Casado: Omitting academic funding from AI policy severely hinders US innovation
Martin Casado · The Current Reality of American AI Policy: From ‘Pause AI’ to ‘Build’ · Aug 15, 2025 · at 30:18
Martin Casado is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. He is discussing omissions in the U.S. government's national AI Action Plan.
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“The other one that I thought was a huge omission is there's basically no real mention of academia, investing in academia. Like there's, you know, some oblique references to it, but it's just been such a mainstay of innovation, computer science. Of the last 40 years not having a major part of it. I think it's a shame, and I understand that right now there's kind of a standoff between higher ed and the administration. I get it, and I actually think that both sides actually have fairly reasonable points. But, you know, to have a major tech initiative, without including academia, it just feels like we're, you know, what is it? Fighting a battle with a hand tied behind her back?”
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