Overview

• Harvard University's endowment managers have been meeting with Silicon Valley investors in an attempt to repair relationships and reassure them of the university's commitment to student safety and free speech.
• The meetings come in the wake of criticism over the university's handling of antisemitism on campus and the resignation of former President Claudine Gay.
• Executives from Harvard Management Company, which oversees the university's $51 billion endowment, met with firms such as Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, and Andreessen Horowitz.
• The university has faced backlash from donors and investors over its response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel and allegations of antisemitism on campus.
• Harvard is reportedly considering changes to its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, amid concerns that they have gone too far and are stifling academic freedom.