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Marc Andreessen
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Co-founder of Netscape and co-founder and general partner of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Author of the 2023 "Techno-Optimist Manifesto".
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- May 2025Anti-immigration
In a WhatsApp group with Trump administration officials, whose screenshots were reported by the Washington Post in July 2025, described DEI and immigration as forms of discrimination that cut the children of Trump voters out of higher education and corporate jobs.
“The combination of DEI and immigration is politically lethal”
Response: Andreessen Horowitz did not respond to Fortune's request for comment.
- 15 Oct 2024Funding the far right
Federal Election Commission filings showed that he donated $2.5 million to Right for America, a pro-Donald Trump super PAC, plus $844,600, the federal limit, to Trump's campaign and the Republican Party, after he and Ben Horowitz endorsed Trump in July 2024 citing their "little tech agenda".
Relations
- Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is founded by Marc Andreessen