Powerhouse venture firm Andreessen Horowitz has hired Daniel Penny as an investor, its web page confirms. Penny is the former Marine who was tried

Mr. Penny, who was acquitted after choking a mentally ill subway passenger to death, was hired to join the firm’s American Dynamism investment team.

Vice President Vance celebrated the news that the prestigious venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz hired Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran who was acquitted two months ago of a negligent homicide charge in New York City.