Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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"I don't think it's the case that there's a direct trade-off [between] financial investing versus the larger [national security] goals," argues Marc Andreessen, Co-founder and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (@a16z). "You organize the entire purpose of the company around the larger goals. Then if you execute on the larger goals, the financial results follow."



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