Ben Horowitz says he plans to donate to VP Kamala Harris’ marketing campaign

Lower than three months after announcing plans to contribute to political motion committees supporting Donald Trump’s presidential marketing campaign, enterprise capitalist Ben Horowitz says he is donating to Vice President Kamala Harris‘ election bid, CNBC has confirmed.

In a letter to staff of enterprise agency Andreessen Horowitz, the tech investor mentioned he and his spouse, Felicia, have had a longtime friendship with Harris. Axios was first to report on the letter. An individual near the agency, who requested to not be named to talk freely on the matter, confirmed the contents of the letter.

“I wished to provide you an replace on my political exercise.” Horowitz wrote. “As I discussed earlier than, Felicia and I’ve recognized Vice President Harris for over 10 years and she or he has been a fantastic buddy to each of us throughout that point.”

“Because of our friendship,” Horowitz continued, “Felicia and I will likely be making a big donation to entities who help the Harris Walz marketing campaign.”

Andreessen and Horowitz, who based their agency in 2009, have not made formal endorsements forward of the 2024 election. Their monetary help of the Trump marketing campaign was as a consequence of what they known as a greater “little tech agenda.”

“Our political efforts as a agency are fully targeted on defending Little Tech,” they wrote in a weblog submit on July 5. “We don’t have interaction in political fights exterior of points immediately related to Little Tech.”

Andreessen and Horowitz have been notably essential of the Biden administration and its place in the direction of startups and crypto. In his newest letter, Horowitz mentioned he is inspired by his perception in Harris after conversations along with her and her staff, however “they haven’t but acknowledged what their tech coverage will likely be, so the agency won’t be updating its place in that regard.”

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