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Balaji Srinivasan

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2887 total appearances

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The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

Okay?

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

Basically to show that you can essentially print out the internet, that you can actually build physical social networks.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

I think that's the next step for what we're doing in tech, where we are not simply building data centers with closed doors, but we're building tech communities.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

Think of it as, you know, look, all these people are leaving Silicon Valley.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

You know, you have Larry Page and Zuck and Sergey Brin, Elon, of course, Peter Thiel, Travis Kalanick of Uber all left California.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

Jeff Bezos left Washington.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

It's no longer the place for capital formation.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

And unfortunately, talent can't get into the U.S.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

either.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

And so basically Silicon Valley, as we know it, is actually over.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

This year of IPOs, in my view, is like the last giant, you know, bang on the thing.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

And we need to decentralize Silicon Valley around the world.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

And in fact, that already exists in a sense where there's a network of these Silicon Valleys

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

There's Silicon Valley of Uzbekistan and Moldova.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

All these places want a Silicon Valley of X. They've wanted it for many years, but now is actually the time to decentralize Silicon Valley.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

Just like we have Google offices and data centers around the world, we actually have the tech community all over the world because the tech community draws from the world, right?

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

Okay, so that's it.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

You're behind network school.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

We did the first one here.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

Let me give a little bit more theory.