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Matt Perault is the head of artificial intelligence policy at Andreessen Horowitz, where he oversees the firm’s policy strategy on AI and helps portfolio companies navigate the AI policy landscape.
Before joining a16z, Matt served as the director of the Center on Technology Policy at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC), a professor at UNC’s School of Information and Library Science, and a consultant on technology policy at Open Water Strategies.
He also previously worked as the head of global policy development at Facebook, where he led the company’s global public policy planning efforts on issues such as competition, law enforcement, and human rights.
In addition to his work at a16z, Matt is a fellow at the Center on Technology Policy at New York University, the Abundance Institute, and the National Security Institute at the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School. He is also a board member of the North Carolina Institute of Technology Policy.
Matt holds a law degree from Harvard Law School, a master’s degree in public policy from Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Brown University.
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The US government should invest in AI talent and infrastructure to ensure that Little Tech has the ability to compete and thrive.
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This week, a16z shared our recommendations with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) for how the United States can implement a competitiveness agenda that will enable it to continue to lead the world in AI development.
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With state legislative sessions now in full swing and a new Congress and Presidential administration beginning in Washington, it is important to consider the respective roles that state and federal governments might play in regulating AI.
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To ensure that AI can achieve its potential and that Little Tech can compete with larger platforms, policy should focus on how AI is used, not how AI is built.