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## Segment 2 — futures

## Article 99 — a099

# Marc Andreessen

**Profile.** Co-founder and general partner at the venture capital firm **Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)**, famous for the 2011 editorial proclaiming *"software is eating the world."*

**Role in the source.** A **cited voice / historical parallel**, not a co-author. Stuart invokes Andreessen's 2011 thesis as the analog to the current, even larger disruption driven by generative AI — where software once ate the world, AI now eats *services* (see [[concept-service-as-software|Service as Software]]). The essay's whole framing extends the "software eating the world" arc into an AI era.

**Attributed contributions in this vault:** the foundational "software is eating the world" framing that the author builds upon; no direct quotations are attributed to him in the source.

**Canonical reference:** Andreessen Horowitz partner bio. *(Note: the source spells the surname "Andreesen"; the canonical spelling is "Andreessen.")*