Aug 28 2026

Andreessen Horowitz raises a $1.1 billion Machine Age fund for the physical layer of AI

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a16z's first dedicated hardware vehicle, led by Martin Casado and Raghu Raghuram, targeting chips, memory, networking, storage, robotics and data centers, on the thesis that the AI bottleneck has moved from models to infrastructure.

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