The a16z Show

Marc Andreessen and Amjad Masad: English As the New Programming Language

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Amjad Masad, founder and CEO of Replit, joins a16z’s Marc Andreessen and Erik Torenberg to discuss the new world of AI agents, the future of program...

Why Creativity Will Matter More Than Code

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, a16z's Anish Acharya joins Kevin Rose for an in-depth, fast-paced conversation on the rebirth of consumer technology, and how AI is r...

How Kong Was Born: APIs, Hustle, and the Future of AI Infrastructure

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Augusto Marietti, CEO and cofounder of Kong, has one of the most remarkable founder stories in Silicon Valley history.In this conversation with Martin...

Reid Hoffman on AI, Consciousness, and the Future of Humanity

20 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Reid Hoffman has been at the center of every major tech shift, from co-founding LinkedIn and helping build PayPal to investing early in OpenAI. In thi...

Marc Andreessen on the State of Film and Hollywood

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hollywood is going through a major cultural and creative reset, and Marc Andreessen thinks it’s long overdue.In this episode of Monitoring the Situa...

Keith Rabois: Israel, OpenAI, Opendoor, and DOGE

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From politics to technology to real estate, Keith Rabois has bold predictions for America’s next decade.In this conversation with Erik Torenberg, Ke...

Ben Horowitz and Ali Ghodsi: How to Run a Billion-Dollar Business

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Horowitz founded Loudcloud in the middle of the dot-com bust and sold it for $1.6 billion, then led Andreessen Horowitz from its founding to $46 b...

Is AI Slowing Down? Nathan Labenz Says We're Asking the Wrong Question

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nathan Labenz is one of the clearest voices analyzing where AI is headed, pairing sharp technical analysis with his years of work on The Cognitive Rev...

Columbia CS Professor: Why LLMs Can’t Discover New Science

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From GPT-1 to GPT-5, LLMs have made tremendous progress in modeling human language. But can they go beyond that to make new discoveries and move the n...

Monitoring the Situation #3: Who Is Nick Land?

12 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Zach Dell is founder and CEO of Base Power, an energy tech company that builds affordable, reliable power via home batteries.In this episode of Monito...

Sam Altman on Sora, Energy, and Building an AI Empire

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sam Altman has led OpenAI from its founding as a research nonprofit in 2015 to becoming the most valuable startup in the world ten years later.In this...

How to Build a Real Estate Marketplace - Kaz Nejatian, Opendoor CEO

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Opendoor is trying to make it easier to buy a home. Kaz Nejatian just joined as CEO to help them succeed.In this episode, a16z General Partners Alex R...

Can the US Beat China’s Engineering State?

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From high-speed rail to electric cars to batteries to AI, it’s clear that China can operate with incredible speed at massive scale. Can the US still...

Monitoring the Situation #2: Alana Newhouse

05 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Two trends in media have been abundantly clear since 2020: legacy media is dying, and independent media is rising.a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg...

Software is Eating Labor

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Software has fundamentally changed the way we record, store, and share information. Its next act is to fundamentally change the nature of our economy,...

The Ben & Marc Show: China Has Scale. Can America Catch Up?

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ben, Marc, and Erik Torenberg are joined by Brian Schimpf, Co-Founder & CEO of Anduril, and Chris Power, Founder & CEO of Hadrian. Together, they dig ...

Cheeky Pint: Marc Andreessen, John Collison & Charlie Songhurst on Tech’s Big Questions

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today we’re sharing a feed drop from Cheeky Pint, where Stripe cofounder and president John Collison chats with legends in technology over a pint of...

Building an AI Physicist: ChatGPT Co-Creator’s Next Venture

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Scaling laws took us from GPT-1 to GPT-5 Pro. But in order to crack physics, we’ll need a different approach. In this episode, a16z General Partner...

Meta CMO: How Advertising Works Under the Hood

29 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ads pay for the internet—and they’re about to change again. a16z General Partner Erik Torenberg, entrepreneur and author Antonio García Martínez...

