Andreessen Horowitz is retiring the name it has used for its crypto investing since 2018. Chris Dixon announced on October 22 that a16z Crypto becomes a16z Frontier, expanding "beyond crypto startups to the broader category of frontier startups," including artificial intelligence, autonomous machines, robotics, biotechnology and new computing devices, Bitcoin.com News reported. His reasoning is that "as blockchains have become more widely used, the lines have blurred," making crypto harder to separate from the rest of technology. The firm says it "will continue to invest in crypto and related ventures," and Dixon pointed to machine-to-machine payments for AI agents as one place blockchains fit the new mandate. The money behind the name is substantial: about $9.8 billion raised across five dedicated funds, $350 million in 2018, $515 million in 2020, $2.2 billion in 2021, $4.5 billion in 2022 and $2.2 billion announced in May 2026, though that is capital raised, not necessarily invested. Dixon will run a16z Frontier alongside Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Eddy Lazzarin and Guy Wuollet. One of the largest pools of crypto venture money now has an official reason to spend outside crypto, and founders raising in the sector will be competing with robotics and AI pitches for the same partners' attention.