Marc Andreessen

And what that means is we want America to be the preeminent country in the world. We want America to be the global economic leader. We want America to be the global technology leader. We want America to be the global military leader, right? We 100% want to beat China. We want to make sure that American technology proliferates globally and not Chinese technology.

And what that means is we want America to be the preeminent country in the world. We want America to be the global economic leader. We want America to be the global technology leader. We want America to be the global military leader, right? We 100% want to beat China. We want to make sure that American technology proliferates globally and not Chinese technology.

And it's a shame in the past that, you know, so many of you guys were against us because all we wanted was to help you guys win.

And it's a shame in the past that, you know, so many of you guys were against us because all we wanted was to help you guys win.

Sure. Well, just to start with, I would say primarily, primarily is don't kill us. Like for like myself and my partner, Ben, and our firm, like it's primarily negative, which is like, don't kill us. And I say that because like, we're not in there lobbying for subsidies. We don't need grants. We don't need government investment. We don't need, you know, monopoly or cartel status for our companies.

Sure. Well, just to start with, I would say primarily, primarily is don't kill us. Like for like myself and my partner, Ben, and our firm, like it's primarily negative, which is like, don't kill us. And I say that because like, we're not in there lobbying for subsidies. We don't need grants. We don't need government investment. We don't need, you know, monopoly or cartel status for our companies.

And I'm not even, again, I'm not claiming any moral heroism here. It's just that kind of thing is not really relevant to startups. So that's number one. Number two is, look, we would like our companies to be able to succeed globally. We think it's in the best interest of the United States and all Americans for that to happen.

And I'm not even, again, I'm not claiming any moral heroism here. It's just that kind of thing is not really relevant to startups. So that's number one. Number two is, look, we would like our companies to be able to succeed globally. We think it's in the best interest of the United States and all Americans for that to happen.

Because if it's not American companies winning globally, it's Chinese companies winning globally. And even the Americans who hate America the most presumably are not in favor of the Chinese Communist Party winning instead. Then, you know, as you know, like many foreign governments are now much more hostile to American tech, you know, than they were 20 years ago.

Because if it's not American companies winning globally, it's Chinese companies winning globally. And even the Americans who hate America the most presumably are not in favor of the Chinese Communist Party winning instead. Then, you know, as you know, like many foreign governments are now much more hostile to American tech, you know, than they were 20 years ago.

And, you know, we face enormous challenges in Europe. enormous challenges, even in like the UK, like just these extremely draconian anti-tech, anti-business, anti-American, you know, kind of policies. The EU is, you know, as you know, is regulating itself to death and that they're damaging themselves mostly, but what they're also doing is really damaging our companies.

And, you know, we face enormous challenges in Europe. enormous challenges, even in like the UK, like just these extremely draconian anti-tech, anti-business, anti-American, you know, kind of policies. The EU is, you know, as you know, is regulating itself to death and that they're damaging themselves mostly, but what they're also doing is really damaging our companies.

And so we would like to work with the administration to help global markets open up and for American companies to win. And then look, third is we have shared interests on a lot of the other underlying issues. And I'll just give you the big obvious one right now, which is energy, right?

And so we would like to work with the administration to help global markets open up and for American companies to win. And then look, third is we have shared interests on a lot of the other underlying issues. And I'll just give you the big obvious one right now, which is energy, right?

Like when this administration, you know, my friend Doug Burgum is the National Energy Czar, and he's a very successful business tech guy. And he's been given the charter to blow the doors off of American energy. and really open it up. And of course, that will be hugely beneficial to the country and to, and obviously to AI, which, you know, soaks up lots of energy.

Like when this administration, you know, my friend Doug Burgum is the National Energy Czar, and he's a very successful business tech guy. And he's been given the charter to blow the doors off of American energy. and really open it up. And of course, that will be hugely beneficial to the country and to, and obviously to AI, which, you know, soaks up lots of energy.

And so, you know, there's a whole bunch of things like that. And then maybe I'll just give you one final thing, which is we need the censorship pressure to end. We need the debanking pressure to end. We need this kind of random terrorism coming out of the federal government. You know, just these agencies kind of running wild. That stuff just needs to be like brought to heel.

And so, you know, there's a whole bunch of things like that. And then maybe I'll just give you one final thing, which is we need the censorship pressure to end. We need the debanking pressure to end. We need this kind of random terrorism coming out of the federal government. You know, just these agencies kind of running wild. That stuff just needs to be like brought to heel.

And, you know, the new administration's been very vocal about how they intend to fix all that. So that maybe would be the final thing.

And, you know, the new administration's been very vocal about how they intend to fix all that. So that maybe would be the final thing.