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Andy Alder and Arjun Mather were Stanford roommates who both studied computer science before spending a decade at Palantir. Alder led product design for a team of 800 people building software for U.S. defense and intelligence agencies, while Mather served as a senior vice president in the company’s commercial practice. When the friends decided to…

In a sign that crypto and blockchain-focused investing has receded in importance, Andreessen Horowitz announced Thursday that it is renaming its digital asset unit from a16z Crypto to a16z Frontier.

Vesta, an AI-native software startup that helps lenders originate mortgages, announced on Thursday that it raised a $30 million round led by Conversion Capital.

AI startup EliseAI announced on Tuesday that it has raised $350 million at a $4 billion valuation, double what it was worth when it raised its Series E last August.

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is launching a school called The Horowitz Andreessen Academy aimed at aspiring founders who have just graduated high school and have not yet attended college.