Identity & Authority: Andreessen Horowitz – Signal Evidence & AI Readability

Andreessen Horowitz

(https://a16z.com) 📸 Data Snapshot: May 26, 2026
Identity & Authority — The Lens

Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.

Identity & Authority Expert verifiability & Schema depth.
14 Impact Weight: 15 / 100
93% Reputation

Authority is firmly established through the ‘sameAs’ schema links to major social platforms and the naming of founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. The technical implementation is professional, though the crawl failed to populate the specific team member names in the H6 tags (‘No members found’), which suggests a potential gap in how the team is indexed or rendered. The use of Organization schema is robust and maps correctly to the brand’s global footprint.

The firm makes bold performance claims, such as ‘betting the firm’ on the future, which is substantiated by a massive list of successful exits. Unlike many financial sites that claim ‘proven track records’ without data, a16z provides ticker symbols (PINS, WORK, OKTA) and acquisition partners (Microsoft, Facebook, VMware). The disconnect is minimal, as the claims of being a ‘power network’ are reflected in the scale of the portfolio entities listed.

Identity & Authority is read from the structured data first: whether the site declares who it is in machine-readable schema, with verifiable identity links. Below is the schema captured per page, then the external proof links that support (or fail to support) that identity.

🔗 Identity & Technical Layer — schema JSON-LD: identity chains, entity gaps
Homepage schema
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        "@graph": [
            {
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                "@id": "https://a16z.com/",
                "url": "https://a16z.com/",
                "name": "Andreessen Horowitz | Software Is Eating the World",
                "isPartOf": {
                    "@id": "https://a16z.com/#website"
                },
                "about": {
                    "@id": "https://a16z.com/#organization"
                },
                "primaryImageOfPage": {
                    "@id": "https://a16z.com/#primaryimage"
                },
                "image": {
                    "@id": "https://a16z.com/#primaryimage"
                },
                "thumbnailUrl": "https://d1lamhf6l6yk6d.cloudfront.net/uploads/2026/03/a16z-Yoast-X.png",
                "datePublished": "2023-04-17T16:48:25+00:00",
                "dateModified": "2026-03-06T19:22:35+00:00",
                "description": "Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California, investing in bold founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs building the future through technology.",
                "breadcrumb": {
                    "@id": "https://a16z.com/#breadcrumb"
                },
                "inLanguage": "en-US",
                "potentialAction": [
                    {
                        "@type": "ReadAction",
                        "target": [
                            "https://a16z.com/"
                        ]
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "inLanguage": "en-US",
                "@id": "https://a16z.com/#primaryimage",
                "url": "https://d1lamhf6l6yk6d.cloudfront.net/uploads/2026/03/a16z-Yoast-X.png",
                "contentUrl": "https://d1lamhf6l6yk6d.cloudfront.net/uploads/2026/03/a16z-Yoast-X.png",
                "width": 1024,
                "height": 512
            },
            {
                "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
                "@id": "https://a16z.com/#breadcrumb",
                "itemListElement": [
                    {
                        "@type": "ListItem",
                        "position": 1,
                        "name": "Homepage"
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "@type": "WebSite",
                "@id": "https://a16z.com/#website",
                "url": "https://a16z.com/",
                "name": "Andreessen Horowitz",
                "description": "Software Is Eating the World",
                "publisher": {
                    "@id": "https://a16z.com/#organization"
                },
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                        "target": {
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                        },
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                        }
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                "inLanguage": "en-US"
            },
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                "@type": "Organization",
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                "name": "Andreessen Horowitz",
                "url": "https://a16z.com/",
                "logo": {
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                    "width": 1,
                    "height": 1,
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                },
                "image": {
                    "@id": "https://a16z.com/#/schema/logo/image/"
                },
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                    "https://www.linkedin.com/company/a16z/",
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                    "https://www.youtube.com/@a16z"
                ]
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        ]
    },
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        "@type": "WebPage",
        "headline": "Andreessen Horowitz",
        "url": "https://a16z.com",
        "mainEntityOfPage": {
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        },
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        },
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        "author": [
            {
                "@type": "Person",
                "name": "a16z editorial"
            }
        ],
        "creator": [
            "a16z editorial"
        ],
