Eye on A.I. · Thursday, September 10, 2026
A brief historical note is made about Mark Andreessen, a prominent American venture capitalist, being one of the first to invent SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption for web connections. This technology, which provides the familiar padlock icon in browsers, is still in use today.
“I mean, SSL, you know, the, the encryption of the connection from your browser to a server that we all take for granted today with a little padlock. Mark Andreessen, the famous, obviously, American venture capitalist, was one of the first and, uh, correct, I'm sure I'm quite correct in saying he was the one that invented that back in the back in the early days, right?”