FUNDING
Coverage Timeline
newest first- Sep 9, 2026FUNDINGLightfield raises $47M to build CRM for the agent era$47M Series A→
- Sep 4, 2026FUNDINGGimlet Labs Hits $3B Valuation on Chip-Agnostic AI Bet$300M Series B→
- Sep 2, 2026FUNDINGMiami's Felix Raises $200M for WhatsApp Banking$200M Series C→
- Sep 2, 2026BIG TECHa16z Says Enshittification Isn't Real. The Data Disagrees.→
- Sep 1, 2026FUNDINGMiami's Felix Raises $200M to Grow Beyond Remittances$200M Series C→
- Sep 1, 2026FUNDINGa16z's Growth Fund Hits $8.5B, Days After a New $1.1B Fund$8.5B growth fund→
- Aug 31, 2026REGULATIONa16z-Backed Group Buys Data Center Ads in Three States$50M+ PAC→
- Aug 31, 2026FUNDINGA16Z's Machine Age Fund: What the $1.1B Is Actually For$1.1B fund→
- Aug 28, 2026FUNDINGa16z Raises $1.1B to Build AI's Physical Layer$1.1B fund→
- Aug 28, 2026FUNDINGa16z Raises $1.1B to Bet on AI's Physical Layer$1.1B fund→
- Aug 20, 2026FUNDINGCastelion Hits $13B Value on $1B Hypersonic Missile Round$1B Series C at $13B→
- Aug 20, 2026IPOCastelion Hits $13B Valuation to Mass-Produce Missiles$1B Series C at $13B→
- Aug 18, 2026REGULATIONDOJ Probes a16z Over Rival Board Seats→
- Aug 17, 2026AIAI Automation Startup Relay Shuts Down for Google→
- Aug 13, 2026AIVals AI Raises $40M to Grade AI Models$40M at $400M→
- Jul 28, 2026FUNDINGCathedral Raises $160M to Expand US Military Cyber$160M→
- Jul 23, 2026FUNDINGKalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B for Physical AI$1.7B Funding Round→
- Jul 22, 2026FUNDINGCathedral, Ex-DOGE Founders' Startup, Raises $160M$160M at $1.4B Valuation→
- Jul 22, 2026FUNDINGKalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With Uber Investing Back$1.7B Round→
- Jul 22, 2026FUNDINGKalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With an Assist From Uber$1.7B→
- Jul 22, 2026FUNDINGEx-DOGE Founders' Cathedral Raises $160M for AI Cyber$160M Funding Round→
- Jul 10, 2026FUNDINGProbook Raises $40M to Be the AI OS for Plumbers$40M total ($34M Series A + $6M seed)→
- Jul 8, 2026FUNDINGGeneral Catalyst, YC, a16z Top Active US Investor Ranks39 deals (General Catalyst, Q2)→
- Jun 26, 2026FUNDINGStealthy AI-R&D Lab Mirendil Raises a $200M Seed From a16z and Kleiner Perkins$200M→
- Jun 24, 2026FUNDINGMirendil Raises $200M Seed to Build AI That Excels at AI R&D$200M→
All Coverage
FUNDING$47M Series A
Lightfield raises $47M to build CRM for the agent era
Lightfield raised a $47 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz to build an AI-native CRM that automatically structures customer data from email, calendar, calls and Slack, positioning itself against Salesforce and HubSpot.
DEEP DIVE
FUNDING
Gimlet Labs Hits $3B Valuation on Chip-Agnostic AI Bet
FUNDING$300M Series B
Gimlet Labs Hits $3B Valuation on Chip-Agnostic AI Bet
Andreessen Horowitz led a $300 million round for the startup that lets AI workloads run across Nvidia, AMD, and custom silicon interchangeably, with Arm and Microsoft's M12 joining as new backers.
DEEP DIVE
FUNDING
Miami's Felix Raises $200M for WhatsApp Banking
FUNDING$200M Series C
Miami's Felix Raises $200M for WhatsApp Banking
Felix, a Miami-based WhatsApp remittance platform for Latino immigrants, raised $200 million in a Series C split between $87 million of equity led by Andreessen Horowitz and $113 million of debt from General Catalyst.