        "publisher": {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "name": "Andreessen Horowitz",
            "logo": ""
        },
        "keywords": [],
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        "dateModified": "2026-03-06T19:22:35Z"
    }
]
/newsletters/
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        "@context": "https://schema.org",
        "@graph": [
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                "@type": "WebPage",
                "@id": "https://a16z.com/newsletters/",
                "url": "https://a16z.com/newsletters/",
                "name": "Newsletters | Andreessen Horowitz",
                "isPartOf": {
                    "@id": "https://a16z.com/#website"
                },
                "datePublished": "2026-01-15T11:40:49+00:00",
                "dateModified": "2026-03-16T22:40:38+00:00",
                "inLanguage": "en-US",
                "potentialAction": [
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                        ]
                    }
                ]
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            {
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                "@id": "https://a16z.com/#website",
                "url": "https://a16z.com/",
                "name": "Andreessen Horowitz",
                "description": "Software Is Eating the World",
                "publisher": {
                    "@id": "https://a16z.com/#organization"
                },
                "potentialAction": [
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                        "target": {
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                        },
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                        }
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            },
            {
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                "name": "Andreessen Horowitz",
                "url": "https://a16z.com/",
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                    "inLanguage": "en-US",
                    "@id": "https://a16z.com/#/schema/logo/image/",
                    "url": "https://d1lamhf6l6yk6d.cloudfront.net/uploads/2025/01/AndreessenHorowitzLogo.svg",
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                    "width": 1,
                    "height": 1,
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                },
                "image": {
                    "@id": "https://a16z.com/#/schema/logo/image/"
                },
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                    "https://x.com/a16z",
                    "https://www.linkedin.com/company/a16z/",
                    "https://www.instagram.com/a16z/",
                    "https://www.youtube.com/@a16z"
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
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        "@context": "https://schema.org",
        "@type": "WebPage",
        "headline": "Newsletters",
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        "mainEntityOfPage": {
            "@type": "WebPage",
            "@id": "https://a16z.com/newsletters/"
        },
        "thumbnailUrl": "",
        "image": {
            "@type": "ImageObject",
            "url": ""
        },
        "articleSection": "Uncategorized",
        "author": [
            {
                "@type": "Person",
                "name": "saroj"
            }
        ],
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            "saroj"
        ],
        "publisher": {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "name": "Andreessen Horowitz",
            "logo": ""
        },
        "keywords": [],
        "dateCreated": "2026-01-15T11:40:49Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-01-15T11:40:49Z",
        "dateModified": "2026-03-16T22:40:38Z"
    }
]
/portfolio/
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    {
        "@context": "https://schema.org",
        "@graph": [
            {
                "@type": "WebPage",
                "@id": "https://a16z.com/portfolio/",
                "url": "https://a16z.com/portfolio/",
                "name": "Portfolio | Andreessen Horowitz",
                "isPartOf": {
                    "@id": "https://a16z.com/#website"
                },
                "datePublished": "2026-01-15T08:38:33+00:00",
                "dateModified": "2026-02-27T20:02:36+00:00",
                "inLanguage": "en-US",
                "potentialAction": [
                    {
                        "@type": "ReadAction",
                        "target": [
                            "https://a16z.com/portfolio/"
                        ]
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "@type": "WebSite",
                "@id": "https://a16z.com/#website",
                "url": "https://a16z.com/",
                "name": "Andreessen Horowitz",
                "description": "Software Is Eating the World",
                "publisher": {
                    "@id": "https://a16z.com/#organization"
                },
                "potentialAction": [
                    {
                        "@type": "SearchAction",
                        "target": {
                            "@type": "EntryPoint",
                            "urlTemplate": "https://a16z.com/?s={search_term_string}"
                        },
                        "query-input": {
                            "@type": "PropertyValueSpecification",
                            "valueRequired": true,
                            "valueName": "search_term_string"
                        }
                    }
                ],
                "inLanguage": "en-US"
            },
            {
                "@type": "Organization",
                "@id": "https://a16z.com/#organization",
                "name": "Andreessen Horowitz",
                "url": "https://a16z.com/",
                "logo": {
                    "@type": "ImageObject",
                    "inLanguage": "en-US",
