# a16z rebrands a16z Crypto as a16z Frontier and expands the fund's scope to back startups developing AI, robotics, and other emerging technologies (Camila Grigera Naón/Fortune) — retained record

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Techmeme permalink: https://www.techmeme.com/261022/p56#a261022p56

<a href="https://fortune.com/2026/10/22/venture-giant-andreessen-horowitz-crypto-name-blockchain-fund-rebrands-a16z-frontier/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/261022/i56.jpg" vspace="4" /></a>
<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/261022/p56#a261022p56" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Camila Grigera Na&oacute;n / <a href="http://www.fortune.com/">Fortune</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://fortune.com/2026/10/22/venture-giant-andreessen-horowitz-crypto-name-blockchain-fund-rebrands-a16z-frontier/">a16z rebrands a16z Crypto as a16z Frontier and expands the fund's scope to back startups developing AI, robotics, and other emerging technologies</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; In 2018, Andreessen Horowitz made a splash in the venture capital world by launching a spin-off dedicated to digital assets called a16z Crypto.</p>
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