do under real pressure. He started in venture six years ago with that experience behind him, and it shapes how he sees companies and the people building them. He’s spent the years since becoming one of the sharpest American Dynamism investors of his generation, backing founders in defense, space, manufacturing, and autonomous systems. What convinced us wasn’t the track record, strong as it is. It was that Connor deeply believes the same thing we do: some of the most important companies of this decade will be the ones serving the national interest, and that serving the country and generating extraordinary returns are not in tension. They reinforce each other. He wants to help build a firm that backs those companies for the long haul, and he’s joining Andreessen Horowitz to do exactly that. The stakes here are only getting higher. The next decade will be defined by whether America can build fast enough to stay ahead, in defense, in space, in manufacturing, and in the autonomous systems that increasingly tie them all together. We believe American Dynamism is still early, and that many of the companies that will matter most are being started right now, often in areas the rest of the market has been slow to take seriously. Backing them takes conviction and patience, a willingness to stay in through the long and unglamorous middle where real companies are built. On behalf of the entire American Dynamism team, I’m thrilled to welcome Connor Love as our newest General Partner. He’s written his own note on joining. You can [read it on X](https://x.com/ConnorLoveCA). *This newsletter is provided for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as legal, business, investment, or tax advice. Furthermore, this content is not investment advice, nor is it intended for use by any investors or prospective investors in any a16z funds. This newsletter may link to other websites or contain other information obtained from third-party sources - a16z has not independently verified nor makes any representations about the current or enduring accuracy of such information. If this content includes third-party advertisements, a16z has not reviewed such advertisements and does not endorse any advertising content or related companies contained therein. Any investments or portfolio companies mentioned, referred to, or described are not representative of all investments in vehicles managed by a16z; visit [https://a16z.com/investment-list/](https://a16z.com/investment-list/) for a full list of investments. Other important information can be found at [a16z.com/disclosures](http://a16z.com/disclosures). You’re receiving this newsletter since you opted in earlier; if you would like to opt out of future newsletters you may unsubscribe immediately.*