Elon Musk's $400m backing from a16z for Twitter also brings Facebook in the picture
Elon Musk's $400m backing from a16z for Twitter also brings Facebook in the picture
Andreessen Horowitz's bid to join $Tesla(TSLA.US)$ CEO Elon Musk in his takeover of $Twitter(TWTR.US)$ could reportedly spur a conflict or two.
安德森·霍洛维茨中国正在争取加入$特斯拉(TSLA.US)$首席执行官埃隆·马斯克在他接手$Twitter(TWTR.US)$据报道可能会引发一两场冲突。
What Happened: The Silicon Valley venture capital firm's involvement in the Musk-Twitter deal is under the scanner as co-founder and general partner Marc Andreessen has been on the board of Facebook parent $Meta Platforms(FB.US)$ since 2008, reported Bloomberg.
发生的事情：这家硅谷风险投资公司参与马斯克-Twitter交易的联合创始人兼普通合伙人正在接受审查马克·安德森一直是Facebook母公司的董事会成员$Meta平台(FB.US)$据彭博社报道，自2008年以来。
Another general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, Vineeta Agarwala, is married to Twitter's current CEO Parag Agrawal.
安德森-霍洛维茨律师事务所的另一位普通合伙人维内塔·阿加瓦拉，嫁给了Twitter的现任首席执行官帕拉格·阿格拉瓦尔.
Why It Matters: Andreessen Horowitz is shoring up $400 million to support the Twitter-Musk deal. Others who have committed $7.14 billion include $Oracle(ORCL.US)$ co-founder Larry Ellison and Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud of Saudi Arabia.
为什么这很重要：安德森·霍洛维茨正在筹集4亿美元，以支持Twitter和马斯克的交易。其他承诺提供71.4亿美元的公司包括$甲骨文(ORCL.US)$联合创始人拉里·埃里森和王子阿尔瓦利德·本·塔拉尔·本·阿卜杜勒阿齐兹·阿尔绍德沙特阿拉伯的。
An Andreessen Horowitz representative said the firm plans to seek legal advice to ensure compliance with rules related to sharing of Twitter information, according to Bloomberg.
据彭博社报道，Andreessen Horowitz的一名代表表示，该公司计划寻求法律建议，以确保遵守与分享Twitter信息相关的规定。
Andreessen had previously been under scrutiny for possible conflicts at Meta as he invested in Oculus VR — a company later purchased by the Mark Zuckerberg-led social media behemoth, noted Bloomberg.
安德森之前曾因在Meta投资可能发生的冲突而受到审查，因为他投资了Oculus VR-彭博社指出，一家公司后来被马克·扎克伯格领导的社交媒体巨头收购。
Musk is likely to take over as a temporary CEO of Twitter after he secures the purchase, according to a report on Thursday.
据周四的一篇报道，马斯克很可能在获得收购后接任Twitter的临时首席执行官。
Price Action: On Thursday, Twitter shares closed 2.75% higher at $50.41 in the regular session and fell 0.4% in the after-hours trading. On the same day, Tesla shares closed 8.3% lower at $873.28 in the regular trading and rose 0.6% after the bell, according to data from Benzinga Pro.
价格行动：周四，推特股价在常规交易时段收高2.75%，至50.41美元，盘后下跌0.4%。根据Benzinga Pro的数据，同一天，特斯拉股价在常规交易中收盘下跌8.3%，至873.28美元，开盘后上涨0.6%。