Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is widening its crypto fund into a broader technology vehicle, renaming it a16z Frontier to back fields whose products and markets may take years to mature.
The firm announced the change Oct. 22 in a post by managing partner Chris Dixon. The broader brief covers AI products, autonomous machines, biology and medicine, and networks that connect people with AI agents.
Dixon said crypto investments remain within the fund’s strategy and a16z will continue its advocacy on crypto regulation.
He cited blockchain-backed products at Wall Street and fintech firms as a sign that the technology no longer cleanly distinguishes crypto businesses from other technology companies. Dixon said crypto could give networks economic functions of their own and let machines transact with one another.
General partners Eddy Lazzarin and Guy Wuollet will join co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz on the leadership team, which Dixon will lead. The announcement gave no figures for how much capital would go to crypto or how investments would be divided across the expanded scope.
