Ben Horowitz & Marc Andreessen: Why Silicon Valley Turned Against Defense (And How We’re Fixing It)
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76 min
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2 min
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Investing, Startups, Fundraising & VC
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What It Covers
Andreessen Horowitz co-founders discuss their American Dynamism investment thesis, covering defense technology, energy infrastructure, manufacturing, and how Silicon Valley reconnected with national security missions after decades of hostility.
Notable Moment
Horowitz reveals that when Google's AI ethics revolt reached peak intensity in 2017, a CEO brought in an Obama administration border security official to educate employees, but only three people attended.
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