DEEP DIVE
BIG TECH
a16z Says Enshittification Isn't Real. The Data Disagrees.
BIG TECH
a16z Says Enshittification Isn't Real. The Data Disagrees.
An Andreessen Horowitz-published essay argued social media satisfaction is rising and 'enshittification' is a myth, but the survey data it cites is contradicted by separate research showing declining trust and rising usage stress.
DEEP DIVE
FUNDING
Miami's Felix Raises $200M to Grow Beyond Remittances
FUNDING$200M Series C
Miami's Felix Raises $200M to Grow Beyond Remittances
Félix, a Miami-based WhatsApp remittance platform for Latino immigrants, raised $200 million -- $87M in equity led by a16z and $113M in debt from General Catalyst -- with its valuation tripling since last year's Series B.
DEEP DIVE
FUNDING
a16z's Growth Fund Hits $8.5B, Days After a New $1.1B Fund
FUNDING$8.5B growth fund
a16z's Growth Fund Hits $8.5B, Days After a New $1.1B Fund
Andreessen Horowitz expanded its fifth Growth fund to $8.5 billion just three days after closing a separate $1.1 billion fund dedicated to AI hardware -- roughly $9.6 billion in fresh capital disclosed in a single week.
FOLLOW-UP
REGULATION
a16z-Backed Group Buys Data Center Ads in Three States
REGULATION$50M+ PAC
a16z-Backed Group Buys Data Center Ads in Three States
Build American AI, an arm of the Leading the Future super PAC funded by Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz and OpenAI president Greg Brockman, is spending millions on ads defending data centers in Kansas, Ohio and Wisconsin.
DEEP DIVE
FUNDING
A16Z's Machine Age Fund: What the $1.1B Is Actually For
FUNDING$1.1B fund
A16Z's Machine Age Fund: What the $1.1B Is Actually For
A16Z's new $1.1 billion Machine Age Fund isn't a diversification bet -- hardware now makes up more than a fifth of the firm's deal flow, and this fund formalizes a shift that's been building for two years.
FOLLOW-UP
FUNDING
a16z Raises $1.1B to Build AI's Physical Layer
FUNDING$1.1B fund
a16z Raises $1.1B to Build AI's Physical Layer
Andreessen Horowitz has closed a $1.1 billion Machine Age fund dedicated to chips, memory, cooling, power and robotics -- the hardware underneath AI rather than the software on top of it.
DEEP DIVE
FUNDING
a16z Raises $1.1B to Bet on AI's Physical Layer
FUNDING$1.1B fund
a16z Raises $1.1B to Bet on AI's Physical Layer
Andreessen Horowitz raised $1.1 billion for the Machine Age Fund, its first vehicle dedicated to AI hardware and infrastructure, targeting chips, memory, networking, robotics and data centers.
DEEP DIVE
FUNDING
Castelion Hits $13B Value on $1B Hypersonic Missile Round
FUNDING$1B Series C at $13B
Castelion Hits $13B Value on $1B Hypersonic Missile Round
Castelion, the hypersonic-missile startup founded by former SpaceX executives, raised a $1B Series C co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, Carlyle and JPMorgan Chase at a $13B valuation, more than double its prior mark.
DEEP DIVE
IPO
Castelion Hits $13B Valuation to Mass-Produce Missiles
IPO$1B Series C at $13B
Castelion Hits $13B Valuation to Mass-Produce Missiles
Defense startup Castelion raised a $1B Series C co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, Carlyle and JPMorgan at a $13B valuation to mass-produce hypersonic missiles in New Mexico, as the Pentagon races to close a stockpile gap with China.
DEEP DIVE
REGULATION
DOJ Probes a16z Over Rival Board Seats
REGULATION
DOJ Probes a16z Over Rival Board Seats
The Justice Department has spent nearly a year investigating whether Andreessen Horowitz violated the Clayton Act by holding board seats at Databricks and Fivetran, two companies whose products now overlap.
