Andreessen Horowitz co-founder and well-known VC Ben Horowitz has contributed at least $7.6 million in recent years to fund purchases by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, including a new Skydio drone backed by A16Z. Skydio is not the first a16z portfolio company to benefit from these donations.
Today on TechCrunch's Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Devin Coldewey, and Margaux MacColl discuss the implications of Horowitz's approach and how others in the venture capital world are praising the controversial move. We dug into the reasons why you should refrain.
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