a16z creates a $1.1B ‘Machine Age’ fund to ‘accelerate the physical buildout of AI’
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has launched a $1.1 billion 'Machine Age' fund dedicated to physical AI infrastructure. The fund will invest in hardware, including chips, data centers, and robotics, shifting from the firm's traditional software-centric investment model.
Why it matters
This signals a major shift in venture capital toward the capital-intensive physical requirements needed to sustain the long-term growth of artificial intelligence.
Andreessen Horowitz has launched a new “Machine Age” fund with $1.1 billion raised. The firm’s aim with the new fund is to “open the throttle and accelerate the physical buildout of AI.”
The fund will focus on hardware, bucking the firm’s typical focus on the scaling power of software. In a post on the venture capital firm’s website, a16z says the fund will focus on investing in the infrastructure that powers AI — a swath that includes everything from computer chips and memory to data centers and robots.
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