The Common Thread of All Technology: Monitoring the Situation, Ep.1

27 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Announcing our new show, Monitoring the Situation, hosted by a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg and Katherine Boyle, with guest Eddie Lazzarin, CTO ...

From Vibe Coding to Vibe Researching: OpenAI’s Mark Chen and Jakub Pachocki

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What comes after vibe coding? Maybe vibe researching.OpenAI’s Chief Scientist, Jakub Pachocki, and Chief Research Officer, Mark Chen, join a16z gene...

Software finally eats services - Aaron Levie

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Should the US put a price on H-1B visas, or would that block the flow of new talent? Are AI coding agents actually making teams way more productive, o...

America's Autism Crisis and How AI Can Fix Science with NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is one of the country’s top medical experts and a 24-year professor of medicine at Stanford. After being censored and deplatfor...

Dylan Patel on the AI Chip Race - NVIDIA, Intel & the US Government vs. China

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nvidia’s $5 billion investment in Intel is one of the biggest surprises in semiconductors in years. Two longtime rivals are now teaming up, and the ...

Charlie Kirk and the Rise of Political Violence

21 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss, we share a special conversation featuring a16z general partner Katherine Boyle in the wake of Charlie Kir...

The Death of Search: How Shopping Will Work In The Age of AI

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The web is unhealthy, and AI agents are about to rewrite how we shop.In this episode, a16z General Partner Alex Rampell and Partner Justine Moore expl...

How OpenAI Built Its Coding Agent

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI’s Codex has already shipped hundreds of thousands of pull requests in its first month. But what is it really, and how will coding agents chan...

Faster Science, Better Drugs

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Can we make science as fast as software? In this episode, Erik Torenberg talks with Patrick Hsu (cofounder of Arc Institute) and a16z general partner...

Ben Horowitz: Why Hesitation is a CEO’s Worst Enemy

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this conversation from Lenny’s Podcast, Ben Horowitz joins Lenny to discuss the psychological muscle every founder needs, why hesitation can be f...

Inside the $13T Mortgage Machine

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The $13T U.S. mortgage market serves 50M homeowners but still runs on decades-old software. In this episode, a16z GP Angela Strange hosts Tim Mayopou...

Chris Dixon on How to Build Networks, Movements, and AI-Native Products

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why do some consumer products explode into networks that reshape the internet, while others fade away?Today on the podcast, a16z general partners Anis...

Mark Cuban on the NBA, Cost Plus Drugs, and How to Fix Politics

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when AI collides with salesmanship, streaming-era sports, and healthcare?In this episode, Erik Torenberg is joined by Mark Cuban, entrepr...

The Little Tech Agenda for AI

08 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Who’s speaking up for startups in Washington, D.C.?In this episode, Matt Perault (Head of AI Policy, a16z) and Collin McCune (Head of Government Aff...

Building APIs for Developers and AI Agents

06 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Stainless founder Alex Rattray joins a16z partner Jennifer Li to talk about the future of APIs, SDKs, and the rise of MCP (Model Context Protocol). Dr...

How to Be Free: Shaka Senghor, Oprah Winfrey, Ben Horowitz

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Taken from The Oprah Podcast, this special episode brings together Shaka Senghor, a16z cofounder Ben Horowitz, and Oprah Winfrey for a powerful conver...

Is Non-Consensus Investing Overrated?

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is non-consensus investing overrated—or the secret to venture returns?a16z General Partner Erik Torenberg is joined by Martín Casado (General Partn...

Jack Altman & Martin Casado on the Future of VC

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Altman sits down with Martin Casado, General Partner at a16z, to unpack the shifting dynamics of venture capital and why media matters more than ...

Chris Best of Substack on the Future of Media

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if the future of media isn’t controlled by algorithms or legacy institutions—but by independent voices building directly with their audiences...

Katherine Boyle on Shawn Ryan

30 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Venture capital has powered companies like Facebook and TikTok—but what if that same urgency fueled America’s defense and industrial base? Katheri...