DEEP DIVE
AI
AI Automation Startup Relay Shuts Down for Google
AI
AI Automation Startup Relay Shuts Down for Google
Relay, the a16z-backed Zapier competitor built around AI workflow automation, is shutting down September 14 after its founder and much of the team agreed to join Google's Chrome team.
DEEP DIVE
AI
Vals AI Raises $40M to Grade AI Models
AI$40M at $400M
Vals AI Raises $40M to Grade AI Models
San Francisco-based Vals AI raised a $40 million Series A led by a16z at a $400 million valuation, building independent benchmarks that test frontier AI models on real professional tasks rather than academic leaderboards.
DEEP DIVE
FUNDING
Cathedral Raises $160M to Expand US Military Cyber
FUNDING$160M
Cathedral Raises $160M to Expand US Military Cyber
Cathedral, a startup building US military cyber capabilities and founded by a team with DOGE ties, raised $160 million with backing from Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz.
FUNDING
Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B for Physical AI
FUNDING$1.7B Funding Round
Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B for Physical AI
Travis Kalanick's industrial robotics venture Atoms raised $1.7 billion led by Andreessen Horowitz to build AI and robotics systems for mines, factories, and logistics networks.
FUNDING
Cathedral, Ex-DOGE Founders' Startup, Raises $160M
FUNDING$160M at $1.4B Valuation
Cathedral, Ex-DOGE Founders' Startup, Raises $160M
Four former Department of Government Efficiency staffers raised $160 million at a $1.4 billion valuation for Cathedral, an AI-driven military cyber startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital.
FUNDING
Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With Uber Investing Back
FUNDING$1.7B Round
Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With Uber Investing Back
Travis Kalanick's industrial robotics company Atoms closed a $1.7 billion round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Uber -- the company that ousted him as CEO in 2017 -- investing alongside Bain Capital and Fifth Wall.
FUNDING
Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With an Assist From Uber
FUNDING$1.7B
Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B, With an Assist From Uber
Travis Kalanick's industrial robotics holding company Atoms raised $1.7 billion led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Uber -- the company that ousted Kalanick in 2017 -- joining the round alongside Bain Capital and Fifth Wall.
FUNDING
Ex-DOGE Founders' Cathedral Raises $160M for AI Cyber
FUNDING$160M Funding Round
Ex-DOGE Founders' Cathedral Raises $160M for AI Cyber
Cathedral, a defense-tech startup founded by former Department of Government Efficiency staffers, closed a $160 million round at a $1.4 billion valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia to expand US military cyber capabilities.
FUNDING
Probook Raises $40M to Be the AI OS for Plumbers
FUNDING$40M total ($34M Series A + $6M seed)
Probook Raises $40M to Be the AI OS for Plumbers
Probook raised $40 million across a Series A and seed round, backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia, to build an AI operating system that runs scheduling, dispatch and customer calls for plumbing, electrical and HVAC businesses.
FUNDING
General Catalyst, YC, a16z Top Active US Investor Ranks
FUNDING39 deals (General Catalyst, Q2)
General Catalyst, YC, a16z Top Active US Investor Ranks
General Catalyst, Y Combinator and Andreessen Horowitz were Q2 2026's most active US investors, with over two-thirds of their deals going into AI startups, according to Crunchbase data.
FUNDING
Stealthy AI-R&D Lab Mirendil Raises a $200M Seed From a16z and Kleiner Perkins
FUNDING$200M
Stealthy AI-R&D Lab Mirendil Raises a $200M Seed From a16z and Kleiner Perkins
Mirendil, a new and largely stealth frontier AI lab focused on building systems for AI research and development itself, raised a $200 million seed round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins, with Nvidia among its backers. A nine-figure seed for a pre-product lab is one of the year's clearest signals that capital is racing to fund the next generation of foundation-model challengers.
FUNDING
Mirendil Raises $200M Seed to Build AI That Excels at AI R&D
FUNDING$200M
Mirendil Raises $200M Seed to Build AI That Excels at AI R&D
Mirendil, a San Francisco frontier lab building systems designed to excel at AI research and development itself, raised a $200 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins. The gargantuan seed reflects investor conviction that automating AI research -- models that help build better models -- could be the highest-leverage frontier in the field.