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What It Really Takes to Build an AI Startup in California

Jan 13 • Matt Perault, Kevin McKinley, and Andy Hill

What Privacy Law Teaches Us About Governing AI

The ongoing evolution of privacy law offers lawmakers both a warning and a guide for shaping effective AI policy.

Dec 22, 2025 • Kevin McKinley and Matt Perault

America Can Lead on AI by Heeding These Three Truths

This excerpt comes from an op-ed first published in The Washington Post on December 17, 2025; you can read the full piece here.

Dec 18, 2025 • Jai Ramaswamy

A Roadmap for Federal AI Legislation: Protect People, Empower Builders, Win the Future

Listen now | Debates in Washington often frame AI governance as a series of false choices: they pit innovation against safety, progress against…

Dec 17, 2025 • Jai Ramaswamy, Matt Perault, and Collin McCune

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Beyond Preemption: Lessons from the 1996 Telecom Act

Watch now | Adam Thierer and Blair Levin share their hard-earned lessons from this landmark tech legislation

Dec 12, 2025 • Matt Perault and a16z AI Policy Brief

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