Andreessen Horowitz seeds Comma.ai founder George Hotz who aims to beat Tesla on self-driving cars - Silicon Valley Business Journal

George Hotz has landed 3.1 million from Andreessen Horowitz and others to help fulfill… more George Hotz has been bragging for months about his plan to beat Tesla and Google with his self-driving car technology. Now his San Francisco startup, Comma.ai, has raised 3.1 million from Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z) and others who are betting he might be able to do it. George Hotz has landed 3.1 million from Andreessen Horowitz and others to help fulfill… more Chris Dixon, a partner at A16Z, disclosed in a blog on Sunday that his firm led the funding which had been rumored since early last month. Dixon said he was initially skeptical of Hotz' claims that he could mass produce technology that would convert existing cars into semi-autonomous vehicles. Click here to get the free daily TechFlash Silicon Valley newsletter.