a16z spends $1.49M in Washington lobbying, while rivals mostly sit out

Andrink Horwitz’s plan to pay its agenda in Washington does not appear any sign of slowdown, as the company has reached $ 1.49 million in federal pressure so far this year, according to pressure records provided to congress. The A16z tightly outperforms its industry group, the National Investment Capital Association.

The pressure pace appears to be accelerated from last year, according to the TECHCRUNCH review of pressure. A16z spent $ 1.8 million on pressure in 2024 and 950,000 dollars in 2023.

The pressure strategy in the A16Z highlights the main VC companies, most of which are still a little by federal pressure. Sequoia Capital is only $ 120,000, while the catalyst general is $ 500,000 for the same period. In comparison, A16Z spending directly over $ 1.40 million from NVCA.

In response to the questions, a person A16z referred Techcrunch to the articles written by the company’s participating founders on its views on politics and the “Tech Little” agend. In one article in December 2023, co -founder Ben Horwitz said that the company was not partisan voters and the same issue: “If the candidate supports a future optimistic about technology technology, then we are for them. If they want to strangle important technologies, then we are against them.”

The company’s internal pressure team is assigned to influence the legislators on a wide range of issues, from regulating digital assets, nails, and AI. Although the A16Z movements to form laws about Crypto are well documented, the disclosure shows in pressure shows how the company has put more ambitious scenes on the formation of defense priorities in the country.

Defense provides the first explicit appearance in the third quarter report of the A16Z of 2023, which added the National Defense Licensing law as a specific pressure issue. The company continued to pressure the annual defense policy bill in subsequent quarters.

The National Security Council appears for the first time in a file that covers the second quarter of 2024 and remains listed on the list this year, an indication that the company frames questions on financing and technology along the national security lines.

Although the founders participating in the company, Marc Andrien and Horowitz, supported President Donald Trump in the last elections, the internal policy team is significantly from the two parties, as government affairs leaders were recruited from both sides of the corridor.

The increase in spending comes as the A16Z makes pressure more aggressive in organized industries, such as defense and industrial base, both of which are the focus in the practice of American dynamic, and hot techniques such as artificial intelligence. The company has paired this batch while bringing political talents at home; Horwitz said on X.

However, the pressure is not associated with the dollar precisely with the effect.

Founders Fund, for example, mentions a few federal pressure, however, however, its network has a great access in the Pentagon and the White House. The Stephens partner helped the DOD leadership for the year 2016 and was presented in 2024 to the Deputy Minister of Defense, while Michael Kratsius, the assistant Thiel Capital for a long time, was the Minister of Defense for Research and Engineering in 2020 and is now a science advisor to the president.

Project funds can affect politics in other ways. Parallel to recorded pressure, the company also directs money through political action committees (PACS). Recently, the Wall Street Journal reported that A16Z helps support a new supportive network called Leading The Future.