Andreessen Horowitz is renaming its a16z Crypto fund to a16z Frontier, expanding its focus to artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies, according to general partner Chris Dixon's Thursday blog post. The firm says it will keep investing in crypto and advocating for sensible crypto regulation, while exploring autonomous machines and networks connecting people and AI agents, where blockchains could enable payments between machines. The move follows similar shifts by Paradigm ($1.2 billion raised in July), Framework Ventures ($400 million in June) and Haun Ventures ($1 billion in May). Dixon argued that as blockchain spreads into mainstream finance, the distinction between crypto companies and other businesses matters less.
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