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“ #AndreessenHorowitz is now regularly the first outside call that top #WhiteHouse officials and senior #Republican #congressional aides make when considering moves that could affect #tech companies’ #AI plans” 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Feb 10

#AndreessenHorowitz’s Rising Influence Over Trump-Era #AI Policy
#SiliconValley’s richest #venturecapital firm emerges as a “lobbying juggernaut” for minimal AI regulation.
Sounding board is firm’s chief #lobbyist, #CollinMcCune. The firm, colloquially known by the shorthand #a16z for the 16 letters between the A and Z in its name, arguably has veto power over any AI-related proposals, according to one former #WhiteHouse official.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-02-10/trump-s-ai-policy-shaped-by-vc-tech-giant-andreessen-horowitz
https://archive.ph/mMhHx

Ecologia Digital Jan 15

"In terms of the libertarian bent, those intentional political actors like #PeterThiel were very intentional about it. They created their own #mediaecosystem. They created #Substack—they, meaning #AndreessenHorowitz is big investor—& paid to have content on there that would drive users to their own media. They took over culture.
I want to be wrong. But, yeah, they want to make sure [marginalized groups]don’t have power, and that’s signified by having Nazis on a platform."
https://sf.gazetteer.co/theyve-pickled-each-others-brains

‘They’ve pickled each others’ brains’

Longtime entrepreneur and critic Anil Dash speaks with Gazetteer on where the tech industry has been and where it may be going.

eicker.news ᳇ tech news Jan 10

#AndreessenHorowitz raised $15 billion, bringing its total assets under management to over $90 billion. The firm’s #strategy, heavily weighted towards “#AmericanDynamism,” includes investments in #defence, #aerospace, and #manufacturing, aligning with Defence Department priorities. This strategy positions a16z as a key player in shaping the future. https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/09/the-venture-firm-that-ate-silicon-valley/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

The venture firm that ate Silicon Valley just raised another $15 billion | TechCrunch

In a blog post published Friday morning, Ben Horowitz writes that "as the American leader in Venture Capital, the fate of new technology in the United States rests partly on our shoulders." It's the kind of statement certain to cause agita at rival firms.

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Llewelyn Pritchard Jan 7

trumpsauthoritarianassault.blogspot.com/2025/11/foll... #TRUMPSMEDIA&TECHNOLOGY <-> #ANDREESSENHorowitz <-> #ANDREWBritishRoyalFamily <-> #BEZOSAmazon <-> #BERKSHIREHATHAWAY <-> #BLACKROCK <-> #COOKApple <-> #ELLISONOracle <-> #MURDOCHNewsCorp <->

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"Follow the Money" Transparency Powering Regeneration: Exposing Corruption, Restoring Ethics and Global Trust

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Dec 22

#AndreessenHorowitz, #SequoiaCapital Add to $1.2 Billion Funding Boom for #Police Tech #Startups
Those companies illustrate the technology industry’s growing enthusiasm for making software and hardware for the government and #lawenforcement—a trend that has accelerated over the last decade by the success of #Palantir, SpaceX and Palmer Luckey’s #Anduril.
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/andreessen-horowitz-sequoia-add-1-2-billion-funding-boom-police-tech-startups
https://archive.ph/snpOC #a16z #privacy

Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Add to $1.2 Billion Funding Boom for Police Tech Startups

Over the past year, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital and many of Silicon Valley’s other top venture capital firms have funneled at least $1.2 billion in funding to startups selling technology to city police departments and local public safety agencies. Those companies illustrate the technology industry’s growing enthusiasm for making software and hardware for the government and law

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PrivacyDigest Dec 18

#Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed #Phone Farm Flooding #TikTok With #AI #influencers

Doublespeed, a startup backed by #AndreessenHorowitz ( #a16z ) that uses a phone farm to manage at least hundreds of AI-generated social media accounts and promote products has been #hacked. The hack reveals what products the AI-generated accounts are promoting, often without the required disclosure that these are #advertisements
#socialmedia

https://www.404media.co/hack-reveals-the-a16z-backed-phone-farm-flooding-tiktok-with-ai-influencers/