Monopolies vs Oligopolies in AI

28 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this interview from the 20VC podcast, Martin Casado (a16z General Partner) joins Harry Stebbings to unpack the state of AI, the rise of coding mode...

The Top 100 Most Used AI Apps in 2025

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What are real consumers actually doing with AI today?In this episode, a16z consumer investors Olivia Moore and Justine Moore break down the fifth edit...

Aaron Levie and Steven Sinofsky on the AI-Worker Future

25 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What exactly is an AI agent, and how will agents change the way we work?In this episode, a16z general partners Erik Torenberg and Martin Casado sit do...

Ben Horowitz on How a16z Was Built

23 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Erik Torenberg sits down with Ben Horowitz, Cofounder of a16z, for a candid conversation on venture capital, leadership, and the future of innovation....

AI and Accelerationism with Marc Andreessen

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Marc Andreessen, cofounder Andreessen Horowitz, joins the Hermitix podcast for a conversation on AI, accelerationism, energy, and the future.From the ...

Can AI Fix Housing and Healthcare Affordability?

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Housing and healthcare make up nearly half of household spending, yet both sectors are riddled with inefficiency and rising costs.In this episode, Eri...

Oren Cass & Noah Smith Debate the True Impact of Tariffs

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Do tariffs help rebuild American manufacturing or hold it back? In this episode, American Compass founder and chief economist Oren Cass sits down wit...

Dylan Patel: GPT-5, NVIDIA, Intel, Meta, Apple

18 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The AI hardware race is heating up, and NVIDIA is still far ahead. What will it take to close the gap?In this episode, Dylan Patel (Founder & CEO, Sem...

Google DeepMind Lead Researchers on Genie 3 & the Future of World-Building

16 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Genie 3 can generate fully interactive, persistent worlds from just text, in real time.In this episode, Google DeepMind’s Jack Parker-Holder (Resear...

The State of American AI Policy: From ‘Pause AI’ to ‘Build’

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

a16z General Partners Martin Casado and Anjney Midha join Erik Torenberg to unpack one of the most dramatic shifts in tech policy in recent memory: th...

H20s to China + 15% with Chris Miller and Lennart Heim

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’re sharing an episode from ChinaTalk that dives into one of the biggest recent reversals in U.S. tech policy.The U.S. banned Nvidia’s H20 AI ch...

Grok, Genie 3, GPT-5 & the Rise of Vibe Coding

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

a16z partners Olivia and Justine Moore unpack the latest in consumer AI including: - Grok’s “Imagine” and its instant, social-first creative to...

Alex Danco on Speechwriting, Blogging, and Giving Founders Power

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fresh off the announcement of his move from Shopify to a16z, Alex Danco joins TBPN to talk about the “trade deal” that brought him here and his mi...

Steven Sinofsky & Balaji Srinivasan on the Future of AI, Tech, & the Global World Order

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There’s been a wave of M&A deals lately - Meta and Scale, Windsurf and Google - and a lot of it points to something bigger: how regulation, capital,...

Marc Andreessen: Why Perfect Products Become Obsolete

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Marc Andreessen joins TBPN for an unfiltered conversation spanning everything from ads in LLMs to why Apple’s AI strategy may be ri...

GPT-5 and Agents Breakdown – w/ OpenAI Researchers Isa Fulford & Christina Kim

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

ChatGPT-5 just launched, marking a major milestone for OpenAI and the entire AI ecosystem.Fresh off the live stream, Erik Torenberg was joined in the ...

How to Build a Successful Company in an Era of Disruption

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when a startup becomes a giant—and then has to reinvent itself all over again?In this episode, Martin Casado sits down with Raghu Raghu...

Dwarkesh and Noah Smith on AGI and the Economy

04 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Erik Torenberg is joined in the studio by Dwarkesh Patel and Noah Smith to explore one of the biggest questions in tech: what exactly...

Balaji on How Tech Truly Wins Media

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What really caused the breakdown between tech and media—and what comes next?Erik Torenberg sits down with Balaji Srinivasan (entrepreneur, investor,...

