{"ok":true,"article":{"slug":"why-is-the-doj-investigating-andreessen-horowitz-s-board-seats-df85af19","title":"Why is the DOJ investigating Andreessen Horowitz’s board seats?","url":"https://techcrunch.com/video/why-is-the-doj-investigating-andreessen-horowitzs-board-seats/","canonical":"https://www.aimode.news/article/why-is-the-doj-investigating-andreessen-horowitz-s-board-seats-df85af19","sourceName":"TechCrunch","summary":"Andreessen Horowitz has two partners sitting on the boards of companies that now compete with each other: Ben Horowitz at Databricks and Martin Casado at Fivetran. Nothing too scandalous on the surface, except the Department of Justice has reportedly been investigating the arrangement for almost a year, dusting off a 112-year-old antitrust law that’s rarely used against VCs. Board conflicts aren’t exactly new, and these companies weren’t necessarily direct competitors when a16z first invested […]","category":"Technology","image":null,"lang":"en","publishedAt":"2026-08-21T16:53:39+00:00","createdAt":"2026-08-21T17:00:13.701904+00:00"}}