Trump administration equity stakes pose risks to U.S. companies and markets
The Trump administration’s growing portfolio of direct investments is unprecedented outside an economic crisis or wartime. Image: Allen Beilschmidt sr. / Pexels Source: CNBC
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A16z just raised $1.7B for AI infrastructure. Here’s where it’s going.
Andreessen Horowitz just raised a whopping new $15 billion in funding. And a $1.7 billion chunk of that is going to its infrastructure team, the one responsible for some of its biggest, most prominent AI investments including Black Forrest Labs, Cursor, OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Ideogram, Fal and dozens of others. A16z general partner with the infra team Jennifer Li (who oversees such investments as ElevenLabs – just valued at $11 billion); Ideagram and Fal, has a clear thesis on where the team is looking…
Beyond the Chip: How Nvidia’s Venture Capital Arm is Forging the Future of AI
Introduction Nvidia, once known primarily for powering video games, has become the undisputed engine of the AI revolution. But its strategy extends far beyond selling chips. Through a sprawling venture capital initiative, the company is strategically seeding the next generation of AI pioneers, building an ecosystem that could define the technological landscape for decades to…