Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Ben Horowitz has donated a bunch of Tesla Cybertrucks to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, which has confirmed to TechCrunch.
The Sebok fleet is Horowitz Detailed reveal At the end of last year. The venture capitalist has donated more than $7 million to the department over the past few years.
Most of the funds have been used to purchase technology from Andreessen Horowitz portfolio companies. Sometimes, the police department offers Horowitz the opportunity to weigh in on how to deploy the technology, according to a report from TechCrunch.
Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill First Announce Feb. 25 in its annual “department state” speech, Sebert-style gift. He said in his speech that the trucks were provided by anonymous donors who would not exceed the department’s budget. Las Vegas Review Magazine is the first to report Horowitz and his wife Felicia Behind the gift.
“We want these things because the police inside will be safe anyway. These stop bullets. They are also our huge recruitment tool,” McMahill said in his speech.
McMahill said on the stage that the department will receive 10 Seberaks, although an unnamed department spokesman told TechCrunch that Horowitz donated 11. Horowitz did not respond to a request for comment.
Horowitz’s previous gift to the Las Vegas police was through donating funds to the department’s nonprofit police foundation—a funding approach that police accountability advocates say hurts transparency and competition. In this case, though, the department told Las Vegas Review Magazine that it is not a donation to the Police Foundation. The department did not respond to TechCrunch’s question on how to donate.
