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DOJ probes Andreessen Horowitz over partners sitting on competing AI
DOJ probes Andreessen Horowitz over partners sitting on competing AI boards
TL;DRDOJ investigating if Andreessen Horowitz partners improperly influence competing AI data companies through board seats.
Why it matters: Could reshape VC oversight rules and affect how major investors manage conflicts across portfolio companies.
Andreessen Horowitz is the focus of an antitrust probe by the US Justice Department. The charge is that the firm's partners sit on the boards of competing data firms Databricks and Fivetran at the same time. The venture capital firm's close ties to the Trump administration add a…
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