Anne Neuberger

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Today, I’m excited to join Andreessen Horowitz as a General Partner and Head of Global Affairs. This is my next chapter in the mission of securing America at home and ensuring technological innovations are adopted to keep us safe, working together with our allies to build a more secure and prosperous future. Today, as the U.S. and China compete on the global stage, the spread of technology is tinged with geopolitics and more fragmented. Security now requires a focus on digital sovereignty, supply chain resiliency, and the trustworthiness of the infrastructure underpinning our economies and our national security. My full announcement: a16z.news/p/technology-i…

Cybersecurity is becoming a contest between AI systems used by attackers and their targets. The decisive factor is which side has richer data and better models and can act at machine speed, writes @AnneNeuberger on.wsj.com/4kKzI2T

In an AI era when attackers can jiggle every virtual doorknob continuously, human defenders don’t stand a chance. What matters is how fast we deploy digital defenders to jiggle those doorknobs—and tighten them—beforehand. We need a network of secure defensive agents that can reason and react faster than any human. Read my full piece in @WSJ: wsj.com/opinion/ai-can…

If we don’t act, China’s lead is going to be too big to overcome. Given how important robotics is going to be, we need to get serious. Read me and @martin_casado in the Wall Street Journal on the robotics race: wsj.com/opinion/china-…

We’ve seen this playbook before – like in solar PVs. First Chinese firms enter the market. They rapidly learn how to manufacture more cheaply than competitors. They undercut rivals, then either buy them or drive them out of business. The end state: total Chinese supply chain dominance. It’s already the case that American companies that want to build robots are reliant on Chinese parts. But in a few years, Chinese suppliers might be totally dominant in the global market.

The robotics race is going to determine the future of our national security. If we don’t act soon, it’s China’s race to lose. Here’s how China is winning, and how we can catch up: Thread 🧵

America is celebrating its AI software lead. But we're missing the bigger picture. China has more robots in production than the rest of the world combined. Unitree is selling advanced humanoids for $5,900. China has entire "dark factories" factories that run with zero humans. Jensen Huang says the “ChatGPT moment for general robotics” is coming. China is ready. Right now, the United States is not. New WSJ piece with @AnneNeuberger on why the US needs to get serious about robotics, fast

In 2023, China installed 276,000 robots. America installed 38,000. We can't let China win the robotics race.

The U.S. has been bold in defining and defending the AI software stack. It should show the same leadership in AI robotics before China’s advantage becomes unassailable, write @martin_casado and @AnneNeuberger on.wsj.com/4pUPw55

America cannot loose the robotics race with China. We're behind and the implications are far greater than previous races like solar & telecom/5g. We must prioritize national policy and investment to support US robotics end to end 🦾

"This is our wakeup call. The leadership of the United States has been bold in defining and defending the AI software stack; now in concert with its most relevant allies it must lay the groundwork for a defensible AI robotics stack. There is time, but not much. The most crucial challenge of the AI race is coming into view. We need to get in the running." @martin_casado @AnneNeuberger