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In a podcast clip discussed on TBPN, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen recounts how Biden administration policy meetings regarding AI regulation prompted his political endorsement.
“In D.C. In May where we talked to them about this, and the meetings were absolutely horrifying, and we came out basically deciding we had to endorse Trump.”
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