‘Little Tech’ sets its sights on Washington - POLITICO

Venture capital firms are bringing San Francisco’s startup culture to Washington as they try to tip the regulatory scales away from giants in the sector. They’re finding some strange bedfellows in the process. Y Combinator CEO and President Garry Tan (from left) is introduced by Brian Forde and Tan's public policy head Luther Lowe to a gathering of tech startup leaders in a Georgetown backyard. | Josh Sisco/POLITICO By BRENDAN BORDELON and JOSH SISCO 05/31/2024 05:00 AM EDT Link Copied Venture capitalist Garry Tan is working to create a new front in the influence battle over artificial intelligence and rally his startup allies into a force he hopes can challenge the tech industry’s biggest voices in Washington. The president and CEO of influential tech startup incubator Y Combinator is trying to build a lobbying operation that fights on behalf of “Little Tech,” the thousands of venture-backed firms competing for a place in the emerging AI economy. Y Combinator and many of the companies

Venture capital firms are bringing San Francisco’s startup culture to Washington as they try to tip the regulatory scales away from giants in the sector. They’re finding some strange bedfellows in the process. Y Combinator CEO and President Garry Tan (from left) is introduced by Brian Forde and Tan's public policy head Luther Lowe to a gathering of tech startup leaders in a Georgetown backyard. | Josh Sisco/POLITICO By BRENDAN BORDELON and JOSH SISCO 05/31/2024 05:00 AM EDT Link Copied Venture capitalist Garry Tan is working to create a new front in the influence battle over artificial intelli