                    "@id": "https://a16z.com/#/schema/logo/image/",
                    "url": "https://d1lamhf6l6yk6d.cloudfront.net/uploads/2025/01/AndreessenHorowitzLogo.svg",
                    "contentUrl": "https://d1lamhf6l6yk6d.cloudfront.net/uploads/2025/01/AndreessenHorowitzLogo.svg",
                    "width": 1,
                    "height": 1,
                    "caption": "Andreessen Horowitz"
                },
                "image": {
                    "@id": "https://a16z.com/#/schema/logo/image/"
                },
                "sameAs": [
                    "https://www.facebook.com/andreessenhorowitz",
                    "https://x.com/a16z",
                    "https://www.linkedin.com/company/a16z/",
                    "https://www.instagram.com/a16z/",
                    "https://www.youtube.com/@a16z"
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
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        "@context": "https://schema.org",
        "@type": "WebPage",
        "headline": "Portfolio",
        "url": "https://a16z.com/portfolio/",
        "mainEntityOfPage": {
            "@type": "WebPage",
            "@id": "https://a16z.com/portfolio/"
        },
        "thumbnailUrl": "",
        "image": {
            "@type": "ImageObject",
            "url": ""
        },
        "articleSection": "Uncategorized",
        "author": [
            {
                "@type": "Person",
                "name": "saroj"
            }
        ],
        "creator": [
            "saroj"
        ],
        "publisher": {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "name": "Andreessen Horowitz",
            "logo": ""
        },
        "keywords": [],
        "dateCreated": "2026-01-15T08:38:33Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-01-15T08:38:33Z",
        "dateModified": "2026-02-27T20:02:36Z"
    }
]
/team/
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    {
        "@context": "https://schema.org",
        "@graph": [
            {
                "@type": "WebPage",
                "@id": "https://a16z.com/team/",
                "url": "https://a16z.com/team/",
                "name": "Team | Andreessen Horowitz",
                "isPartOf": {
                    "@id": "https://a16z.com/#website"
                },
                "datePublished": "2026-01-15T10:47:50+00:00",
                "dateModified": "2026-03-06T21:26:44+00:00",
                "inLanguage": "en-US",
                "potentialAction": [
                    {
                        "@type": "ReadAction",
                        "target": [
                            "https://a16z.com/team/"
                        ]
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "@type": "WebSite",
                "@id": "https://a16z.com/#website",
                "url": "https://a16z.com/",
                "name": "Andreessen Horowitz",
                "description": "Software Is Eating the World",
                "publisher": {
                    "@id": "https://a16z.com/#organization"
                },
                "potentialAction": [
                    {
                        "@type": "SearchAction",
                        "target": {
                            "@type": "EntryPoint",
                            "urlTemplate": "https://a16z.com/?s={search_term_string}"
                        },
                        "query-input": {
                            "@type": "PropertyValueSpecification",
                            "valueRequired": true,
                            "valueName": "search_term_string"
                        }
                    }
                ],
                "inLanguage": "en-US"
            },
            {
                "@type": "Organization",
                "@id": "https://a16z.com/#organization",
                "name": "Andreessen Horowitz",
                "url": "https://a16z.com/",
                "logo": {
                    "@type": "ImageObject",
                    "inLanguage": "en-US",
                    "@id": "https://a16z.com/#/schema/logo/image/",
                    "url": "https://d1lamhf6l6yk6d.cloudfront.net/uploads/2025/01/AndreessenHorowitzLogo.svg",
                    "contentUrl": "https://d1lamhf6l6yk6d.cloudfront.net/uploads/2025/01/AndreessenHorowitzLogo.svg",
                    "width": 1,
                    "height": 1,
                    "caption": "Andreessen Horowitz"
                },
                "image": {
                    "@id": "https://a16z.com/#/schema/logo/image/"
                },
                "sameAs": [
                    "https://www.facebook.com/andreessenhorowitz",
                    "https://x.com/a16z",
                    "https://www.linkedin.com/company/a16z/",
                    "https://www.instagram.com/a16z/",
                    "https://www.youtube.com/@a16z"
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "@context": "https://schema.org",
        "@type": "WebPage",
        "headline": "Team",
        "url": "https://a16z.com/team/",
        "mainEntityOfPage": {
            "@type": "WebPage",
            "@id": "https://a16z.com/team/"
        },
        "thumbnailUrl": "",
        "image": {
            "@type": "ImageObject",
            "url": ""
        },
        "articleSection": "Uncategorized",
        "author": [
            {
                "@type": "Person",
                "name": "saroj"
            }
        ],
        "creator": [
            "saroj"
        ],
        "publisher": {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "name": "Andreessen Horowitz",
            "logo": ""
        },
        "keywords": [],
        "dateCreated": "2026-01-15T10:47:50Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-01-15T10:47:50Z",
        "dateModified": "2026-03-06T21:26:44Z"
    }
]
🛡️ Trust Signals — external proof links that back the declared identity
102Review mentions (all pages)
8External proof links (all pages)
PageReviewsProof links
/ (home) 2 2
/newsletters/ 2 2
/portfolio/ 94 2
/team/ 4 2