Anish Acharya is an entrepreneur and general partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley. Since joining a16z in 2019, Acharya has focused on consumer investing, particularly in AI-native products and companies that are ushering in what he describes as a new era of abundance. He also invests in financial services and related technologies. Acharya currently serves on the boards of Clutch, Deel, HappyRobot, Mosaic, Method, The Coterie, and Titan and is a board observer at Arc, Carbonated and [untitled].
Before joining Andreessen Horowitz, Acharya founded and sold two companies: SocialDeck, a mobile social gaming company acquired by Google in 2010, and Snowball, a universal inbox for messaging acquired by Credit Karma in 2015. Following the acquisition of Snowball, he held multiple roles at Credit Karma, including General Manager of Core Product and GM of U.S. Card. In February 2026, Acharya commented on the role of AI in enterprise spending, noting that software costs are a relatively modest portion of overall enterprise budgets and that AI is more likely to augment existing workflows rather than replace entire systems.
