Frédéric JacobsJul 15, 2024

Silicon Valley Tech investors used to claim they were backing companies "to make a world a better place”, and to some extent they were (fooling themselves into) believing that.

But now it seems like most prominent venture capital partners from a16z, Sequoia, Founders Fund, Craft Ventures ... are spending their days spouting very nationalistic bigoted pro-Trump ideology on X.

Are there any still, not entirely batshit crazy, VCs in the US?

Show threadFrédéric JacobsJul 15, 2024

And now … ex-Silicon Valley VC JD Vance becomes Trump’s running mate.

“Vance moved to San Francisco to work in the tech industry as a venture capitalist. He served as a principal at Peter Thiel's firm, Mithril Capital, between 2016 and 2017.“

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-15/trump-taps-rising-republican-star-jd-vance-as-running-mate

Donald Trump Vice Presidential Pick Is JD Vance

Donald Trump tapped JD Vance as his running mate, elevating to the Republican presidential ticket a venture capitalist-turned-senator whose embrace of populist politics garnered national attention and made him a rising star in the party.

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Show threadFrédéric JacobsJul 17, 2024
“Silicon Valley can’t let Musk and the All-In crew define its political identity. I still think the majority of tech workers oppose Trump. They need to be much louder about it.” https://www.newcomer.co/p/silicon-valleys-trump-embrace
Silicon Valley's Trump Embrace

My thoughts on Silicon Valley's love affair with Trump

Newcomer
Show threadFrédéric JacobsFeb 19, 2025

Please someone bring a camera when you're breaking the news to a16z's Marc Andreessen, who said he was forced to support Trump because Lina Khan was preventing his fund to get exits.

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/trump-enforcers-affirm-lina-khans

Show threadMatt Palmer
@fj pretty sure there's going to be leopards eating selective faces, based on campaign contributions and patronage of certain hotels.
Feb 19, 2025 at 7:17amWeb
Show threadMatt PalmerFeb 19, 2025
@fj because let's face it, you don't suspend enforcement of the FCPA for no reason.