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AZIO AI Appoints Andrew Omori, Partner and Head of Fund Strategy at Andreessen Horowitz, to Advisory Board, Strengthening Leadership Bench Ahead of Pending Merger with Envirotech Vehicles, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVTV)
AZIO AI Appoints Andrew Omori, Partner and Head of Fund Strategy at Andreessen Horowitz, to Advisory Board, Strengthening Leadership Bench Ahead of Pending
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[{"type":"text","content":"Joinder of A16Z Partner Adds Two Decades of Capital Markets, M&A, and IPO Advisory Experience — Including Work on companies such as Coinbase, OpenAI, Cursor, Xai, CereBras, Openrouter, Snap, Alteryx, and GoDaddy — as the Combined Platform Advances Toward Close of the Previously Announced proposed MergerNEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AZIO AI Corp. (\"AZIO AI\" or the \"Company\"), a developer of next-generation artificial intelligence infrastructure and power-integrated data center solutions, and the merger partner of Envirotech Vehicles, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVTV) under the previously announced definitive merger agreement dated May 19, 2026, today announced the appointment of Andrew Omori to its Board Advisory Team.Mr. Omori is a Partner and Head of Fund Strategy at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), one of the world's most dominant venture capital funds. At a16z, Mr. Omori leads strategic initiatives across capital allocation, financial modeling, fund operations, and internal AI systems. He established the firm's Fund Strategy function and has helped build operational and data infrastructure that supports decision-making across the platform. Prior to his current role, he was a member of the firm's Capital Network team, where he advised portfolio companies on capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, and debt placement strategies.Before joining Andreessen Horowitz, Mr. Omori spent his career as a technology investment banker. Most recently, he served as Vice President in the Technology Investment Banking group at JMP Securities (now Citizens JMP), where he advised on a broad range of transactions, including public and private M&A, initial public offerings, public equity offerings, hostile takeover defense, activist investor defense, private placements, and corporate divestitures and carve-outs. His transaction experience includes work on the acquisitions of United Online and Forestar Group, and on public equity offerings for Snap Inc., Alteryx, Inc., and GoDaddy Inc. Earlier in his career, Mr. Omori held investment banking roles at Duff & Phelps (now Kroll), Wells Fargo, and FocalPoint Partners. He holds a degree in economics from Occidental College.In addition to his role at Andreessen Horowitz, Mr. Omori has served as a board advisor and advisory board member to several technology and growth companies....