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The Present Future of Audio — Talk, Music, Video, Interactivity

Gustav Söderström, Connie Chan, and Sonal Chokshi

What happens when we give creators (of all kinds!) tools? How do mediums — and organizations — evolve, prioritize, "disrupt themselves"?

AI, WebRTC, Crypto, and Full Stack Startups

Elad Gil, Sep Kamvar, Chris Dixon, and a16zftr

A conversation about four big tech trends: tracing the path of forces driving innovation, where they stand today, and how they are converging.

How to Decide, Convey vs. Convince, & More

Annie Duke, Jeff Jordan, and a16zftr

How do we know which decisions to spend time on, and how to decide? We cover it in this podcast w Annie Duke for her new book, How to Decide.

Fintech for Gen Z and Millennials

Amira Yahyaoui, Anish Acharya, Seema Amble, and a16zftr

How tech-enabled financial tools can cut through bureaucracy, downsize student debt, and optimize consumers’ financial futures from an early age.

Degrading Drugs for Problematic Proteins

Carolyn Bertozzi and a16zftr

We discuss a new class of drugs that, in essence, toss specific disease-related proteins into the cellular trash can.

The Biology of Aging

Laura Deming, Kristen Fortney, Vijay Pande, Hanne Winarsky, and a16zftr

Aging research is entering a new phase. How is studying aging helping us understand disease and increasing the amount of time we are healthy? 

Tiktok and ‘Seeing Like an Algorithm’

Eugene Wei and Sonal Chokshi

What can we learn from the "creativity network effects" flywheel of TikTok and "algorithm friendly" product design?

Reining in Complexity — Data Science & Future of AI/ML Businesses

Peter Wang, Martin Casado, and a16zftr

Customers are looking for artificial intelligence and machine learning help. So what does this all mean for the software value chain?

Working, Making, and Creating in Public and Private

Nadia Eghbal and Sonal Chokshi

What if there's a better, more modern way to design for communities of all kinds? Nadia Eghbal offers the latest research and insights from her new book.

GPT-3, Beyond the Hype

Frank Chen, Sonal Chokshi, and a16zftr

We cover the buzz around GPT-3 and what it means for both startups AND incumbents... and the future of "AI as a service"? How do we know how good it is/ isn't?