--- title: "Marc Andreessen Goes Ballistic Over Video Making Fun of Him" description: "Marc Andreessen was definitely not mad over a video making fun of him that he unleashed a storm of tweets fuming about." date: "2026-05-19" modified: "2026-05-19" authors: - name: "Frank Landymore" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/flandymore" url: "https://futurism.com/future-society/marc-andreessen-ballistic-video" categories: - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" --- # Marc Andreessen Goes Ballistic Over Video Making Fun of Him ![An illustration shows Marc Andreessen wearing a black suit jacket and white shirt, looking to his left. The background features a large red circle on a yellow backdrop, with a white outline around Andreessen.]() *Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Michael Kovac / Getty Images for Vanity Fair* Being a gazillionaire means you have a lot of enemies. It also means you have a lot of free time to rage at everyone on X, the Everything App. Take Marc Andreessen, the billionaire cofounder of the venture capital firm a16z, who seemed to have a mini-meltdown after falling for obvious ragebait posted by a rival firm, [as spotted by *TechCrunch*](). The rival firm, General Catalyst, went mildly viral in AI circles after [posting a parody]() of Apple's old "Mac vs. PC" commercials that depict Apple's operating system as a cool guy that confidently outpaces the total egghead who represents Microsoft's Windows. In GC's version, the egghead — unsubtly introduced as "VC" — is a man who vaguely resembles Andreessen and shills for a ridiculous startup called "Woof AI." The "GC" character, as the cool guy, raises skeptical critiques over VC's ridiculous claim that people will like an AI dog more than a real one. It's not a particularly funny video. But the point seemed to be that a16z would throw its money at any dumb startup idea. And if the goal by posting it was to get under Andreessen's skin, it clearly worked. After it went up, Andreessen unleashed a torrent of angry tweets attacking the minute-long clip, in a paroxysm that, in another era, would be seen as behavior beneath one of the world's richest men — not to mention one who [presents himself as a modern philosopher-king]() — but today almost seems to be a job requirement. "Be careful with these," he [warned]() in one post. "I ran this through an AI checker, and the checker was insulted," he sneered [in another](). That's just the tip of the iceberg. He called GC "General Condescension," and thought this was good enough jab to write another post right after it saying, "Announcing General Condescension's newest Managing Director" and [posting]() a picture of the Church Lady from Saturday Night Live, a famous scold. "We'll either fund your startup, or make a literal TV commercial about how stupid you are," Andreessen further [mocked](). He didn't limit himself to just words. Being the AI evangelist that he is, Andreessen also posted several bizarre [AI-generated videos spoofing GC](). In all, Andreessen unloaded over a dozen angry tweets in the span of a few hours, which is Elon Musk-level numbers in the realm of posting sprees. Maybe he's feeling a little attacked of late: earlier this month, he was [widely mocked]() for posting an AI prompt that he earnestly believed to be total genius but many saw as embarrassingly amateurish. **More on industrialists:** [*Elon Musk Absolutely Obsessed With Tweets From Random Guy In India Who Constantly Glazes Him, Analysis Shows*]() ## Author At Futurism, my work has often centered on bringing a sense of clarity and insight to complex topics ranging from the regulation of emerging technologies to the esoteric ideologies of Silicon Valley executives, while striving not to lose the poetic sense of awe inspired by often-obscure fields like astrophysics and quantum computing. I broke the story of CNET using AI to produce articles that turned out to be riddled with factual errors and plagiarism — a dam-breaking inflection point, as I've reported, that's inspired copycats and endless discourse while beguiling stakeholders ranging from tech giants to purveyors of spam around the web. My work at Futurism has been cited by publications including CBS News, the Los Angeles Times, Vice, Gizmodo, Engadget, the Verge, and Vanity Fair. I grew up in locales ranging from India to China, and now live in the exotic suburbs of Virginia. In my free time, I'm an avid reader of weird sci-fi literature, an aficionado of East Asian cinema, and, regrettably, a relapsed gamer. Allegedly, I’m working on a debut novel, currently untitled. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()