AI Content and the War for Your Attention

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when AI starts generating content for everyone—and no one wants to watch it?In this episode, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes and ad tech veteran ...

Balaji Srinivasan: How AI Will Change Politics, War, and Money

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg and Martin Casado sit down with technologist and investor Balaji Srinivasan to explore how the metaphors we use t...

Ben and Marc on New Media: Podcasts, Politics & the Collapse of Trust

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of The Ben & Marc Show, a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz sit down with Erik Torenberg— General Partner at a16z and ...

Critical Minerals: Mining for the Industrial Future

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It can take more than 15 years to permit and build a new mine in the United States - yet nearly every modern technology we rely on, from smartphones t...

The Future of Software Development - Vibe Coding, Prompt Engineering & AI Assistants

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is AI the Fourth Pillar of Infrastructure?Infrastructure doesn’t go away — it layers. And today, AI is emerging as a new foundational layer alongs...

Marc Andreessen and Joe Lonsdale on Tariffs and Trade

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today we’re sharing an episode from American Optimist featuring Marc Andreessen in conversation with Joe Lonsdale, recorded live at the inaugural Ro...

America's Energy Problem: The Grid That Built America Can’t Power Its Future

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

U.S. per capita energy usage peaked in 1973. Since then? Flat. Meanwhile, China’s per capita energy use has grown 9x.Today, AI, EVs, manufacturing, ...

Aaron Levie on AI's Enterprise Adoption

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, a16z General Partner Martin Casado sits down with Box cofounder and CEO Aaron Levie to talk about how AI is changing not just softwar...

Ben Horowitz: What Founders Must Know About AI and Crypto

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the a16z Podcast, we're sharing a feed drop from Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, featuring a wide-ranging conversation with a16z cofounder...

Stablecoins & the Future Financial System

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

a16z Crypto General Partners Ali Yahya, Arianna Simpson, and Erik Torenberg break down what’s actually working in crypto today - starting with the r...

How Andreessen Horowitz Disrupted VC & What’s Coming Next

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, taken from The Ben & Marc Show, a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz dive deep into the unfiltered story behind the foun...

Enabling Agents and Battling Bots on an AI-Centric Web

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Taken from the AI + a16z podcast, Arcjet CEO David Mytton sits down with a16z partner Joel de la Garza to discuss the increasing complexity of managin...

Marc Andreessen on Startup Timing

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if now is the best time in decades to start a company?In this episode, taken from Speedrun, a16z’s accelerator for early-stage founders, Marc A...

Katherine Boyle: How Tech Can Rebuild America

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why does seriousness feel radical today? a16z General Partner Katherine Boyle joins The LaBossiere Podcast to explore what it means to build for the n...

Where We Are in the AI Cycle

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of ‘This Week in Consumer’, a16z General Partners Anish Acharya and Erik Torenberg are joined by Steven Sinofsky - Board Partner a...

Building Cluely: The Viral AI Startup that raised $15M in 10 Weeks

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if virality wasn’t a tactic — but the entire product?In this episode, a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg and Bryan Kim sit down with Roy Le...

Chris Dixon & Tyler Cowen on Crypto, AI, and Philosophy

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, general partner Chris Dixon joins economist and author Tyler Cowen to explore the themes behind Chris’s book, Read, Write, Own: Bui...

Why We Invested In Cluely

21 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, a16z general partner Bryan Kim joins TBPN hosts John Coogan and Jordi Hays to discuss the recent launch of Cluely , a consumer AI pro...

The State of AI & Education

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How is AI actually being used in classrooms today? Are teachers adopting it, or resisting it? And could software eventually replace traditional instru...

How Apple Became So Reliant on China & What it Means For Their Future

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if the rise of Apple also built modern China?a16z’s Erik Torenberg is joined by board partner and former Microsoft Windows chief Steven Sinofsk...

Adam Neumann: This is How You Build Iconic Companies

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this recent episode of The Ben & Marc Show, a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz sit down with Adam Neumann—founder of WeWork and no...

