The a16z Show

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...

How to Build with the Department of Defense

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When people think about startups working with the government, the phrase “black box” often comes up. But what if that box is finally being pried o...

The Top 100 GenAI Products, Ranked and Explained

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This month, a16z’s Consumer team released the fourth edition of the GenAI 100 — a data-driven ranking of the top 50 AI-first web products and mobi...

Jensen Huang and Arthur Mensch on Winning the Global AI Race

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The global race for AI leadership is no longer just about companies—it’s about nations. AI isn’t just computing infrastructure; it’s cultural ...

Why AI Voice Feels More Human Than Ever

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI voice technology has been around for years — think Siri or Alexa — but the magic has been missing. That’s changing, and quickly!In this episo...

From Thesis to Meme to Fund: Building American Dynamism

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For over a century, the United States has been the birthplace of world-changing innovation – from the Wright brothers’ first flight to the inventi...

What Founders Get Wrong About Scaling – With Carta’s CEO

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Henry Ward, cofounder and CEO of Carta, has spent over a decade scaling his company from an early-stage startup to a 2,000-person industry leader. In ...

Creativity vs Control: Where AI Fits in the Creative Toolbox

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Being a creator in 2025 is tough—but building for creators is even harder. Perhaps no one understands this conundrum better than Scott Belsky. As th...

Who Will Own the Internet? a16z’s Chris Dixon on AI and Crypto

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Technology doesn’t grow in isolation—it evolves in waves. Just as mobile, cloud, and SaaS shaped the internet of the past 20 years, so too could c...

The Critical Technology in Finding Critical Materials

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Critical materials like copper, lithium, and gallium have been mined for decades, but their role in core technologies, geopolitics, and the energy tra...

DeepSeek: America’s Sputnik Moment for AI?

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Two words have caught the Internet by storm. DeepSeek. The Chinese reasoning model r1 is rivaling others at the frontier with an open-source MIT lice...

Ben Horowitz Sharing History with Dr. Clarence Jones, MLK's Speechwriter

01 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, a16z cofounder Ben Horowitz had a rare and invaluable conversation with Dr. Clarence B. Jones, a pivotal figure in American history. Dr. J...

How AI Is Changing Warfare with Brian Schimpf, CEO of Anduril

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How is AI reshaping modern warfare? Speaking with a16z Growth General Partner David George, Anduril cofounder and CEO Brian Schimpf discusses how AI ...

RIP to RPA: How AI Makes Operations Work

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Intelligent automation is transforming industries by tackling messy, unstructured workflows that traditional Robotic Process Automation (RPA) couldn’...

Marc Andreessen: Can Tech Finally Fix Healthcare?

15 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Healthcare is a $4 trillion industry, making up nearly a fifth of the U.S. economy—but despite having some of the best doctors and advanced technolo...

Building Substack: Reinventing Culture through Subscriptions

09 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Substack cofounder and CEO Chris Best joins a16z General Partner Andrew Chen to discuss the origins and evolution of Substack, a plat...

Crypto Trends for 2025: Stablecoins, App Stores, UX, and More

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

with @sambroner @meigga @darenmatsuoka @jneu_net @chrislyons and @rhhackett @smc90Welcome to our special end-of-year episodes -- which also look ahead...

Super Staffing Healthcare, Codifying Compliance, & Scaling Services

30 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As we prepare to step into 2025, the possibilities for applied AI are reshaping industries in profound ways. In this episode, a16z General Partners J...

The Race for AI—Search, National Infrastructure, & On-Device AI

25 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The AI race is on, and 2025 could be its most transformative year yet.In this episode, a16z General Partners Anjney Midha and Jennifer Li, and Partner...

Jobs of the Future, Harnessing Earth Observation, & Gaming Tech Advances

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As 2025 begins, industries are evolving at unprecedented speed: robots are revolutionizing manufacturing, terabytes of earth observation data are driv...

Scaling Shopify: Tobias Lütke and Ben Horowitz on Building a Global Giant

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Web3 with a16z, Shopify CEO and cofounder Tobias Lütke joins a16z cofounder Ben Horowitz for a conversation recorded live at the a...

How AI is Transforming Labor Markets

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know the U.S. nurse labor market is over $600 billion annually, but the dedicated software market for nurses is almost zero?In this episode Ge...

Fixing Education in America: What's Stopping Us?

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Over half of Americans live in childcare deserts, while 90% of brain development happens before the age of five. All the while, education and childcar...

Prediction Markets and Beyond

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally published on our sister podcast, web3 with a16z. If you’re excited about the next generation of the internet, check out ...

Death of a Salesforce: Why AI Will Transform Sales

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sales is evolving. AI-native systems are replacing traditional CRM tools, capturing unstructured insights from emails, Slack, surveys, and more in rea...

The Longevity Imperative: Redefining the Way We Age

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What if the biggest challenge of our time isn’t living longer, but living better? In this episode, we’re tackling one of humanity’s greatest ac...

Rebuilding America's Industrial Backbone

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

America is a country of immense wealth, but our manufacturing infrastructure is struggling to keep pace.In this episode, we discuss the overlooked cri...

Autonomy Across Air, Land, and Sea

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

2024 has been a milestone year for autonomous tech. Waymo’s fully autonomous driver has surpassed 20 million miles, while FAA approvals now allow c...

State of Crypto 2024: Builder Energy, U.S. Election, Stablecoins, AI, More

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We take you behind the scenes of our newly released, annual State of Crypto Report — a16z crypto's analysis of the latest data and trends that have ...

Tesla's Road Ahead: The Bitter Lesson in Robotics

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What does Rich Sutton’s "Bitter Lesson" reveal about the decisions Tesla is making in its pursuit of autonomy?In this episode, we dive into Tesla’...

The Story of Apple Pay with Jennifer Bailey

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 2024, marking 10 years since its launch, Apple Pay now boasts hundreds of millions of consumers in 78 markets, at checkout on millions of websites ...

Building a Thriving AI Ecosystem with Lisa Su

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Lisa Su has transformed AMD into a global leader in AI and high-performance computing.In this episode of the AI Revolution (AIR) series , Bob Swan, a1...

The Deepfake Dilemma: The Technology, Policy, and Economy

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Deepfakes—AI-generated fake videos and voices—have become a widespread concern across politics, social media, and more. As they become easier to c...

A Big Week in Tech: NotebookLM, OpenAI’s Speech API, & Custom Audio

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Last week was another big week in technology. Google’s NotebookLM introduced its Audio Overview feature, enabling users to create customizable podc...