Ben Horowitz

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Announced: spoke at Global Startup EXPO 2026 in Osaka on October 6 (Global Startup EXPO 2026) · 2026-10-07
Noted: keynote moderated by Kathy Matsui of MPower Partners · 2026-10-07
Noted: said pairing Japan's manufacturing and robotics sectors with US AI technology could produce world-leading robotics companies · 2026-10-07
Noted: named AI infrastructure shortages as a bottleneck · 2026-10-07
Noted: said the firm opened a Japan office and is investing in companies like Genki Robotics and Shizuku AI · 2026-10-07

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A16z's Ben Horowitz Says Japan's Component Supply Chain Is the AI Robotics Opening

Ben Horowitz, co-founder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, spoke at Global Startup EXPO 2026 in Osaka on October 6, in a keynote moderated by Kathy Matsui of MPower Partners. He said pairing Japan's manufacturing and robotics sectors, including actuators, force-torque sensors, and component supply chains, with US AI technology could produce world-leading robotics companies, and he named AI infrastructure shortages as a bottleneck.