The Frontier Ideas a16z Wants to Fund | Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz & Chris Dixon

a16z is broadening its crypto fund into "Frontier," betting AI lets small teams pursue radically more ambitious, cross-category companies than before.

• a16z Frontier launches: a16z crypto fund is expanding into a16z Frontier, broadening its mandate beyond crypto to fund founders at the technological edge, led by Chris Dixon.
• Ambition bar raised: The firm says it now asks 'is this ambitious enough?' instead of 'is this too ambitious?' because AI capability gaps make moderate ideas undifferentiated.

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