Eddy Lazzarin
CTO, Crypto at Andreessen Horowitz
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEddy Lazzarin is a seasoned technology leader and investor with 11 years of engineering experience turned venture partner, currently a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz in San Francisco. He progressed through data science and engineering leadership roles within a16z—advancing from Data Scientist to Head of Engineering, CTO for Crypto, and now General Partner—bringing deep product and technical expertise in crypto and data-driven systems. Prior to a16z he built large-scale analytics and data platforms at Netflix and Facebook, driving monetization analytics for Messenger and senior data engineering efforts at streaming. Eddy’s background blends formal training in computer science with interdisciplinary study in philosophy, neuroscience, and psychology, which informs his thoughtful approach to product and team design. He contributes to open-source tooling—improving stability and Pandas integration in the widely used pytrends Google Trends client—illustrating continued hands-on fluency with backend code. Based in San Francisco, he combines strategic investing with practical engineering muscle to help founders scale technical platforms in crypto and data.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Belen Jesuit Preparatory SchoolBachelor of Arts (BA), Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology at Washington University in St. LouisRansom Everglades School
English, Spanish, Chinese
Github Skills (9)
pandas10
debug10
python10
http-request10
apidoc9
api9
dependency-management9
github-ci3
githubaction-workflow3
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
GeneralMills/pytrends
Sep 2019 - Jan 2023
Pseudo API for Google Trends
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 5 reviews, 46 commits in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Eddy primarily contributed to the `pytrends` library by fixing bugs, updating dependencies, and refactoring code. They addressed issues related to Pandas integration and proxy handling. Their work included bumping the version, requiring a newer version of Pandas, and merging branches to integrate changes. The user's updates focused on improving the stability, functionality, and compatibility of the Google Trends API client.
pseudoapigoogle-trendstrends
a16z/awesome-farcaster
Jan 2023 - Mar 2023
A collection of awesome Farcaster links including clients, tools, and more.
Contributions:22 reviews, 26 commits, 89 PRs in 2 months
clientslinksfarcaster
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