Mr. Penny, who was acquitted after choking a mentally ill subway passenger who died, was hired to join the firm’s American Dynamism investment team.

A memo circulated to investors seems to imply that hiring Daniel Penny will be good for the VC's public safety business.

Daniel Penny, the Marine who was acquitted in the death of a fellow New York subway passenger he put in a chokehold, has been hired by a prestigious Silicon Valley venture capital firm weeks after he was set free.

Mr. Penny, who was acquitted after choking a mentally ill subway passenger to death, will work for Andreessen Horowitz. Before the killing, he had been an architecture student.

Daniel Penny has joined the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) in a move some critics view as a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) hire. David Ulevitch, a general partner at the top Silicon Valley investment firm,

Powerhouse venture firm Andreessen Horowitz has hired Daniel Penny as an investor, its web page confirms. Penny is the former Marine who was tried