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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

Ben Horowitz on Investing in AI: AI Bubbles, Economic Impact, and VC Acceleration

Jen Kha, and Ben Horowitz

Alex Rampell on Venture at Scale and Founder Incentives

Alex Rampell, and Harry Stebbings

Ben Horowitz on TBPN: Three Decades with Marc and Building for the Long Game

Ben Horowitz, John Coogan, and Jordi Hays

Ben Horowitz on Raising a New Fund and How Venture Firms Scale

Ben Horowitz, and Jack Altman

Keycard: 2026 is the Year of Agents

Ian Livingstone, and Joel de la Garza

Marc Andreessen's 2026 Outlook: AI Timelines, US vs. China, and The Price of AI

Jen Kha, and Marc Andreessen

Figma’s Dylan Field on the Future of Design

Jack Altman, and Dylan Field

AI Will Save The World with Marc Andreessen and Martin Casado

Martin Casado, and Marc Andreessen

Wartime vs Peacetime: Ben Horowitz on Leadership

Jorge Conde, and Ben Horowitz

The Techno-Optimist Manifesto with Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz

Marc Andreessen, and Ben Horowitz

The Inside Story of Growth Investing at a16z

Harry Stebbings, and David George

Why a16z's Martin Casado Believes the AI Boom Still Has Years to Run

Mario Gabriele, and Martin Casado

Where Does Consumer AI Stand at the End of 2025?

Justine Moore, Bryan Kim, Olivia Moore, and Anish Acharya

Big Ideas 2026: New Infrastructure Primitives

Guy Willette, James da Costa, and Oliver Shu

Big Ideas 2026: Physical AI and the Industrial Stack

Zabie Elmgren, Will Bitsky, Erin Price-Wright, and Ryan McEntush

Big Ideas 2026: Voice Agents and High-Stakes Trust

Bryan Kim, Julie Yoo, and Olivia Moore

Big Ideas 2026: The Enterprise Orchestration Layer

Alex Immerman, David Haber, Angela Strange, and Seema Amble

Big Ideas 2026: The Agentic Interface

Stephanie Zhang, Erik Torenberg, Sarah Wang, and Marc Andrusko

The Rise, Fall & Reset of The Fintech Industry

Erik Torenberg, David Haber, and Zach Perret

Do Revenue and Margins Still Matter in AI?

Harry Stebbings, and David George

The Crime Crisis In America and How Technology Fixes It

Garrett Langley, Ben Horowitz, and Erik Torenberg

Ryo Lu (Cursor): AI Turns Designers to Developers

Jennifer Li, Ryo Lu, and Erik Torenberg

AI Eats the World: Benedict Evans on the Next Platform Shift

Benedict Evans, and Erik Torenberg

How the Best CEOs Delegate

Jonathan Swanson, and Erik Torenberg

The $3 Trillion AI Coding Opportunity

Guido Appenzeller, and Yoko Li

The 80-Year Bet: Why Naveen Rao Is Rebuilding the Computer from Scratch

Naveen Rao, and Matt Bornstein

What Comes After ChatGPT? The Mother of ImageNet Predicts The Future

Justin Johnson, Alessio Fanelli, Swyx, and Fei-Fei Li

How AI Created the Fastest Product Cycle in History

Ollie Forsyth, and Anish Acharya

Why AI Moats Still Matter (And How They've Changed)

Erik Torenberg, Alex Rampell, and David Haber

How To Lead | Ben Horowitz on My First Million

Shaan Puri, Sam Parr, and Ben Horowitz

The $700 Billion AI Productivity Problem No One's Talking About

Russ Fradin, and Alex Rampell

How OpenAI Builds for 800 Million Weekly Users: Model Specialization and Fine-Tuning

Sherwin Wu, and Martin Casado

Ben Horowitz: Why Open Source AI Will Determine America's Future

Costis Maglaras, and Ben Horowitz

The Secret Marketing Strategy That Built a16z: From Zero to Legendary VC Firm

Margit Wennmachers, Ben Horowitz, and Marc Andreessen

How Marc Andreessen Actually Uses AI

Mark Halperin, and Marc Andreessen

The 2045 Superintelligence Timeline: Epoch AI’s Data-Driven Forecast

Yafah Edelman, David Owen, Erik Torenberg, and Marco Mascorro

Robinhood CEO: Making Everyone An Owner

Vlad Tenev, Alex Rampell, and Erik Torenberg

Can Community Banks Survive the Next SVB? | ModernFi CEO Paolo Bertolotti and Former Comptroller Gene Ludwig

Gene Ludwig, Paolo Bertolotti, and David Haber

Ben Horowitz & Marc Andreessen: Why Silicon Valley Turned Against Defense (And How We’re Fixing It)

David Ulevitch, Erik Torenberg, Ben Horowitz, Marc Andreessen, and Katherine Boyle

Emmett Shear on Building AI That Actually Cares: Beyond Control and Steering

Emmett Shear, Séb Krier, and Erik Torenberg

Can America Win The AI Biotech Race Against China? | Lada Nuzhna & Elliot Hershberg

Lada Nuzhna, and Elliot Hershberg

The Frontier of Spatial Intelligence with Fei-Fei Li

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Rocket Companies CEO: Here’s How to Fix the Housing Crisis

Varun Krishna, Erik Torenberg, and Alex Rampell

Grant Lee: Building Gamma’s AI Presentation Company to 100 Million Users

Grant Lee, Olivia Moore, and Sarah Wang

Michael Truell: How Cursor Builds at the Speed of AI

Michael Truell, and Martin Casado

a16z's State of Crypto: The $4 Trillion Milestone and What's Next'

Eddy Lazzarin, Daren Matsuoka, and Robert Hackett

Amjad Masad & Adam D’Angelo: How Far Are We From AGI?

Adam D’Angelo, Amjad Masad, and Erik Torenberg

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

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

Seeing The Future from AI Companions to Personal Software

Eugenia Kuyda, Erik Torenberg, and Anish Acharya

ElevenLabs CEO: Why Voice is the Next AI Interface

Mati Staniszewski, and Jennifer Li

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