Ex-Andreessen Horowitz partner slams his old firm, other VCs for 'political infiltration' around AI

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen speaks at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, Sept. 13, 2016. San Francisco Chronicle/hearst Newspapers Via Getty Images | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images Venture capitalist John O'Farrell, who resigned from Andreessen Horowitz in 2025 after nearly 15 years at the firm, published an op-ed on Thursday with a stern message for his former peers and colleagues, describing their thwarting of artificial intelligence regulation is a "huge mistake." …