Raghu Raghuram: AI, Robotics, and the Rebirth of Infrastructure
The a16z Show27 Okt 2025

Raghu Raghuram: AI, Robotics, and the Rebirth of Infrastructure

From Netscape to VMware, Raghu Raghuram has been at the center of nearly every major inflection point in enterprise technology.

In this episode, Raghu joins Ben Horowitz, Martin Casado and David George to reflect on the early internet wars with Microsoft, how Netscape’s browser battles shaped a generation of founders, and the inside story of one of the most successful tech acquisitions in history, VMware’s $1.3B purchase of Nicira, which redefined modern networking and grew into a multi-billion-dollar business.

They discuss how VMware scaled from tens of millions to over $13 billion in revenue, what it took to outlast the cloud revolution, and why AI is now triggering the biggest infrastructure reset since virtualization. Raghu shares his vision for the next decade — from data-center robotics and energy-aware compute to how AI is reshaping both startups and giants alike.

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