Connor Love

He served as a 25th Infantry Division reconnaissance officer, Army congressional liaison and strategic adviser to U.S. Army Pacific commander Robert Brown.⁠[1]

A West Point graduate and Army captain, Love deferred business school in 2019 to deploy to northern Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.⁠[2][1]

A former Lightspeed partner, his biography lists investments in Anduril, Saronic, Castelion, K2 Space, Amca, SpaceXSpaceXSpaceX is a company founded by Elon Musk in 2002 whose businesses include space transportation, Starlink satellite communications and artificial intelligence. It went public in 2026 under the ticker SPCX.Open the full entry, Helsing, Wetstone, Skyband Systems and Vector.⁠[1]

David Ulevitch announced Love’s appointment as an American Dynamism general partner at a16z. His investing spans defense, space, manufacturing and autonomous systems.⁠[2]

He and Collen Larson argued for government orders to anchor demand, supplier co-engineering and staged financing to expand manufacturing. They advocated acquisitions that strengthen productive capacity while avoiding reliance on a single supplier.⁠[3]

Andreessen Horowitz: Official link: https://a16z.com/ (opens in a new window)⁠[2]

Lightspeed Venture Partners: Official link: https://lsvp.com/ (opens in a new window)⁠[4]

Biography: https://a16z.com/author/connor-love/ (opens in a new window)⁠[1]

X: Public account: https://x.com/ConnorLoveCA (opens in a new window)⁠[5]

LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: Public profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-love-a800a260/ (opens in a new window)⁠[6]