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a16z Podcast

The a16z Podcast is the go-to place for discussions about innovation as technology changes the way we all work, live, and play. The show aims to help make sense of it all: for builders, for the tech curious, for anyone seeking to understand the future.

We do this through in-depth yet accessible conversations with the best technology experts: startup founders, top company leaders, researchers and academics, and renowned book authors.

The a16z Podcast regularly tops industry charts and has been featured on countless best-of lists. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts.

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Featured Episodes

Textiles as Tech, Science, Math, Culture, or Civilization

Virginia Postrel and Sonal Chokshi

AI, WebRTC, Crypto, and Full Stack Startups

Elad Gil, Sep Kamvar, and Chris Dixon

Feedback Loops — Company Culture, Change, and DevOps

Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Sonal Chokshi
Latest Episodes

Ruby Thelot on Internet Culture, AI, and the Future of Taste

Sophia Dew, Sofia Puccini, and Ruby Thelot

Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon: What’s at Stake in Crypto Regulation

Robert Hackett, Marc Andreessen, and Chris Dixon

How Enterprise AI Really Gets Deployed

Sarah Wang, Kimberly Tan, Jesse Zhang, and Ashwin Sreenivas

AI for America's Small Businesses | Lassie

Olivia Moore, Alex Rampell, Steijn Pelle, and Frédéric Renken

AI Micro Dramas, Generative Media, and the Future of Creativity

Justine Moore

Fei-Fei Li on Spatial Intelligence and Robotics

Martin Casado, Fei-Fei Li, and Yunzhu Li

Steven Sinofsky: AI Doesn't Need New Rules Yet

Steven Sinofsky, Theo Jaffee, and Sofia Puccini

Ben Horowitz: The Fight Over Open Source AI

Ben Horowitz, Theo Jaffee, and Sofia Puccini

Sriram Krishnan on Open Source AI's Biggest Week Yet

Theo Jaffee, Sofia Puccini, and Sriram Krishnan

Building the Physical AI Stack | Travis Kalanick on TBPN

Travis Kalanick, Jordi Hays, and John Coogan

Travis Kalanick Is Back | Building the Future of Industrial AI

Erik Torenberg, Ben Horowitz, and Travis Kalanick

Why Physical AI Is the Next Frontier | Applied Intuition

Erik Torenberg, Marc Andreessen, Qasar Younis, and Peter Ludwig

Hugging Face's CEO on Open Source AI, Model Routing, and the Future of Competition

Theo Jaffee, Sofia Puccini, and Clément Delangue

Amjad Masad on Going Direct, Building Replit, and the Future of Software

Erik Torenberg, and Amjad Masad

Replay 2025: David Sacks on AI, Crypto, and America's Technology Future

Erik Torenberg, Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, and David Sacks

From the Archive: Can Anyone Catch NVIDIA? | The Future of Chips and Infrastructure

Erik Torenberg, Erin Price-Wright, Guido Appenzeller, and Dylan Patel

Is AI a Bubble? | Gavin Baker on Data Centers, GPUs, and the AI Economy

David George, and Gavin Baker

Before Blockchains, There Was State Machine Replication

Tim Roughgarden, Ittai Abraham, and Barbara Liskov

How Bitcoin Rewired a Classic Computer Science Problem

Tim Roughgarden, and Ittai Abraham

Mark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan: How AI Will Help Cure Disease

Ben Horowitz, Erik Torenberg, Vineeta Agarwala, Mark Zuckerberg, and Dr. Priscilla Chan

Adam Neumann: This Is How You Build Iconic Companies

Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Erik Torenberg, and Adam Neumann

Is Software Losing Its Head?

Seema Amble, Steven Sinofsky, and Elena Burger

Don’t Follow Your Passion | Ben Horowitz’s Advice for New Graduates

Ben Horowitz

a16z Goes Global: Why American Tech Must Lead the World

Ben Horowitz, Anne Neuberger, Raghu Raghuram, and Jen Kha

Outsmarting Uber: Why Bolt Wins in Europe

Markus Villig, and Gabriel Vasquez

Rick Rubin on AI, Creativity, and The Way of Code

Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Erik Torenberg, Anjney Midha, and Rick Rubin

Building AI for Creators | Luma & Phota Labs

Yoko Li, Matt Tancik, and Zach Xia

Beyond P(doom): Marc Andreessen - Betting on America

Marc Andreessen, and Navin Girishankar

AI Is Crossing the Frontier of Human Knowledge | Kevin Weil

Kevin Weil

Marc Andreessen on AI, Technology, and the Future of Humanity

Marc Andreessen, and Michael Malice

What Happens to Design After AI?

Anish Acharya, John Maeda, and Paul Bakaus

What’s Next for Consumer AI? | Josh Elman Joins a16z

Anish Acharya, and Josh Elman

Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor

Erik Torenberg, Jake Paul, and Geoff Woo

The New Rules of Media | Marc Andreessen & Ben Horowitz

Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Erik Torenberg, and Gaby Goldberg

The Fintech Playbook for Latin America

Angela Strange, Gabriel Vásquez, and Santiago Suárez

Jack Altman on Product-Market Fit

Jack Altman

AI, Design, and the Power of Open Models

Mohammad Norouzi, Justine Moore, and Yoko Li

Samo Burja on Growth, Energy, and AI

Theo Jaffee, and Samo Burja

Designing the Physical World with AI

Erin Price-Wright, Alex Modon, and Davide Asnaghi

Tyler Cowen & Alex Tabarrok on AI, Jobs, and Economic Growth

Wyatt Thomson, Tyler Cowen, and Alex Tabarrok

AI Eats the World? A Reality Check with Benedict Evans

Erik Torenberg, and Benedict Evans

Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk

Sarah Wang, and Will Bryk

AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data

Martin Casado, and George Fraser

Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

Sophia Puccini, Theo Jaffee, Steven Glinert, and Balaji Srinivasan

Steven Sinofsky on AI PCs, NVIDIA, and the Future of Computing

Theo Jaffee, and Steven Sinofsky

Building AI Agents for Enterprise Operations

Olivia Moore, Luis Paarup, Pablo Palafox, and Anish Acharya

Why $1B Exits are Dead

David George, and David Clark

Stablecoins, AI Agents, and The Future of Global Banking

Angela Strange, and Dileep Thazhmon

Marc Rowan on Private Markets, Software Repricing, and Capital Allocation

David Haber, and Marc Rowan

Robin Hanson on Prediction Markets, Gambling, and the Future of Forecasting

Theo Jaffee, Sophia Puccini, and Robin Hanson

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