a16z creates a $1.1B ‘Machine Age’ fund to ‘accelerate the physical buildout of AI’

Andreessen Horowitz launched a $1.1 billion “Machine Age” fund to invest in AI infrastructure, including computer chips, memory, data centers, robots, interconnects, edge devices, cooling, materials, electrical, and real-estate build-out. The firm emphasizes the need for faster, cheaper, higher-bandwidth memory and scalable interconnects to support AI’s expanding physical deployment.