The a16z Show discusses tech and culture trends, news, and the future – especially as ‘software eats the world’. It features industry experts, business leaders, and other interesting thinkers and voices from around the world. This show is produced by Andreessen Horowitz (aka “a16z”), a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm. Multiple episodes are released every week; visit a16z.com for more details and to sign up for our newsletters and other content as well!
993 episodes transcribedIn the face of great uncertainty, how do you make decisions? Can you really apply the lessons of the past to the present and the future, to navigate s...
In his book (and podcast), Brian McCullough chronicles the history and evolution of the internet -- from college kids in a basement and the dot-com bo...
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Welcome to the a16z podcast. Today we’re talking about the mindsets and frameworks founders should know about when navigating the mergers and acquisit...
Innovation in the data center has been constrained by the traditional model of suppliers providing fixed-function chips that limit how much the bigges...
What are network effects? [1:32]How do you cold start and get your first users? [2:33]Atomic networks and why minimum viable community is more importa...
Given all the activity and interest recently around crypto and web3, as well as in upcoming holidays and art events, we’re re-running our episode all...
In today's episode we’re talking about an emerging model of gaming called play to earn, in which players can make actual money based on how much time...
"Beyond the Meme: Ever Given, Supply Chains, and the Physical World" -- by Ryan Petersen (June 2021). Bio + essay details/ originally appeared at: htt...
Today’s episode is all about crypto security — that is, the new mindsets and the new strategies for storing crypto assets safely while also allowing h...
There are lots of challenges in being public while trying to innovate, and limits to being a private company as well; but it's rare to see a company g...
There's no question technology played a huge role in the recent/current pandemic, including especially in the plug-and-play engineering and incredibly...
There's been a false dichotomy in technology and management lore over the past decade, between "brain" and "brawn", digital and physical, independence...
Recently, a16z and the Stanford Center for Blockchain Research hosted the NFT Virtual Summit, which brought together leading thinkers and builders on...
Playing out against the backdrop of a global pandemic (including recent massive surges in regions around the world) is the news that came out a week a...
It's clear from the growth of Patreon, Substack, TikTok, Clubhouse and many more that the power of the Creator Economy continues to build. These platf...
In today’s episode of the a16z Podcast, we’re talking about the Creator Economy, and how NFTs (but not just NFTS!) are making it possible for artists,...
This episode is all about NFTs. It seems like nothing has caught on and spread into mainstream interest like NFTs, where one hears everything from "I'...
