Marc Andreessen reportedly informed group chat that universities will ‘pay the value’ for DEI

Enterprise capitalist Marc Andreessen sharply criticized universities together with Stanford and MIT, together with the Nationwide Science Basis, in a bunch chat with AI scientists and Trump administration officers, in line with screenshots seen by the Washington Put up.

In accordance with the Put up, Andreessen described MIT and Stanford (which I attended 20 years in the past) as “primarily political operations combating American innovation.” He additionally reportedly complained that Stanford “compelled my spouse out [as chair of its Center on Philanthropy and Civil society] and not using a second thought, a choice that can price them one thing like $5 billion in future donations.”

In a separate message that didn’t point out a particular faculty, Andreessen reportedly stated that universities “declared struggle on 70% of the nation and now they’re going to pay the value.” He took goal at “DEI and immigration,” which he reportedly described as “two types of discrimination” which might be “politically deadly.”

Final yr, Andreessen and his Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Ben Horowitz each stated that they had been supporting Donald Trump’s marketing campaign to return to the White Home. Andreessen’s allies have subsequently taken roles within the Trump administration.

TechCrunch has reached out to a16z for remark. In the meantime, Sequoia Capital has remained silent following companion Shaun Maguire’s criticism of Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York Metropolis mayor, as an “Islamist” who “comes from a tradition that lies about all the things.”