The giant Silicon Valley venture firm released the episode on Monday, just a few weeks after TechCrunch revealed that Horowitz has been financing the Vegas police department’s purchasing of a number of a16z portfolio companies’ products. Emails TechCrunch received in a public records request also showed Horowitz has helped make decisions about the rollout of some of these technologies.
The relationship startled a number of experts and advocates who follow police accountability and surveillance technology that TechCrunch spoke to. But Horowitz and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) only intend to continue – and deepen – that relationship, according to the podcast episode.