DOJ Investigating a16z for Nearly a Year Over Partners' Board Seats at Rival AI Firms

The Department of Justice has spent nearly a year investigating whether Andreessen Horowitz partners violated Section 8 of the Clayton Act by simultaneously sitting on boards of competing AI/data companies, per Bloomberg. Ben Horowitz's Databricks seat and Martin Casado's Fivetran seat are central to the probe — the first known DOJ interlocking-directorate action aimed at a VC firm, historically a private-equity target.