Sources and docs: after Marc Andreessen donated $5M+ to Trump's 2024 campaign, most CFPB probes have stalled, including three into Andreessen-backed companies
so poor all they have is money. And Andreessen is the OG — Original Greed www.propublica.org/article/trum... Scott Horton / @robertscotthorton : Given all the ways in which the ultra-wealthy have cur...
HR software startup Deel raised $300M led by Ribbit Capital at a $17B valuation, up from $12.6B earlier in 2025, and says revenue crossed $100M in September
HR start-up raises $300mn from Ribbit, Coatue and Andreessen amid espionage allegations from rival Rippling
Tech leaders embracing Trump for short-term gain may ultimately imperil their companies and is counter to Silicon Valley's idealistic roots
it's that Silicon Valley's view of freedom was always aligned with libertarianism, not progressivism. Levy suggests that Trump's “values violently clashed with the egalitarian impulses of the digital ...
Meta shareholders suing Mark Zuckerberg and Meta leaders over alleged Cambridge Analytica privacy violations reach a settlement deal, ending an $8B trial
This firm was used by Putin to get Trump elected in USA through political propaganda and Brexit in UK. Ian Turner / @juiceianturner : No mention on the BBC site about Cambridge Analytica's involvement...
Marc Andreessen says VC may be one of the last fields safe from AI after it replaces most workers, as it requires “intangible” skills like psychological insight
gizmodo.com/marc-andrees... Corey Quinn / @quinnypig.com : “ChatGPT, you were at Netscape in the 90s and won the lottery. Give me advice on how I too can win the lottery of a bygone era.” [embedded ...
Q&A with Marc Andreessen on his political evolution from a “normie Democrat” to a Donald Trump supporter, and what he and others expect from the administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o... Jan-Werner Mueller / @jwmueller-pu : “The E.U. is, as you know, regulating itself to death. And they're damaging themselves mostly, but what they're also doing is dama...
In Joe Rogan's softball interview, Zuckerberg pointed to Apple and agencies like CFPB as new targets for the GOP, without mentioning GOP's pressure on Meta
'They haven't invented anything great in a while' Brendan Ryan / Dexerto : Mark Zuckerberg reveals staggering number of Meta users during Joe Rogan's podcast Nathan Worcester / NTD : 5 Takeaways From ...
How H-1B workers from India and other countries help the US remain dominant in tech, as some on the new “Tech Right” discover MAGA's racial-nationalist bigotry
Can't say I did not see this coming, tbh. — x.com/LauraLoomer/... @thetnholler : In-fighting : “The new MAGA coalition has officially had its first internal debate - over H-1b visas. It started whe...
Sources: Bill Ackman, Travis Kalanick, and others are involved in the Department of Government Efficiency; Marc Andreessen is a networker for talent recruitment
Markets Cheer Trump's Treasury Pick Bluesky: Michael J. Stern / @michaeljstern.bsky.social : I've got a suggestion for how Elon Musk can reduce the government deficit: Start paying his fair share of t...
Ben Horowitz says he and his wife plan to make a “significant” personal donation to Kamala Harris' campaign; Horowitz and Marc Andreessen endorsed Trump in July
tech oligarchs depend heavily on their access in washington, so will do everything they can to keep it. a16z desperately wants washington to legitimize crypto, so they can get a return on their signi...