Duh, they're investors in VP candidate JD Vance's VC fund. Plus part of the Trump/Vance platform is breaking up big tech, which will open up the startup ecosystem for investors like Andreessen, Horowitz, Thiel, et al to fund new fruitful startups in it. Trump is also pro-crypto, which is handy when a16z is a huge long-term investor in blockchain startups.<p>Within Silicon Valley, the big political split is likely to be the employees of Big Tech on the Democratic side vs. the VCs, founders, and other participants in the startup ecosystem, who are lining up behind the Republican party. Both sides are talking their book: a Trump victory promises significant disruption for Big Tech companies and their employees, and that disruption is opportunity for people taking positions against the incumbents.
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