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The maker of non-text AI model Jev valued at $7.5B just weeks after launch | TechCrunch

TypeSafe AI, the developer of Jev, a new type of AI model that gained rapid popularity after launching...

AI

A16z’s Olivia Moore on the state of consumer AI | TechCrunch

I wrote this week about the bleak economics of consumer AI – but where some see a crisis,...

Biotech & Health

‘We’re not doing 30 bets a year’: Vijay Pande on betting small after running $4B at a16z | TechCrunch

It used to be that Vijay Pande was better known in academic circles than investor circles. That changed...

Vals team photo
AI

Vals, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, is looking to become the gold standard for AI benchmarking | TechCrunch

Benchmarking has become the industry norm for how AI companies validate their models’ capabilities and, when the metrics...

AI

Travis Kalanick’s robotics company raises $1.7B, led by a16z | TechCrunch

Travis Kalanick’s robotics company, Atoms, has raised $1.7 billion in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Ben...

Marc Andreessen, co-founder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, speaks during the 2015 Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. The forum gathers Global 500 CEO's and innovators, builders, and technologists from some of the most dynamic, emerging companies all over the world to facilitate relationship building at the highest levels. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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a16z brings growth fund to $8.5B days after launching new $1.1B fund | TechCrunch

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has expanded its fifth growth fund to $8.5 billion. That means the firm...

Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz support Trump
Venture

A group funded by Andreessen, Horowitz, and Brockman plans data center ads to sway midterms | TechCrunch

A well-known, pro-AI super political action committee is behind a new group that plans to blast voters in...

Low angle view of Andreessen Horowitz office building facade with company logo
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a16z creates a $1.1B ‘Machine Age’ fund to ‘accelerate the physical buildout of AI’ | TechCrunch

Andreessen Horowitz has launched a new “Machine Age” fund with $1.1 billion raised. The firm’s aim with the...

Venture

Why is the DOJ investigating Andreessen Horowitz’s board seats? | TechCrunch

Loading the player…Andreessen Horowitz has two partners sitting on the boards of companies that now compete with each...

Venture

a16z is challenging Silicon Valley’s love for drop-outs by launching a school | TechCrunch

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is launching a school called The Horowitz Andreessen Academy aimed at aspiring founders...