a16z Maps 11 Paths Where Crypto Meets AI

Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto team over the week outlined 11 areas where blockchain networks could intersect with artificial intelligence, laying out how crypto tools might shape identity, payments, and ownership as AI systems spread across the internet.

The firm framed crypto less as a speculative asset class and more as infrastructure that could counter growing centralization in AI by giving users control over data, identity, and economic participation.