Tech-focused venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) said it has raised more than $15 billion to invest in companies and technologies it believes are essential to securing America’s future and maintaining leadership in the next century, with crypto remaining a core pillar of that strategy.
In a post on X on Friday, a16z co-founder Ben Horowitz acknowledged that China and other global rivals have closed the gap on the United States in recent decades, warning that continued innovation is necessary for the country to sustain its technological, economic, and military dominance.
“As the American leader in Venture Capital, the fate of new technology in the United States rests partly on our shoulders. Our mission is ensuring that America wins the next 100 years of technology. That starts with winning the key architectures of the future – AI and crypto.”
Horowitz said close alignment between the U.S. government and the private sector is essential to safeguarding American interests, warning that a lack of coordination could erode the country’s global dominance.
“If America fails to win technologically, it will lose economically, militarily, geopolitically, and culturally. And the entire world will lose as well.”
“We have already seen the early signs of this in both AI and crypto,” Horowitz said, warning that decisive action is needed to reverse the trend before it becomes irreversible.
The newly raised capital will be allocated across several investment verticals, including Growth ($6.75 billion), Apps ($1.7 billion), Infrastructure ($1.7 billion), the American Dynamism fund ($1.18 billion), and Bio and Healthcare ($700 million). An additional $3 billion is earmarked for other venture strategies.
While a16z’s dedicated crypto fund did not receive new capital in this round, the firm noted that many of its crypto portfolio companies fall under the Growth fund, which spans multiple sectors.
Separately, a16z invested $15 million in Bitcoin staking and lending protocol Babylon on Wednesday, aiming to advance the Bitcoin decentralized finance ecosystem and enhance Bitcoin’s utility as a productive asset.
