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Tech billionaire Trump adviser Marc Andreesen says universities will ‘pay the price’ for DEI

  Key Takeaways Marc Andreessen claims  universities actively discriminate against Trump supporters through DEI policies and immigration preferences, calling for a "counterattack" . Private WhatsApp chats  reveal Andreessen's push to defund the NSF ("bureaucratic death penalty") and punish elite schools like Stanford and MIT . Personal grievance cited : Andreessen alleges Stanford forced his wife Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen out of her philanthropy role, costing "$5 billion in future donations" . Tech leaders split : Meta’s Yann LeCun and others in Andreessen’s AI policy group opposed his views, arguing immigration and university research fuel U.S. tech dominance . Broader elite war : Analysts frame Trump’s attacks on Harvard/Columbia as a power struggle between financial elites (VCs) and cultural elites (academics) . The WhatsApp Messages That Ignited a Firestorm So Marc Andreessen — big name in tech, co-founder of a16z, Trump adviser — he’s in this pri...