President Claudia Sheinbaum met Friday at the National Palace with Ben Horowitz, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, and agreed that Mexico generates confidence for foreign investment.
The president reported the meeting via a post on X. “At the National Palace, we received Ben Horowitz, co-founder and general partner of the financial firm Andreessen Horowitz. We agreed that Mexico is an example of confidence and economic certainty,” she wrote, accompanying the post with a photograph.
The meeting occurs as the Mexican government seeks to attract investments linked to nearshoring and amid the review of the trade agreement between Mexico, the United States and Canada.
Andreessen Horowitz, known as a16z, is one of the leading venture capital firms in the United States and has invested in sectors such as artificial intelligence, software, biotechnology and cryptocurrencies.
In the same week, Sheinbaum also met with Jamie Dimon, chief executive of J.P. Morgan, to discuss the country’s economic outlook and the North American trade agenda.
