Policy Stakeholder·IHN8fW67cH·Record

Policy Stakeholder IHN8fW67cH

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· 3/25/2026

Position confirmed via manually curated source URL: https://a16z.com/sb-1047-what-you-need-to-know-with-anjney-midha/

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Policy: Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act
Stakeholder: Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Stakeholder: Andreessen Horowitz
Position: oppose
Importance: high
Reason: Launched stopsb1047.com campaign; chief legal officer Jaikumar Ramaswamy submitted opposition letter arguing bill 'will burden startups'; spent $39,750 on SB-1047 lobbying in Q2 2024; hired one of Newsom's closest advisors as lobbyist
Source: https://a16z.com/sb-1047-what-you-need-to-know-with-anjney-midha/
Context: Major AI VC; invested in OpenAI (opposes), Mistral, Character.AI, others,a16z portfolio companies would face compliance costs under the bill,Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz are vocal opponents of AI regulation generally,Spent $39,750 on SB-1047 lobbying in Q2 2024

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a16z.com/sb-1047-what-you-need-to-know-with-anjney-midha/

confirmed80%primary · 3/25/2026

NoteSource URL confirms Andreessen Horowitz's oppose position on Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act. Manually curated source link from YAML data.

Case № IHN8fW67cHFiled 3/25/2026Confidence 80%