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Flock Safety has been a venture darling. Will data privacy controversies halt its rise?

Flock operates in more than 5,000 communities across 49 states, and is an $8.3 billion venture darling. Now, the company’s run into trouble.

Fortune

Meet Flock, the $8 billion startup backed by a16z and Tiger facing growing backlash against surveillance capitalism

Cities are canceling contracts. Cameras are getting vandalized, and lawyers who have reviewed the company’s contracts say data ownership is not clearly defined.

Fortune

a16z Partner Asks Why California Politicians ‘Want to Push Away Startups,’ Says State Already Lost Tesla and SpaceX HQs ‘Due to Political Shenanigans’

Andreessen Horowitz partner Josh Elman criticized California politicians over policies he says could drive startups and founders out of the state, pointing to Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX) previous headquarters moves as California debates a proposed one-time 5% tax on billionaire wealth.

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Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon picks raise questions over Trump family business ties

Two advisers have links to a venture fund co-investing in US defense companies that benefit from federal spending

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HappyRobot is worth $1.2 billion. Its founder says it’s just ‘getting started’

The AI agent startup just raised $150 million after growing revenue more than 5x and landing customers that have expanded contracts by as much as 10x.

Fortune

Survey Reveals Corporate America's AI Divide: Performative Adopters vs. Value Creators

Survey data shows many companies are struggling to turn AI spending into measurable returns, while focused adopters are finding value in targeted workflows.

International Business Times

Travis Kalanick’s Atoms secures $1.7 billion from a16z, Uber, others to expand into industrial AI

Atoms, Travis Kalanick's robotics firm, has secured $1.7 billion in funding. This investment, led by Andreessen Horowitz, will fuel industrial AI development. The company focuses on automation for mining, transport, and food production sectors. Atoms also acquired self-driving startup Pronto to enhance its capabilities. This funding supports Atoms' next phase…

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Exclusive: A founder who went from pressure washing to Wharton just raised $40 million to put AI to work for plumbers, electricians, and HVAC crews

Sequoia and a16z are betting Probook will be the AI operating system powering home services.

Fortune

Exclusive: The next wave of AI drive-thrus is here—and a16z and Arc think it finally works

Founded by former Square and Cash App engineers, the startup is training restaurant-specific AI models to survive screaming kids, changing orders, and fast food chaos.

Fortune

Boston Tech Week 2026 Opens Tomorrow: a16z Brings 572 Events to Kendall Square

Boston Tech Week 2026 opens tomorrow with 572 events across Kendall Square, the Seaport, and six other neighborhoods — registration is free for most sessions at tech-week.com/calendar/boston. The inaugural a16z-presented festival runs May 26–31 and brings together biotech, AI, deep tech, and robotics programming from over 80 founding hosts including…

International Business Times

Who Is Andreessen Horowitz, the Silicon Valley Powerhouse Outspending Musk and Soros in the Midterms?

Andreessen Horowitz, the venture capital giant known in Silicon Valley as a16z, has reportedly become the biggest known political donor bloc of the 2026 midterm elections, pouring more than $115 million into federal politics as the technology industry fights to shape the future of cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence regulation.

Latin Times

The AI job apocalypse is 'unhelpful marketing, bad economics and worse history,' a16z says

So, then, why are so many historians afraid?

Fortune

Tech has a ton of layoffs and AI disruption and the rest of corporate America doesn't. One Silicon Valley CEO knows why

Goodhart's Law is running amok, both in the companies where tons of supposed AI layoffs are having, and where it isn't, Box's Aaron Levie said.

Fortune

The internet isn’t just like real life, a top VC says—it is real life. For a16z, that’s not a philosophy, it’s an investment

A16z’s Erik Torenberg makes a sweeping argument, but he also challenges us to reconsider our definition of “real life.”

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Top crypto VCs like Paradigm and a16z see portfolio values shrink amid market downturn and distributions to investors

Paradigm’s holdings dipped about 6%, while a16z’s dropped almost 40% as the venture giant gave back capital from its first three funds.

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A16z’s Ben Horowitz sees ‘AI anxiety’ consuming Silicon Valley founders. Workers’ fear of something else is killing adoption

The a16z cofounder said the “laws of physics” have changed for founders—and “AI anxiety” is real. Workers are experiencing something much darker.

Fortune

a16z exec Steven Sinofsky had murky dealings with Jeffrey Epstein in his previous life working for Microsoft

New DOJ documents show the former Microsoft Windows chief brought Epstein into negotiations over his 2012 exit package.

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Exclusive: Venture giant a16z crypto targeting around $2 billion for its fifth fund amid blockchain market downturn, sources say

The Chris Dixon-led outfit is planning to close the fundraise in the first half of 2026.

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The AI startup that has quietly become one of Europe’s most valuable AI companies

An image generation unicorn in Germany called Black Forest Labs is attracting investments from Nvidia, a16z and Meta.

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Exclusive: Peter Thiel–backed industrial AI startup emerges from stealth with funding from a16z

“So far, most AI benefits have gone to Silicon Valley,” says Emanate founder Kiara Nirghin. “We’re bringing them to the industries that build America.”

Fortune

2025 U.S. VC deal value soared to $339.4 billion, says PitchBook. But there’s a catch.

2025 U.S. VC deal value soared to $339.4 billion, not far from 2021 highs of $358.2 billion, PitchBook data shows. But most of that money is going to a handful of deals.

Fortune

Andreessen Horowitz's shiny, new $15 billion reveals where the firm sees the biggest opportunities

Andreessen Horowitz has raised over $15 billion across various funds, as venture firms raise more and more.

International Business Times UK

1,100 Phones, Zero Humans: Inside the Hack That Exposed TikTok's Shadow Ad Machine

A security breach at the a16z-backed startup Doublespeed has exposed a massive phone farm used to flood TikTok with AI-generated influencers.

Fortune

Is China about to win the AI race?

From subsidized power to open-source innovation, China is mounting a serious challenge to U.S. dominance in artificial intelligence.

Benzinga

A16z Pauses Its TxO Fund for Underserved Founders After Five Years Amid Industrywide DEI Pullback: Report

Andreessen Horowitz has reportedly paused its Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund, a program launched in 2020 to support founders without access to traditional Silicon Valley networks.

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