2025 RECAP | American Leader in VC, a16z, Pulled in Over 18% of All VC Dollars in the U.S, Says AI and Crypto Are Key

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), one of Silicon Valley’s largest venture capital firms, has raised over $15 billion across multiple funds to back technology companies it sees as critical to America’s future.

In a statement shared on X, Co-Founder, Ben Horowitz framed the raise as part of a broader mission to help the U.S. “win the next 100 years of technology,” highlighting crypto and artificial intelligence as core technologies in that effort.

“Responsibility is a heavy responsibility” – Cheech

As the American leader in Venture Capital, the fate of new technology in the United States rests partly on our shoulders. Our mission is ensuring that America wins the next 100 years of technology. That starts with winning the key architectures of the future – AI and crypto. It continues with applying those technologies to the key areas that generate human flourishing: biology, health, defense, public safety, education, and entertainment. And it culminates with the American government adopting these technologies to defend and advance American interests.

If we fail to push the policies of the country in the right direction, America will likely lose its position as the global leader in technology. We have already seen the beginnings of this in both AI and crypto. And if America’s position as the global leader in technology slips, it’s not long before everything else slips with it.

The technology landscape that we will be investing into is dynamic, innovative, and intensely competitive with China. Although a16z didn’t allocate a dedicated new crypto fund in this round, the firm said its existing investments in web3 and blockchain-related companies remain part of its growth strategy, and that crypto continues to be a key piece of long-term innovation and competitiveness.

According to Horowitz:

We will invest in the best and the brightest entrepreneurs and help them to build generational companies. In doing so, we will work doubly hard to make sure the benefits go to America, the American people, and our many friends and allies around the world.

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The capital will be deployed across areas including growth-stage startups, apps and infrastructure, American dynamism initiatives, and bio and healthcare — with crypto themes threaded through the broader tech portfolio.

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