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Yaroslav Dmytrenko

09.01.2026

A16z secures $15 billion as AI and crypto take center stage — Andreessen Horowitz claims 18% of US venture capital in 2025

Leading U.S. venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z, announced that it raised $15 billion in 2025, which it plans to deploy to advance technological investment and strengthen America’s position in the global technology race.

As the largest crypto-focused venture fund in the United States, a16z has raised more than $7 billion since 2018 and more than doubled its total assets over the past year. Co-founder Ben Horowitz said the $15 billion raised represents more than 18% of all venture capital raised in the U.S. in 2025.

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“Across these new funds—including American Dynamism ($1.176 billion), Apps ($1.7 billion), Bio + Health ($700 million), Infrastructure ($1.7 billion), Growth ($6.75 billion), and other venture strategies ($3 billion)—we’ve raised more than 18% of all venture capital,” Horowitz wrote in a post on X.

Although cryptocurrency was not explicitly listed among the new a16z funds, Horowitz described “AI and crypto” as the “key architectures of the future.” He said their adoption across areas that drive human prosperity—such as biology, healthcare, defense, public safety, education, and entertainment—will be critical for the United States to maintain its position as the world’s technological leader.

“If we fail to steer national policy in the right direction, America will likely lose its position as the global technology leader. We are already seeing the early signs of this in both AI and crypto,” Horowitz wrote. “And if America’s leadership in technology weakens, everything else will soon follow.”

Crypto and AI remain central focus areas

a16z’s investments in the crypto sector date back to at least 2018, when the firm launched its first crypto fund with $350 million to invest in industry companies and protocols. Since then, the venture capital giant has raised at least three dedicated crypto funds, backing a wide range of prominent projects and brands, including Coinbase, Solana, Uniswap, OpenSea, Phantom, and others.

Over the past year, the firm’s crypto investments have included participation in a $300 million funding round for prediction market Kalshi, a $70 million investment in Ethereum restaking protocol EigenLayer, and investments in tokens of the Solana-based DeFi protocol Jito.

Positioning itself as a leader in U.S. venture capital, a16z has embraced a mission to “ensure America wins the next 100 years of technological development.”

As we wrote, How Artificial Intelligence transformed business, finance, and crypto in 2025

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