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·霍洛維茨中國正在爭取加入$特斯拉(TSLA.US)$首席執行官埃隆·馬斯克在他接手$Twitter(TWTR.US)$據報道可能會引發一兩場衝突。
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.
發生的事情：這家硅谷風險投資公司參與馬斯克-Twitter交易的聯合創始人兼普通合夥人正在接受審查馬克·安德森一直是Facebook母公司的董事會成員$Meta平臺(FB.US)$據彭博社報道，自2008年以來。
Another general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, Vineeta Agarwala, is married to Twitter's current CEO Parag Agrawal.
安德森-霍洛維茨律師事務所的另一位普通合夥人維內塔·阿加瓦拉，嫁給了Twitter的現任首席執行官帕拉格·阿格拉瓦爾.
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.
為什麼這很重要：安德森·霍洛維茨正在籌集4億美元，以支持Twitter和馬斯克的交易。其他承諾提供71.4億美元的公司包括$甲骨文(ORCL.US)$聯合創始人拉里·埃裏森和王子阿爾瓦利德·本·塔拉爾·本·阿卜杜勒阿齊茲·阿爾紹德沙特阿拉伯的。
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.
據彭博社報道，Andreessen Horowitz的一名代表表示，該公司計劃尋求法律建議，以確保遵守與分享Twitter信息相關的規定。
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投資可能發生的衝突而受到審查，因為他投資了Oculus VR-彭博社指出，一家公司後來被馬克·扎克伯格領導的社交媒體巨頭收購。
Musk is likely to take over as a temporary CEO of Twitter after he secures the purchase, according to a report on Thursday.
據週四的一篇報道，馬斯克很可能在獲得收購後接任Twitter的臨時首席執行官。
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.
價格行動：週四，推特股價在常規交易時段收高2.75%，至50.41美元，盤後下跌0.4%。根據Benzinga Pro的數據，同一天，特斯拉股價在常規交易中收盤下跌8.3%，至873.28美元，開盤後上漲0.6%。