A16Z Infra x MIT + Harvard Mixer

Join Owen Colby and Christine Cheng, Investing Partners on the a16z Infra team, for an exclusive small-group dinner with MIT and Harvard undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students interested in building companies. Owen focuses on early-stage cybersecurity and infrastructure investments. Before joining a16z, he was on the founding team of Adaptive Security, a cybersecurity company that has raised more than $140M from investors including OpenAI, Bain Capital Ventures, NVIDIA, and a16z. Owen attended Brown and Stanford GSB and previously worked at Bain and MIT. Christine focuses on early-stage infrastructure and AI investments. Before joining a16z, she was a SWE at Citadel. She earned her BS and MS in electrical engineering from Stanford and previously worked on GPU architecture at NVIDIA and infrastructure automation at Intel. The dinner is intended for MIT and Harvard students who may be interested in building a company in cybersecurity or AI infrastructure. This broadly includes foundation models, core AI systems, developer tools, data systems, next-generation cloud, B2B security, and other products built for technical buyers. Students will have an opportunity to discuss what they’re building or considering, meet peers with similar interests, and hear what Owen and Christine are seeing across the early-stage AI infrastructure and cybersecurity landscape. No startup idea, fundraising plans, or previous company-building experience is required. NOTE: Approval is required to attend this event.