The New York Times reports:
Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran acquitted on a charge of criminally negligent homicide in Manhattan in December, has been hired by one of Silicon Valley’s most prestigious venture capital firms to join its “American Dynamism” team. Mr. Penny, a Long Island native and former architecture student, will work in a group that supports American interests, including the aerospace, defense and manufacturing sectors, according to the website of the company, Andreessen Horowitz.
Mr. Ulevitch said in the memo that the firm plans to teach Mr. Penny “the business of investing” and that he will support several of the firm’s portfolio companies. Marc Andreessen, a co-founder of the firm, strongly supported President Trump in the last presidential election, saying that the Biden administration had been a hindrance on matters involving cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence.
Read the full article. Last year Penny attended the Army-Navy game in Trump’s box along with Elon Musk and other oligarchs.
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” I worked for two major global investment banks in my time on earth – a murder charge would keep most people from even getting an interview. Daniel Penny was hired by red pilled autodidact and Trump donor Marc Andreessen of AH… https://t.co/99JApT2ll2 pic.twitter.com/P6ifajXapE
— Chris Borkowski (@cborkowski) February 5, 2025