US DOJ Probes a16z Over Interlocking Directorates in AI

TREE NEWS reports: The US Department of Justice is investigating venture firm Andreessen Horowitz for potential antitrust violations related to its partners serving on boards of competing AI companies, including Databricks and Fivetran. The probe, ongoing for nearly a year, focuses on interlocking directorates, a rarely used 1914 law. The investigation continues despite the unconditional approval of Fivetran’s acquisition of dbt Labs.