Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst Race to Secure AI Chips for Startups
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Andreessen Horowitz is in talks to expand the compute it offers its portfolio companies, potentially through two data center companies it has backed, after setting up a 20,000-GPU cluster for its startups two years ago, The Information reported. General Catalyst is building its own data center to supply compute to its startups, while several other venture funds have used brokers to find sought-after chips for their companies. The plans were described by people familiar with them and details have not been made public.
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It shows venture firms are turning compute access into a competitive tool for winning and supporting AI startups amid tight chip and server supply.