Zak Doric
Zak Doric is a venture capitalist with a PhD in neuroscience and an investing partner on the Bio + Health team at Andreessen HorowitzAndreessen HorowitzAndreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. It invests from the seed stage through the growth stage and provides operational support to its portfolio companies.Open the full entry (a16z), focusing on biotechnology companies.
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January 10, 2024Co-authoring an Essay on AI in Life Sciences
On January 10, 2024, he co-authored “AI Jobs to be Done in Life Sciences” with a16z’s Becky Pferdehirt, Bryan Faust and Vijay Pande, mapping where artificial intelligence could have the greatest impact on life sciences research and arguing that AI would eventually reach every stage of drug discovery and development.[1]
January 8, 2026Joining a Podcast with Boltz
In an a16z podcast episode released on January 8, 2026, he and Jorge CondeJorge CondeJorge Conde is a biotechnology entrepreneur and venture capitalist who co-founded the genome interpretation company Knome with George Church and is a general partner on the Bio + Health team at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).Open the full entry spoke with Boltz co-founders Jeremy Wohlwend and Gabriele Corso about the public benefit company, which builds AI infrastructure for molecular biology, and its Boltz Lab platform.[2]
February 3, 2026Announcing a16z’s Co-lead of Phylo’s Seed Round
On February 3, 2026, he and Jorge Conde co-signed a post announcing that a16z was co-leading Phylo’s $13.5 million seed round. Founded by Kexin Huang and Yuanhao Qu, Phylo is developing an “AI scientist” built on Biomni, the open-source biomedical research agent the two had created.[3]
As of October 2026: Investing Partner on a16z’s Bio + Health Team
a16z’s website describes him as an investing partner on the Bio + Health team focused on biotechnology companies. According to the page, he holds a BSc in neuroscience from McGill University and a PhD in neuroscience from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he was a Hillblom Graduate Fellow; he also completed the Fellowship program at Flagship Pioneering, developing venture hypotheses for new biotech company creation.[4]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
McGill University: Official website: https://www.mcgill.ca/ (opens in a new window)[4]
University of California, San Francisco: Official website: https://www.ucsf.edu/ (opens in a new window)[4]
Flagship Pioneering: Official website: https://www.flagshippioneering.com/ (opens in a new window)[4]
Andreessen Horowitz: Official website: https://a16z.com/ (opens in a new window)[4]
X: Public account: https://x.com/zakdoric (opens in a new window)[4]
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/zakdoric/ (opens in a new window)[4]