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a16z reveals lobbying plan: Throw money at tech-forward politicians

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Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) hopes to push pro-crypto and artificial intelligence (AI) regulation forward with a seemingly new strategy: throwing money at politicians.

“If a candidate supports an optimistic technology-enabled future, we are for them. If they want to choke off important technologies, we are against them,” wrote Ben Horowitz, one of the firm’s founders, in a Dec. 14 post, adding:

“Every penny we donate will go to support like-minded candidates and oppose candidates who aim to kill America’s advanced technological future.”

Horowitz said it would be the “first time” a16z pursues the lobbying route to promote tech-friendly politicians. However, it previously held a fundraiser for a New York representative in October 2022, according to Forbes.

Horowitz, in particular, highlighted blockchain-based technologies and AI as two technologies that can make for a better world.

Decentralized technologies “will create a fairer, more inclusive economy” than what the centralized Big Tech firms have achieved, Horowitz said, while AI “has the potential to uplift all of humanity” to a standard of living never experienced before.

Avalanche, Coinbase, Dapper Labs, Lido Finance, Nansen, OpenSea, Uniswap and Worldcoin are some cryptocurrency startups in which a16z has invested.

Horowitz stressed that he isn’t completely against regulation: “High quality regulation can enable an industry to thrive while protecting consumers,” but time and time again, we’ve seen “politicized regulation” kill industries, he said.

“America’s best days are ahead if we retain our global technology leadership. The primary thing that can undermine that is misguided regulatory policy.”

Horowitz said Big Tech firms have been well represented in Washington, D.C., but are more concerned with “preserving their monopolies” than advocating for fair regulation.

Related: Paris Hilton, a16z back IP ownership network Story Protocol

The tech-focused investment firm wrote its own “techno-optimist manifesto” in October, which drew criticism from across the board for sharing several far-fetched opinions.

One of a16z’s opinions was that “any deceleration of AI [by way of regulation] will cost lives.”

Finance columnist Jemima Kelly of the Financial Times was one of many who disagreed, arguing that “unrestrained technological ‘accelerationism’ is a bad idea.”

More than 2,600 tech leaders and researchers, such as Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, signed a petition to “pause” AI developments in March 2023, sharing concerns that AI poses “profound risks to society and humanity.”

Magazine: JPMorgan sees higher BTC price potential, a16z unveils $4.5 billion crypto fund and PayPal hints at more crypto involvement: Hodler’s Digest, May 22-28

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