ClaimsMarc Andreessen

“And that was a response to the hedge fund thing.”

Marc Andreessen, a16z co-founder, interviewed 1 January 2018 The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Marc Andreessen (#163) (Tim Ferriss blog) archived copy

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Andreessen said that "that", which in context seems to mean his firm's deep involvement in health, was "a response to the hedge fund thing". He added that very smart founders had been telling the firm it was "dumb"; the passage does not say what "the hedge fund thing" was.

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Reasoning

Reason for a16z's strategic shift is its own internal motivation.

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Marc Andreessen, “Andreessen said that "that", which in context seems to mean his firm's deep involvement in health, was "a response to the hedge fund thing". He added that very smart founders had been telling the firm it was "dumb"; the passage does not say what "the hedge fund thing" was.” (said 1 January 2018). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_3e01bded9d2f, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_3e01bded9d2f

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