Over the previous few years, Andreessen Horowitz co-founder and famed VC Ben Horowitz has donated at least $7.6 million to fund purchases by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division, together with new drones from a16z-backed Skydio. Skydio shouldn’t be the primary of a16z’s portfolio corporations to profit from these donations, both.
At present, on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Devin Coldewey, and Margaux MacColl dug into the implications of Horowitz’s strategy and why others within the VC world ought to possibly maintain off on praising the controversial move.
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