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Erik Torenberg

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261 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The a16z Show
Marc Andreessen: Monitoring the Situation and the Future of Media

And so it's made me skeptical of people calling for conspiracy.

The a16z Show
Marc Andreessen: Monitoring the Situation and the Future of Media

And so I'm curious what sort of

The a16z Show
Marc Andreessen: Monitoring the Situation and the Future of Media

mental model you might have for the idea of ops and how that might help one understand the social platforms today.

The a16z Show
Marc Andreessen: Monitoring the Situation and the Future of Media

Well, AI, right?

The a16z Show
Marc Andreessen: Monitoring the Situation and the Future of Media

A lot of paid doom out there.

The a16z Show
Marc Andreessen: Monitoring the Situation and the Future of Media

We were just talking about Ayla's new media fellowship for doomers.

The a16z Show
Marc Andreessen: Monitoring the Situation and the Future of Media

And yeah, it's a perfect example.

The a16z Show
Marc Andreessen: Monitoring the Situation and the Future of Media

And it seems to be having a real impact.

The a16z Show
Marc Andreessen: Monitoring the Situation and the Future of Media

Yeah.

The a16z Show
Marc Andreessen: Monitoring the Situation and the Future of Media

Yeah.

The a16z Show
Marc Andreessen: Monitoring the Situation and the Future of Media

That's a great mental model for it.

The a16z Show
Marc Andreessen: Monitoring the Situation and the Future of Media

Thinking about the last topic for today, I want to close on this, sort of the bridge between legacy and new media, because we see, just give some examples.

The a16z Show
Marc Andreessen: Monitoring the Situation and the Future of Media

Obviously, the New York Times business, they've made the adjustment to the new world very well from a business perspective.

The a16z Show
Marc Andreessen: Monitoring the Situation and the Future of Media

We had CBS acquire the free press.

The a16z Show
Marc Andreessen: Monitoring the Situation and the Future of Media

And so there's some acquisitions there, strategic acquisitions for legacy media companies who are trying to innovate there.

The a16z Show
Marc Andreessen: Monitoring the Situation and the Future of Media

You know, on MTS ourselves, we're sort of experimenting with players from both worlds.

The a16z Show
Marc Andreessen: Monitoring the Situation and the Future of Media

You know, we have new school podcasters and Twitch streamers.

The a16z Show
Marc Andreessen: Monitoring the Situation and the Future of Media

You know, Theo is, are you 21 years old?

The a16z Show
Marc Andreessen: Monitoring the Situation and the Future of Media

Yeah.

The a16z Show
Marc Andreessen: Monitoring the Situation and the Future of Media

You know, he's born to be a Twitch streamer, but we also have... I mean, 21, I mean, over the hill.