What You Missed in AI This Week (Google, Apple, ChatGPT)

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Things in consumer AI are moving fast. In this episode, Justine and Olivia Moore, investing partners (and identical twins!) at a16z, break down what’...

Marc Andreessen & Jack Altman: Venture Capital, AI, & Media

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Jack Altman, CEO of Lattice and host of Uncapped, interviews Marc Andreessen on how venture capital is evolving — from small seed fu...

Chris Dixon: Stablecoins, Startups, and the Crypto Stack

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if crypto isn’t just a speculative asset class—but the next foundational layer of the internet?In this episode, Chris Dixon, founding partner...

The State of Consumer Tech in the Age of AI

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, a16z General Partner Erik Torenberg is joined by the a16z Consumer team—General Partner Anish Acharya and Partners Olivia Moore, Ju...

Fei-Fei Li: World Models and the Multiverse

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if the next leap in artificial intelligence isn’t about better language—but better understanding of space?In this episode, a16z General Partn...

Marc Andreessen: What We Got Right—and Wrong—About the Future of Tech

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does it take to build a venture firm from scratch—and scale it across multiple waves of technological and cultural change?In this special episo...

Where Crypto Meets AI with Chris Dixon & David George

31 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when two of the biggest tech waves—AI and crypto—start to converge?In this LP Summit conversation, a16z General Partners Chris Dixon ...

Rick Rubin: Vibe Coding is the Punk Rock of Software

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz sit down with legendary music producer and bestselling author Rick Rubin to explore ...

Where Value Will Accrue in AI: Martin Casado & Sarah Wang

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI’s breakout moment is here - but where is the real value accruing, and what’s just hype?Recorded live at a16z’s annual LP Summit, General Part...

Sovereign AI: Why Nations Are Building Their Own Models

24 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when AI stops being just infrastructure—and becomes a matter of national identity and global power?In this episode, a16z’s Anjney Mid...

What Is an AI Agent?

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What exactly is an AI agent — and does anyone actually agree?In this episode, taken from of AI + a16z, General Partner Guido Appenzeller and partner...

The Evolution of the Firm — with Ben and Marc

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Recorded live at the 2025 a16z LP Summit, this episode is a candid conversation between a16z cofounders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz—hosted by g...

Unbundling the BPO: How AI Is Disrupting Outsourced Work

17 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) is a $300 billion industry powering the back- and front-office operations of the world’s largest companies.In her...

Marc Andreessen: Deep Vs. Broad Founders, AI in America, & the New Face of a16z

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the a16z Podcast, we’re sharing Marc Andreessen’s recent appearance on TBPN.Marc—cofounder and general partner at a16z—joins hosts Jo...

What Super Agers Reveal About Preventing Disease

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

American healthcare is in crisis—but what if we could change the system by preventing disease before it starts?In this episode of the a16z Podcast, ...

Startups & Defense: Katherine Boyle on TBPN

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of th a16z Podcast, we’re sharing Katherine Boyle’s recent interview on TBPN.Katherine—General Partner at a16z and the architect...

Do You Really Know Your ICP? Why It Matters and How to Find Out

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Your ideal customer profile (ICP) is the north star for your entire company: it determines who you’re building for and selling to. Though most growt...

The Software Crisis Behind America's Infrastructure

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s critical infrastructure—air traffic, logistics, defense—is powered by legacy software. And that’s a problem.In this episode, recorded ...

What Comes After Mobile? Meta’s Andrew Bosworth on AI and Consumer Tech

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are we nearing the end of the smartphone era?In this episode, a16z Growth General Partner David George talks with Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth a...

The Dual-Use Founder: Vets Now Building For America

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s world, the battlefield extends far beyond war zones—it’s embedded in our tech stacks, supply chains, and airspace security systems. S...

The Future of Drone Warfare

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

War has always been shaped by technology—from steel and gunpowder to GPS and nuclear weapons. But the decisive technologies of tomorrow aren’t com...