Probably because a16z reputation has already been quite tarnished in recent years. This is par for the course. People will still take their massive bags of mone

Probably because a16z reputation has already been quite tarnished in recent years. This is par for the course. People will still take their massive bags of money and name brand boost but "these are smart, technical, 'making the world a better place' visionaries" as opposed to wealth chasing bankers, has already run the gamut. See crypto, Clubhouse, "it's time to build [not in my Atherton neighborhood]", e/acc Nick Land manifesto, Trump '24 support, etc.