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a16z Launches Frontier Fund: AI Drastically Lowers the Barrier to Startups—Good Ideas Need to Be Bold Enough

a16z expands its crypto fund into the Frontier fund, led by Chris Dixon. Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz explain the new investment logic: AI has lowered the startup barrier to historic lows, and the evaluation criterion has shifted from "is it too crazy?" to "is it crazy enough?" They also discuss open-source AI, the unraveling of the internet contract, and AI-native media formats.