a16z creates a $1.1B ‘Machine Age’ fund to ‘accelerate the physical buildout of AI’ | TechCrunch0

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• August 28, 2026

Andreessen Horowitz has launched a new “Machine Age” fund with $1.1 billion raised. The firm’s aim with the new fund is to “open the throttle and accelerate the physical buildout of AI.” The fund will focus on hardware, bucking the firm’s typical focus on the scaling power of software. In a post on the venture