Andreessen Horowitz on Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act
Child of Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act
Metadata
| Source Table | policy_stakeholders |
| Source ID | o85grbSxsH |
| Source URL | a16z.com/sb-1047-what-you-need-to-know-with-anjney-midha/ |
| Parent | Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act |
| Children | — |
| Created | Apr 15, 2026, 12:05 AM |
| Updated | Apr 15, 2026, 12:05 AM |
| Synced | Apr 15, 2026, 12:05 AM |
Record Data
id | o85grbSxsH |
policyEntityId | Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act(policy) |
stakeholderEntityId | Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)(organization) |
stakeholderDisplayName | 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 | 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" ] |
Source Check Verdicts
Last checked: 4/9/2026
The record identifies Andreessen Horowitz as a stakeholder in relation to SB 1047 policy. The source text confirms this: it is published on a16z.com (Andreessen Horowitz's domain), authored/featuring a16z General Partner Anjney Midha, and discusses SB 1047 extensively. The stakeholder relationship is clearly established through the organization's publication of substantive policy analysis on this bill. The '(unknown)' designation in the record likely refers to an unknown position or role type, which is reasonable given the record structure.
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