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a16z Raises $1.1B Machine Age Fund for AI Infrastructure

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Andreessen Horowitz has raised a $1.1 billion fund, the Machine Age Fund, to invest in AI infrastructure startups, focusing on hardware and physical buildout such as data centers.

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  1. 2026-08-28 23:13 · AI Insider
    Andreessen Horowitz Announces $1.1B Machine Age Fund' for AI Hardware Infrastructure Investments
  2. 2026-08-28 17:29 · Unite.AI
    Andreessen Horowitz Raises $1.1B Machine Age Fund for AI Infrastructure
  3. 2026-08-28 15:46 · Techmeme
    a16z creates a $1.1B Machine Age fund focusing on hardware to "open the throttle and accelerate the physical buildout of AI" (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)

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