Marc Andreessen Reportedly Told Group Chat That Universities Will ‘pay The Price’ For Dei

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1:07 PM PDT · July 12, 2025

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Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen sharply criticized universities including Stanford and MIT, on pinch nan National Science Foundation, successful a group chat pinch AI scientists and Trump management officials, according to screenshots viewed by nan Washington Post.

According to nan Post, Andreessen described MIT and Stanford (which I attended 2 decades ago) arsenic “mainly governmental operations fighting American innovation.” He besides reportedly complained that Stanford “forced my woman retired [as chair of its Center connected Philanthropy and Civil society] without a 2nd thought, a determination that will costs them thing for illustration $5 cardinal successful early donations.”

In a abstracted connection that did not mention a circumstantial school, Andreessen reportedly said that universities “declared warfare connected 70% of nan state and now they’re going to salary nan price.” He took purpose astatine “DEI and immigration,” which he reportedly described arsenic “two forms of discrimination” that are “politically lethal.”

Last year, Andreessen and his Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Ben Horowitz some said that they were supporting Donald Trump’s run to return to nan White House. Andreessen’s friends person subsequently taken roles successful nan Trump administration.

TechCrunch has reached retired to a16z for comment. Meanwhile, Sequoia Capital has remained silent pursuing partner Shaun Maguire’s disapproval of Zohran Mamdani, nan Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, arsenic an “Islamist” who “comes from a civilization that lies astir everything.”

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