Ben Horowitz (proper), Andreessen Horowitz associate talks about synthetic intelligence and jobs on the TANIUM CONVERGE16 convention San Francisco.
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Lower than three months after saying plans to contribute to political motion committees supporting Donald Trump’s presidential marketing campaign, enterprise capitalist Ben Horowitz says he is donating to Vice President Kamala Harris’ election bid, CNBC has confirmed.
In a letter to staff of enterprise agency Andreessen Horowitz, the tech investor stated he and his spouse, Felicia, have had a longtime friendship with Harris. Axios was first to report on the letter. An individual near the agency, who requested to not be named to talk freely on the matter, confirmed the contents of the letter.
“I needed to provide you an replace on my political exercise.” Horowitz wrote. “As I discussed earlier than, Felicia and I’ve identified Vice President Harris for over 10 years and she or he has been an awesome buddy to each of us throughout that point.”
“On account of our friendship,” Horowitz continued, “Felicia and I might be making a big donation to entities who assist the Harris Walz marketing campaign.”
Andreessen and Horowitz, who based their agency in 2009, have not made formal endorsements forward of the 2024 election. Their monetary assist of the Trump marketing campaign was attributable to what they known as a greater “little tech agenda.”
“Our political efforts as a agency are totally centered on defending Little Tech,” they wrote in a weblog put up on July 5. “We don’t have interaction in political fights exterior of points straight related to Little Tech.”
Andreessen and Horowitz have been notably crucial of the Biden administration and its place in the direction of startups and crypto. In his newest letter, Horowitz stated he is inspired by his perception in Harris after conversations together with her and her workforce, however “they haven’t but acknowledged what their tech coverage might be, so the agency is not going to be updating its place in that regard.”
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