The DOJ a16z board probe ends without an enforcement case
Why I called it
Section 8 of the Clayton Act works by threat rather than litigation: the DOJ's 2022 sweep produced seven director resignations across five companies and zero filed complaints. The statute's remedy is cheap for the target, a resignation, and expensive for the government to litigate, and a16z's political standing raises the cost of filing further. The probe has already run a year without action.
The call, in full. The Justice Department files no enforcement action against Andreessen Horowitz or its partners over competing AI board seats within a year.
Scoring criterion. RESOLVES WRONG if the DOJ files a complaint or civil enforcement action under Section 8 of the Clayton Act (or related antitrust law) against Andreessen Horowitz or any of its partners concerning AI-company board seats by August 18th 2027, per a named outlet or court record. RESOLVES CORRECT otherwise.
The criterion is the machine-checkable version: a prediction that cannot be settled by a third party against a public source fails the build before it reaches this page.
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