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Opinion | Why Is Boston's Biotech Industry Struggling?
Your report “ Boston's Biotech Engine Is Sputtering ” (U.S. News, Dec. 30) rightly notes that highly trained Ph.D.s are struggling to find work as Boston's biotech sector contracts. But the problem isn't an oversupply of scientists or…
A16z Raises $15B In New Funds, Its Largest Haul To Date, Promises To Back Startups Advancing U.S. Interests
Silicon Valley venture firm Andreessen Horowitz on Friday announced $15 billion in new funds, its largest fundraising haul to date, with the firm promising to back startups in AI, crypto and beyond that it says advance American interests. The new…
FORVIA AND SINOPEC CAPITAL PARTNER TO ACCELERATE HYDROGEN GROWTH IN CHINA
FORVIA AND SINOPEC CAPITAL PARTNER TO ACCELERATE HYDROGEN GROWTH IN CHINA FORVIA announces the minority investment in FORVIA Hydrogen Solutions China, its hydrogen-focused subsidiary in China, by a strategic local investor through a capital…
Andreessen Horowitz's Fresh $15 Billion Gives it Over $90 Billion in Assets Under Management
A16z sets a new bar for VC fundraising. Polymarket & Kalshi are having a moment as prediction markets go mainstream. Startup funding rebounds to 2021 levels. XAI brings in $20 billion amid fury over sexualized images. LMArena lands a big Series A.
Crypto VC Giant Andreessen Horowitz Raises $15 Billion to Help America 'Win' Tech Race
Leading American venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz—a major crypto industry investor that also goes by a16z—announced Friday that it has raised over $15 billion across five separate venture funds to propel American technology.
Bay Area tech's most famous venture firm just got much, much richer
Andreessen Horowitz, the famed Bay Area venture capital firm known as a16z and for funding a long list of eventual tech standouts, is getting richer. A whole lot richer. Firm co-founder Ben Horowitz announced on Friday that it just finished…
The venture firm that ate Silicon Valley just raised another $15 billion
Andreessen Horowitz just announced the firm has just raised a little more than $15 billion in new funding. The haul represents over 18% of all venture capital dollars allocated in the United States in 2025, according to firm co-founder Ben…
Google Guys Say Bye to California
Technology |Google Guys Say Bye to California https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/technology/google-founders-california-wealth-tax.html Larry Page, left, and Sergey Brin, two Stanford graduate students, founded Google in 1998 and made it a…
Andreessen Horowitz's shiny, new $15 billion reveals where the firm sees the biggest opportunities
Andreessen Horowitz just raised over $15 billion. I'll let you consider that number for a moment, because while it's far from unprecedented (or even surprising), it is quite a chunk of change. It's also a reminder: The firm that first made its name…
Andreessen Horowitz raises $15 billion for new funds
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, whose past investments included Airbnb and Coinbase, on Friday announced that it raised over $15 billion for a group of new funds. Why it matters: This is a major boost to the U.S. venture capital market…
Large American VCs Topped 2025 Active Investor Ranks, Including A16Z, Accel And Sequoia
If you're looking for new up-and-comers in venture capital, don't read our rankings of the most active investors in 2025. That's because this past year, the list almost exclusively featured longstanding, familiar names. These are firms that…
New US visa bond rules likely to slash African travel
New US rules that require Africans to post deposits of up to $15,000 are likely to deepen a trend of declining visa approvals for the continent's travelers. The policy was floated last year, initially targeting Malawi and Zambia. But it has…
Rocket Report: A new super-heavy launch site in California; 2025 year in review
Welcome to Edition 8.24 of the Rocket Report! We're back from a restorative holiday, and there's a great deal Eric and I look forward to covering in 2026. You can get a taste of what we're expecting this year in this feature. Other storylines are…
The Startup Economy: Nothing Seems To Move, But Everything Does
$4 trillion and 100,000 new companies. These are the outcomes of a quarter-century of venture capital investments into startups. Since the new millennium, $4.2 trillion has been invested into the global startup economy, producing 97,982 scaleups.
Trump's Greenland Push Reignites Debate Over Oil, Minerals and Billionaire Interests
The renewed US fixation on Greenland is less about missiles and maps than about minerals, money and who profits from the Arctic's untapped wealth. When Donald Trump first suggested acquiring Greenland, the proposal was framed as a national security…
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