Andreessen Horowitz is the focus of a Justice Department antitrust probe into board-director roles at competing artificial intelligence companies, Bloomberg Technology reports, citing people familiar with the matter. According to Bloomberg, the inquiry is looking at whether investment partners at the venture capital firm are improperly serving on the boards of AI companies that compete with one another. The source material does not identify the companies, the individual partners, or whether the Justice Department has taken any formal enforcement action. The available report also does not include a public response from Andreessen Horowitz or confirmation from the Justice Department. For now, the material fact is narrower than a finding of wrongdoing: Bloomberg reports that the firm is the focus of an antitrust probe over board service involving competing AI companies. That distinction matters. The report describes an inquiry into whether board service is improper, not a conclusion that Andreessen Horowitz or its investment partners violated antitrust rules. Who benefits: Too early to tell. The source material does not identify any beneficiary from the reported probe. Who's exposed: Andreessen Horowitz is the named focus of the reported probe. Bloomberg says the inquiry concerns whether its investment partners are improperly serving on boards of competing AI companies.