Penny was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide in the choking death of Jordan Neely. He will start work at Andreessen Horowitz.

Mr. Penny, who was acquitted after choking a mentally ill subway passenger to death, will work for Andreessen Horowitz. Before the killing, he had been an architecture student.

Andreessen Horowitz's website lists the Marine veteran Daniel Penny as a deal partner to support the venture capital firm's American Dynamism team.