POPA ReconAndreessen Horowitz plans to drop "crypto" from its flagship blockchain fund and rebrand it as a16z Frontier, per The Information reporting amplified Oct. 22, 2026 by Tree News and BWEnews.
The same report says the fund will broaden focus beyond crypto to other investments, and that a founding member will leave, summarized as "Focus On Other Investments, Its First Founding Member To Also Leave" via Zoomer and Rickler.
Fortune reporter Leo Schwartz reports the leaver is longtime general partner Ali Yahya, and notes context: a $4.5 billion vehicle in 2022 and a $2.2 billion fund earlier this year, plus deep crypto policy work in Washington, D.C.
Schwartz adds a16z crypto already backed non-blockchain names like Kalshi and AI compute startup Ornn, echoing Paradigm and Haun moves beyond pure crypto, also summarized here.
WuBlockchain adds that May 2026 Fund V closed at $2.2 billion, about half the $4.5 billion Fund IV, in its wire post.
No confirmation from @a16z or @a16zcrypto accounts was found in recent posts through Oct. 22, and The Information article itself was not readable directly. The sources do not name timing, fund structure or Yahya's next move.