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a16z just raised $1.7B for AI infrastructure, and here’s where it’s going | Equity Podcast

Andreessen Horowitz just raised a whopping ⁠new $15 billion in funding⁠. And a $1.7 billion chunk of that is going to its ⁠infrastructure team⁠, the one responsible for some of its biggest, most prominent AI investments including Black Forrest Labs, Cursor, OpenAI, ⁠ElevenLabs⁠, Ideogram, ⁠Fal⁠ and dozens of others. A16z ⁠general partner with the infra team Jennifer Li⁠ (who oversees such investments as ElevenLabs – just valued at $11 billion); Ideagram and Fal, has a clear thesis on where the team is looking…

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A16z ⁠general partner with the infra team Jennifer Li⁠ (who oversees such investments as ElevenLabs – just valued at $11 billion); Ideagram and Fal, has a clear thesis on where the team is looking to spend it’s latest chunk of cash.

Today on TechCrunch’s ⁠Equity⁠ podcast, Venture and Startups editor Julie Bort talked with Li about where a16z sees this AI super cycle going next, including the talent crunch hitting AI-native startups, why search infrastructure matters more than people think, and what kinds of companies are actually getting funded right now.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

01:01 Andreessen Horowitz’s $1.7B infrastructure fund

05:00 Crossing the uncanny valley in AI-generated content

07:14 Agents finally becoming real in 2026

09:30 Building your first productivity agent

11:56 Why email agents aren’t quite there yet

15:00 Which jobs will agents replace first?

18:05 The most unhinged opinion: Creativity belongs to humans

20:21 The limits of LLMs and the rise of world models

22:13 AI-designed chips are coming

24:00 The truth behind those viral ARR numbers

26:10 Hiring at AI speed: The talent shortage problem

28:47 The pricing mistake that became a big deal

29:21 The future of search for AI agents

30:45 Outro
Subscribe to Equity on ⁠YouTube⁠,⁠ Apple Podcasts⁠,⁠ Overcast⁠,⁠ Spotify⁠ and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on⁠ X⁠ and⁠ Threads⁠, at @EquityPod.

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