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Ex-Biden officials deny Marc Andreessen's claims that they discussed secret plans to ban AI startups at a May 2024 White House meeting, pushing him toward Trump

Since the election of Donald Trump, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen has told one podcast after another of a May 2024 lunch …

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