Marc Andreessen has been appointed by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to the Defense Policy Board.
11:23 AM · Jun 29, 2026 · 197.3K Views
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth appoints Marc Andreessen and Blake Masters to new Defense Policy Board
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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has named Marc Andreessen and Blake Masters among thirteen appointees to the revived Defense Policy Board, an advisory panel first formed in 1985 that reports directly to the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Under Secretary for Policy on matters of strategy and national security.
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The group's long-standing purpose
The board offers independent recommendations on force structure, modernization, regional policies, and other defense issues, though no details have surfaced yet on how the new members will influence specific agendas.
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Unclear next steps for the board
No official statements address prior board status or expected outcomes from adding tech figures, leaving the practical impact on Pentagon planning an open question for now.
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Many users welcomed Marc Andreessen's appointment to the Defense Policy Board for his innovation and patriotism while others dismissed his qualifications or mocked his appearance.
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Chubby♨️@kimmonismus
Marc Andreessen will join the Defense Policy Board at Pete Hegseth’s request.
This is not just another advisory appointment. It proofs something much larger: Silicon Valley, AI, defense tech, and U.S. national security strategy are moving even closer together.
Andreessen is not simply "close to AI." He represents the broader American Dynamism wing of tech: the view that software, chips, autonomy, AI, and industrial capacity are now core instruments of national power.
His appointment underscores how seriously the United States now treats AI as a strategic technology, not just for productivity or consumer apps, but for defense, deterrence, procurement, intelligence, and geopolitical competition.
It also puts Anthropic's earlier clash with the Department of Defense in a sharper light. Anthropic drew red lines around certain military uses of its models (because their ethics and moral commitments turned them into a supply-chain risk). But Washington’s direction of travel is becoming increasingly clear: frontier AI is being absorbed into the national-security state.
And companies that resist that logic may find themselves increasingly isolated from the center of U.S. strategic power.
Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_
Marc Andreessen has been appointed by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to the Defense Policy Board.
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Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_
I'm pretty sure this will confer to Mr Andreessen one of the most rare and desired prizes in the world; Mythos access. Granted through the Department of War.
Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_
https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4528780/department-of-war-establishes-new-defense-policy-board/
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Bojan Tunguz@tunguz
pmarca is eating the world
NIK@ns123abc
🚨U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth just appointed Marc Andreessen to the Defense Policy Board
a16z now officially advising Pentagon on national security
ITS HAPPENING
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Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_
https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4528780/department-of-war-establishes-new-defense-policy-board/
Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_
Marc Andreessen has been appointed by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to the Defense Policy Board.
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Suhail@Suhail
Excellent.
Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_
Marc Andreessen has been appointed by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to the Defense Policy Board.
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NIK@ns123abc
https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4528780/department-of-war-establishes-new-defense-policy-board/
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alt guy@0xAlternateGuy
@AndrewCurran_ glad to see Hegseth embrace more phrenological diversity
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gst45678@GraemeStoc49584
@AndrewCurran_ Dr. Michael P. Pillsbury after getting his hands on Mythos.
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Bryant Woodward@BryantWood97287
@AndrewCurran_ Well it’s over. We are fucked. I guess we will live in the pods eat the bugs and will not complain.
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Carl Camel@TwoHumpChump
@ns123abc Yeah we're cooked, they got megamind running policy now
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em@NoemiTitarenco
@AndrewCurran_ What does the L stand for
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Zy@ZyMazza
@ns123abc y i k e s
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Josh@JoshPurtell
@AndrewCurran_ Wow did not expect Michael Anton
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Roy Sad@MusksChaosWeen
@AndrewCurran_ totally normal
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HYPE PRETENSION@hypepretension
@AndrewCurran_ why did my life become speedrunning talking shit to every fascist on this fucking list lmfao. you didn't have to hack my claude app or my computer, guys, this one is squarely on you. and also marc cuz fuck his adderall eggsweat
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Sudo su@sudoingX
@ns123abc America is back baby!
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TraderSZ@trader1sz
@ns123abc Another Zionist
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Jake@JakeKAllDay
@AndrewCurran_
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.@hades69099
@ns123abc this might seem random but @a16z actually invests in a lot of military companies, when I talk about AI safety what I mostly think about is how it affects warfare, everything else is sort of a small concern by comparison, maybe there's aliens and they could stop nuclear war,
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iDC@WhoaWasabi
@ns123abc One of the crypto people are going to advice the pentagon about war? Wow. How the hell did this happened? Crypto should not be connected with the government WTFFFFF
Damn welp more amazing I mean crazy stuff are going to happen. I am scared :(
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