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Horowitz's Dual Support Reveals AI Politics in Silicon Valley

CosmicTaco · 2024-10-15T17:24:11.762701+05:30

- Influential VC Ben Horowitz shows dual support for Trump and Harris, reflecting AI politics in Silicon Valley. - Horowitz personally supports Harris but believes Trump is less likely to regulate AI startups. - High-profile tech billionaires' shift towards MAGA right is seen as transactional, based on light-touch regulatory approach to new technologies. - Horowitz's firm, Andreessen Horowitz, is nonpartisan and sides with candidates supporting an 'optimistic technology-enabled future'. - The firm's stance may be influenced by the high-risk, high-reward nature of AI development and the potential risks of increased government regulation. Source: [Fast Company](https://www.fastcompany.com/91206958/ben-horowitzs-dual-support-for-trump-and-harris-says-a-lot-about-the-valleys-ai-politics)

Influential VC Ben Horowitz shows dual support for Trump and Harris, reflecting AI politics in Silicon Valley.
Horowitz personally supports Harris but believes Trump is less likely to regulate AI startups.
High-profile tech billionaires' shift towards MAGA right is seen as transactional, based on light-touch regulatory approach to new technologies.
Horowitz's firm, Andreessen Horowitz, is nonpartisan and sides with candidates supporting an 'optimistic technology-enabled future'.
The firm's stance may be influenced by the high-risk, high-reward nature of AI development and the potential risks of increased government regulation.

Source: Fast Company