Enterprise capitalist Marc Andreessen sharply criticized universities together with Stanford and MIT, together with the Nationwide Science Basis, in a bunch chat with AI scientists and Trump administration officers, based on screenshots seen by the Washington Publish.
In response to the Publish, Andreessen described MIT and Stanford (which I attended 20 years in the past) as “primarily political lobbying operations combating American innovation.” He additionally reportedly complained that Stanford “compelled my spouse out [as chair of its Center on Philanthropy and Civil society] with out a second thought, a call that can price them one thing like $5 billion in future donations.”
In a separate message that didn’t point out a particular faculty, Andreessen reportedly mentioned that universities “declared warfare on 70% of the nation and now they’re going to pay the value.” He took intention at “DEI and immigration,” which he reportedly described as “two types of discrimination” which can be “politically deadly.”
Final yr, Andreessen and his Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Ben Horowitz each mentioned that they had been supporting Donald Trump’s marketing campaign to return to the White Home. Andreessen’s allies have subsequently taken roles within the Trump administration.
TechCrunch has reached out to a16z for remark. In the meantime, Sequoia Capital has remained silent following companion Shaun Maguire’s criticism of Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York Metropolis mayor, as an “Islamist” who “comes from a tradition that lies about every part.”
