Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz has hired Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran who became a national figure after he used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider.

Daniel Penny, the Long Island native and Marine vet acquitted for the manslaughter of a homeless man on a New York City subway train last year, has landed a job at a $45 billion venture capital firm.

Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran acquitted in the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely, has landed a new job in Silicon Valley. He’s been hired by Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm, according to his profile on the company’s website.