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The latest Andreessen Horowitz news, : OpenAI cuts funding target to $20 billion at $1.25 trillion valuation after AI stock sell-off.
Andreessen Horowitz is an investor that participates in funding rounds for AI and robotics startups, including Wabi, Town, and Labelbox. The firm recently rebranded its a16z Crypto fund as a16z Frontier to broaden its investment mandate to include artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.
25 stories mentioning Andreessen Horowitz since 18 September 2026, newest first, each with its sources and discussion. Follow to see new ones on your front page.
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OpenAI cuts funding target to $20 billion at $1.25 trillion valuation after AI stock sell-off
OpenAI has reduced its latest fundraising target from $30 billion to about $20 billion, with the post-money valuation dropping from $1.4 trillion to $1.25 trillion, according to multiple reports citing the Financial…
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Maine Senate race becomes battleground over AI data centers
The Maine Senate race has turned into a fight over the expansion of AI‑powered data centers, a topic that has split voters and drawn heavy outside spending. A September poll found 76 percent of Mainers oppose building…
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Wabi raises $55M at $1.25B valuation to expand personal AI assistant
Wabi, the personal AI assistant company founded by Eugenia Kuyda, has raised $55 million in funding led by IVP at a $1.25 billion valuation, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Forerunner, Amazon Alexa Fund,…
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Cathedral says it breached Anthropic's internal systems in under 12 hours using AI agents
Cathedral, a cybersecurity startup founded by former DOGE staffers, claims it breached Anthropic's internal systems in under 12 hours using AI agents that exploited third-party enterprise software. The breach exposed…
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AWS says most AI cloud capacity booked through 2027, many 2028 slots filled
Amazon Web Services’ chief Andy Jassy told listeners on a video podcast with Ben Horowitz and Erik Torenberg that the company has already booked the bulk of its AI‑focused cloud capacity through 2027. He added that a…
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A16z rebrands Crypto fund as a16z Frontier and adds AI, robotics focus
Andreessen Horowitz announced Thursday that its a16z Crypto fund is being renamed a16z Frontier and its investment mandate is broadened to include artificial intelligence, robotics, and other emerging technologies.…
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Eka Robotics raises $150M Series A for vision-force-action model
Eka Robotics, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based startup founded in 2024, announced it has raised $150 million in Series A funding. The company stated the capital will support scaling its technology and customer…
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The $15 billion ad-powered AI startup your doctor may already be using
OpenEvidence, a Miami‑based AI‑powered medical search startup founded by Daniel Nadler in 2022, says nearly two‑thirds of U.S. doctors are using its chatbot. The company reports that many of America’s 1 million…
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OpenAI president Greg Brockman calls for AI safety rules as funded PAC backs opponents
OpenAI president Greg Brockman publicly urged the United States to adopt AI safety regulations, while a political network he helped fund is spending millions to elect candidates who oppose such rules, Reuters reported.…
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WGA East partners with Cloak to block AI training on writers' work
The Writers Guild of America, East announced a partnership with Cloak, a software that encrypts files so they remain readable to humans but illegible to AI models. The tool will be offered for free to WGAE members as…
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OpenAI may revive Sora video model in deal with new AI video startup
OpenAI shut down its Sora video‑generation service in April 2026 after a March announcement that the model’s compute demands were straining the company’s resources and its focus shifted toward enterprise AI, coding…
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Town raises $108 million Series B at $1 billion valuation
Town, a San Francisco startup that builds AI assistants for employees, announced a $108 million Series B funding round on Monday. The round was co‑led by Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures and also included…
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AI accounts copy stand-up jokes to drive traffic to NSFW sites
Stand-up comedians report that AI-generated Instagram accounts are replicating their viral jokes to funnel followers to subscription-based adult content platforms. WIRED identified eight comics whose material was…
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Labelbox raises $100M+ Series E at $1.25B valuation to expand AI agents and RL tools
Labelbox announced a $100 million+ Series E round on October 14, 2026, valuing the company at $1.25 billion pre-money. The financing, led by Infinitum Partners (which also provides a credit facility), includes Wipro…
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AI tools expand in US medical debt collection as insurance gaps widen
US medical debt is expected to rise as Republican-led health cuts take effect, with approximately 17 million people projected to become uninsured by 2034. This shift is driving hospitals to adopt artificial…
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Ghost launches $3,499 AI agent computer with $11M seed
Ghost, a startup founded by 19-year-old Zain Javaid, has emerged from stealth to announce its first product, Core, a dedicated personal computer for running AI agents. The company simultaneously revealed an $11 million…
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OpenAI reportedly in talks for $30B round with UAE funds
OpenAI is reportedly negotiating a new $30 billion funding round, with UAE-based funds potentially contributing up to $10 billion, according to Bloomberg. The report cites sources familiar with the matter, noting that…
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ChatGPT leads with over one billion monthly active mobile users, Claude third on web with nearly one billion visits
ChatGPT continues to lead the consumer AI market with over one billion monthly active mobile users, while Claude has climbed to third place on the web with nearly one billion monthly visits, according to venture…
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AI agents use 5x more tokens than humans, per OpenRouter data
AI agents consumed 7.3 trillion tokens in August, five times more than humans’ 1.4 trillion, according to data from OpenRouter, a model routing platform. The figures, cited by Futurum Group CEO Daniel Newman and…
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AKASA launches autonomous AI for inpatient coding and documentation
AKASA introduced an autonomous AI platform on October 2, 2026, targeting the mid-cycle stage of healthcare revenue cycles. The South San Francisco company, which specializes in generative AI for revenue cycle…
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EliseAI raised $350M at a $4B valuation, up from $2.2B after August 2025 round
EliseAI announced it raised $350 million in a funding round that values the company at $4 billion, nearly doubling its valuation from $2.2 billion after a $250 million Series E in August 2025. The round was co-led by…
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Phylo launches Target Atlas for drug target prioritization with Parkinson’s edition
Phylo released Target Atlas on September 29, 2026, an AI-powered tool built on its Biomni Lab platform. The application speeds up target prioritization in drug development by reducing evidence-gathering from months to…
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OpenEvidence valued at $15 billion in new funding round
OpenEvidence, an AI search engine designed for medical professionals, has secured a new funding round that values the company at $15 billion. The startup recently raised $250 million from hospital systems and…
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Vals raises $40 million series a to expand AI benchmarking
Vals, a startup founded in 2024 to improve AI model evaluation, says current benchmarks are outdated and often serve more as PR tools than real performance measures. Co‑founder Rayan Krishnan, 25, describes the…
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AI super PACs pour close to one million dollars into Mike Rounds’s Dakota Senate race
Major super PACs linked to AI labs and investors have poured close to one million dollars into incumbent Republican Mike Rounds’s Senate campaign in South Dakota, according to FEC filings. Rounds has so far benefited…
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As of 31 October 2026: OpenAI cuts funding target to $20 billion at $1.25 trillion valuation after AI stock sell-off. OpenAI has reduced its latest fundraising target from $30 billion to about $20 billion, with the post-money valuation dropping from $1.4 trillion to $1.25 trillion, according to multiple reports citing the Financial Times.
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Andreessen Horowitz is an investor that participates in funding rounds for AI and robotics startups, including Wabi, Town, and Labelbox. The firm recently rebranded its a16z Crypto fund as a16z Frontier to broaden its investment mandate to include artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.