Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst race to secure chips for startups

Andreessen Horowitz, which set up a 20,000-GPU cluster for its startups two years ago, is in talks to expand its offering, potentially via two data center companies it has backed. General Catalyst is building its own data center to supply compute to portfolio companies, while other VC funds turn to brokers for scarce chips.

• a16z built a 20,000-GPU cluster for its startups two years ago
• The firm is in talks to expand, possibly via two backed data center companies
• General Catalyst is building a data center to supply compute to its startups
• Other VC funds use brokers to find sought-after chips