Andreessen Horowitz is launching initiatives to deepen partnerships with allied nations, support its portfolio companies’ international growth, and attract new strategic investors. They’ve appointed Anne Neuberger to lead global technology and policy efforts, Raghu Raghuram to help growth companies scale abroad, and Jen Kha to build overseas partnerships, while continuing to fund top startups worldwide.

AI capabilities are advancing exponentially while policy and legislation lag years behind, creating a dangerous gap. This article argues for binding, FAA-style regulation of frontier models, plus updates to tax, innovation, social power balance, and geopolitical strategies to keep pace.

This post lists nine key quotes from a San Francisco talk by Demis Hassabis and Sebastian Mallaby covering everything from OpenAI’s 50% bankruptcy risk to the need for new “AlphaFold” moments in drug discovery. They debate AGI probabilities, frontier cyber defense access, global AI optimism, and the economic and philosophical challenges of a post-scarcity future.

Global supply chains have become fragile—any blockage, tariff or conflict can halt production and spike costs. Proxima offers a searchable database of nearby industrial suppliers to help companies switch from distant, fragile routes to resilient regional partnerships.