forcemap Body watch
Thu · 10:41 AM ET
Dana Merritt
econ policy desk

This morning

Detected today, 6:12 AM ET from the Federal Register and CNBC. All 3 external advisors resolved by 7:04 AM.

Federal Reserve AI Task ForceTracked

GOVERNMENT · FORMED JUL 2026 · charge: assess the economic impact of AI to inform Fed policy

3
External advisors
9
Ties on record
8
Citable right now
1
Held back (inferred, needs a second source)

Who answers to whom

MEMBERS → BODY → WHERE THEIR TIES POINT · line color = sourcing tier

Marc Andreessen Charles I. Jones Asha Sharma Fed AITask Force Andreessen Horowitz The Anthropic Institute Microsoft
⚠ Concentration flag · 2 of 3 advisors carry direct AI-investment ties. No member has a labor-side or AI-skeptic tie on record. A panel judging AI's economic impact leans toward those who gain from it.
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Marc AndreessenEXTERNAL ADVISOR · resolved 6:31 AM
"Marc Andreessen is a cofounder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz."

a16z.com team page, retrieved Jul 9, 2026 · corroborated by CNBC, Jul 9 ↗

"Andreessen's firm holds stakes across the largest private AI labs, positions that would be directly affected by Fed policy on AI."

CNBC, Jul 9, 2026 ↗ · single news source, so tiered as reported

Itemized contributions across 3 committees, largest single gift $2.5M on 2024-08-14.

FEC individual-contribution filings ↗ · government dataset, so tiered as confirmed

No ties in this tier for Marc Andreessen.

Charles I. JonesEXTERNAL ADVISOR · resolved 6:47 AM
"Charles I. Jones, the STANCO 25 Professor of Economics."

Stanford GSB faculty directory, retrieved Jul 9, 2026 · university record, so tiered as confirmed

"Jones sits on the board of The Anthropic Institute, the AI company's research arm."

CNBC, Jul 9 ↗ · corroborated by the institute's own launch announcement, so tiered as confirmed

"His recent working paper models AI as the largest growth shock since electrification."

NBER working paper coverage, Apr 2026 · single-source characterization, so tiered as reported

No ties in this tier for Charles I. Jones.

Asha SharmaEXTERNAL ADVISOR · resolved 7:04 AM
"Also named to the panel: Asha Sharma, a corporate vice president at Microsoft."

CNBC, Jul 9, 2026 ↗

⚠ Single source. Her OGE financial disclosure has not posted yet; forcemap re-checks the OGE feed every 6 hours and will upgrade this tie when it lands.

"Sharma, who left Meta for Microsoft in 2023."

The Verge, Mar 2023 · single news source, so tiered as reported

Deduced from current employment at a public company; no filing states it.

⚠ Not citable. This tie is excluded from the paper trail until a disclosure or a second source lands. Don't print it yet.

No ties in this tier for Asha Sharma.

Where the 9 ties point

TIES GROUPED BY SECTOR

AI capital & firms 5 · big-tech employers 2 · academia 2

Reading the tilt

WHAT DANA CAN AND CANNOT PRINT

  • 5 of 9 ties point at AI capital or AI firms; the panel's charge is to judge AI's economic impact.
  • All 3 employment ties were current as of the body's formation date. Nobody has moved since; if anyone does, the dossier updates.
  • No member has a labor-side or AI-skeptic tie on record. Absence of a tie is itself a finding, but it can only be printed as absence, not as intent.
  • 1 tie (Sharma's equity) is inferred-only and stays out of the story until a filing lands.

The citation pack

8 CITABLE CLAIMS · 1 HELD BACK · when the desk asks how you know, point here

  • Andreessen · general partner, a16z confirmeda16z.com + CNBC Jul 9 ↗
  • Andreessen · a16z AI portfolio positions reportedCNBC Jul 9 ↗
  • Andreessen · $4,462,800 to pro-AI PACs, 2024 confirmedFEC filings ↗
  • Jones · professor of economics, Stanford GSB confirmedStanford GSB directory
  • Jones · board seat, The Anthropic Institute confirmedCNBC Jul 9 ↗ + institute announcement
  • Jones · on record as sharply positive on AI growth reportedNBER working-paper coverage, Apr 2026
  • Sharma · corporate VP, Microsoft reportedCNBC Jul 9 ↗ · OGE disclosure pending
  • Sharma · prior product lead, Meta reportedThe Verge, Mar 2023

⚠ Held back · Sharma's unvested Microsoft equity is inferred-only and is not in this pack. It joins the moment a disclosure or second source lands.

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