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AI PACs Have Dumped Nearly $1 Million Into an Obscure Senate Race (wired.com)

2026-09-18 | by Hugo Lowell | tags: mike rounds, super pacs, ai regulation

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The Boring Company raises $3B in round led by UAE (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-10 | by Sean O'Kane | get LEGO Technic construction vehicle set → | tags: the boring company, elon musk, series d funding

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Andreessen- and Thiel-backed defense startup opens U.S. missile factory as it exits stealth (cnbc.com)

2026-09-09 | by Samantha Subin | tags: covenant, anthem missile, andreessen horowitz

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Cognition hits $48B valuation, signaling investors believe AI coding is far from a winner-take-all market (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-08 | by Marina Temkin | get Keychron K8 Pro wireless mechanical keyboard → | tags: cognition, devin, cursor

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Billionaires Pouring Money Into Ads About How AI Data Centers Are Actually Good (futurism.com)

2026-09-06 | by Joe Wilkins | get Emporia Vue 3 home energy monitor → | tags: build american ai, ai data centers, marc andreessen

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Gimlet's Series B (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-04 | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 graphics card → | tags: gimlet, series b, andreessen horowitz

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What was the first widely used web browser? (techspot.com)

2026-09-01 | get Where Wizards Stay Up Late book → | tags: mosaic, web browser, ncsa

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a16z brings growth fund to $8.5B days after launching new $1.1B fund (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-31 | by Julie Bort | get Venture Deals Brad Feld book → | tags: a16z, andreessen horowitz, machine age fund

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A group funded by Andreessen, Horowitz, and Brockman plans data center ads to sway midterms (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-31 | by Julie Bort | get Kill A Watt EZ electricity usage monitor P4460 → | tags: andreessen horowitz, openai, data centers

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What’s up with all the tech titan manifestos? (See: Zuckerberg, Altman, Andreessen, et al) (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-25 | get The Age of AI Kissinger Schmidt Huttenlocher book → | tags: zuckerberg, altman, andreessen

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Andreessen Horowitz is investing billions into a bleak future (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-24 | tags: andreessen horowitz, ai policy, deepfake models

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Why is the DOJ investigating Andreessen Horowitz’s board seats? (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-21 | by Theresa Loconsolo | tags: a16z, andreessen horowitz, databricks

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For a16z, AI gives foreign founders an advantage (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-20 | by Anna Heim | tags: a16z, andreessen horowitz, ai apps

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Travis Kalanick kicks off another round of VC bashing: ‘1% are helpful’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-19 | by Julie Bort | tags: uber, andreessen horowitz, benchmark

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Cascade raises $3.5M to help construction firms find and win projects (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-22 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | tags: cascade, andreessen horowitz, engineering firms

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Anthropic Veterans’ Startup Seeks to Help Scientists Develop Their Own AI (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-06-24 | get AI Development Kit → | tags: anthropic, mirendil, andreessen horowitz

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The $27 million Al proxy war over Alex Bores ends in a draw (theverge.com)

2026-06-24 | by Tina Nguyen | get AI Proxy War Board Game → | tags: anthropic, openai, raise act

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AI groups spend $20 million going head-to-head in New York race pitting Bores, Lasher, Schlossberg (cnbc.com)

2026-06-23 | by Emily Wilkins | get AI Conference Organizer Kit → | tags: ai safety, open ai, anthropic

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He Bet on a ‘Super Fuel’ Nobody Had Heard Of. Now Ketone-IQ Is a $100 Million Company. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-18 | by Jon Bier | get Ketone-IQ Supplement → | tags: ketone-iq, joe rogan, jon jones

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Elon Musk’s Twitter deal looked like a $44 billion disaster. Now, his investors stand to make a 200% return—thanks to a brilliant (and controversial) M&A move (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-17 | get Twitter Blue Subscription → | tags: twitter, elon musk, andreessen horowitz

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The AI layoff wave is becoming a powder keg (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-15 | by Connie Loizos | get AI Career Development Book → | tags: ai layoffs, block, jack dorsey

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Andreessen Horowitz Partner Quit Firm, Horrified by What His Old Colleagues Are Doing to Humankind (futurism.com)

2026-06-13 | by Joe Wilkins | get Tech Ethics Book → | tags: andreessen horowitz, ai regulation, marc andreessen

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Ex-Andreessen Horowitz partner slams his old firm, other VCs for 'political infiltration' around AI (cnbc.com)

2026-06-11 | by Ashley Capoot | get AI Ethics Book → | tags: andreessen, andreessen horowitz, farrell

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Citing Gandalf, Pope Leo says we must "disarm" AI (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-25 | get AI Safety and Ethics Book → | tags: anthropic, pope leo xiv, magnifica humanitas

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Marc Andreessen Sputters Incomprehensibly at Question About How AI Will Actually Benefit Humankind (futurism.com)

2026-05-22 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI Ethics and Impact Book → | tags: marc andreessen, joe rogan, verge

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Anthropic and OpenAI take their beef to the midterm elections (theverge.com)

2026-05-20 | by Tina Nguyen | get AI Ethics and Policy Book → | tags: openai, palantir, andreessen horowitz

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Stilta raises $10.5M from a16z and YC to help companies rediscover the patents they forgot they had (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-19 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | get Patent Management Software → | tags: stilta, patent automation, ai platform

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Marc Andreessen Goes Ballistic Over Video Making Fun of Him (futurism.com)

2026-05-19 | by Frank Landymore | tags: a16z, apple, general catalyst

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The world is not digital—and that’s why software won’t eat it (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-19 | tags: marc andreessen, software, data centers

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General Catalyst posted VC rage bait and it worked, especially on a16z (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-15 | by Julie Bort | get Venture Capitalist Meme Mug → | tags: general catalyst, a16z, woof ai