Is a Fun, Therapeutic Game Possible?
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode from a16z’s Bio Eats World podcast, general partners Vijay Pande and Jon L...
Cycles of Computing, Now and Next
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we have a special episode for you, from our newest podcast, "web3 with a16z" . This episo...
The Future of Audio
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Audio is no longer just audio anymore -- podcasts now pull from new video platforms like TikTok and ...
Culture as Code
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While building and shaping culture is as relevant as ever for startups and companies today, leaders ...
On Mentorship and Leadership
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Behind many great leaders, you’ll usually find a great mentor. The mentor-mentee relationship is o...
Cloud Wars, Company Wars, and Innovating Through Change
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode from October 2021, Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell Technologies and one of the...
How to Find Product-Market-Sales Fit
03 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode from February 2019, Jyoti Bansal, founding CEO of AppDynamics and co-founder of Unus...
The Fintech Opportunity for Students and Gen Z
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, student loans are back in the news, with the administration's announcement of a plan to f...
How to Make Better Decisions
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Can you get better at decision-making with practice? Many founders, investors, and builders must mak...
Learning from Open Source Communities
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What can we learn from the evolution of open source communities and how might they be applied to onl...
The Art and Science of Moderating Discussions
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Whether it’s moderating a live panel discussion, managing your (virtual) All Hands meeting, or eve...
Tiktok's Algorithm and Creativity Network Effects
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What does the success of TikTok's algorithmically-driven product tell us about the future of creator...
From Research to Startup, There and Back Again
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode from December 2018, Hennessy, currently the chairman of Alphabet as well as Turing A...
Crisis Communications 101
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this hallway-style conversation with a16z's Margit Wennmachers, longtime operating partner for Ma...
All About Synthetic Biology
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last 20 years, the idea of “designing biology” has gone from science fiction to just sc...
Mining the Data for Cobalt
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode from July 2019, Kurt House, CEO and co-founder of Kobold Metals, John Thompson, prof...
Applying AI in B2B
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode from October 2019, People.AI founder and CEO Oleg Rogynskyy and a16z partner Peter L...
More from Less: The Environment, Capitalism, and Technology
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode from October 2019, a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen and former a16z podcast showrunne...
Blockchains, crypto, & web3: Connections, models, more
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Blockchain, crypto, web3 – these terms get thrown around a lot and sometimes interchangeably, but ...
Crypto, an Oral Essay
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this special “innovation overview” episode from April 2021, the a16z crypto team and other ex...
Stories of Startup Survival Mode
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode from February 2017, a16z co-founder Ben Horowitz and Jason Rosenthal, former Lytro C...
Innovating While Scaling: Lessons from Amazon
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode from February 2021, early Amazon execs Colin Bryar and Bill Carr -- in conversation ...
When Gross Margins Matter
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gross margins–which are essentially a company’s revenue from products and services minus the cos...
The Founder to Investor Journey
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we have a special crossover episode from June 2021: Joel Beasley, host of the Modern CTO ...
Inside Apple Software Design
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this wide-ranging conversation from April 2019, a16z’s Frank Chen sits down with Ken Kocienda, ...
Tesla and the Nature of Disruption
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this re-run from September 2018, Benedict Evans and Steven Sinofsky talk all about Tesla — and ...
Designing a Culture of Reinvention
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode from September 2020, originally recorded for the Commonwealth Club of California, Ne...
The Basics of Growth Marketing: Engagement & Retention
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After achieving product-market fit and starting to gain users, how do startups then avoid the "leaky...
The Basics of Growth Marketing: User Acquisition
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Once known as “growth hacking”, the concept of Growth has now evolved into an entire discipline ...
The Great Data Debate
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Over a decade after the idea of “big data'' was first born, data has become the central nervous sy...
Principles for Work and Life
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the face of great uncertainty, how do you make decisions? Can you really apply the lessons of the...
How the Internet Happened
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In his book (and podcast), Brian McCullough chronicles the history and evolution of the internet -- ...
Technologies & Threads Through the Fabric of Our Lives
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
original episode notes and transcript here: https://future.a16z.com/podcasts/textiles-technology-sc...
Innovating and Deciding, for Companies and People
20 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
original episode notes and transcript here: https://future.a16z.com/podcasts/innovating-in-bets/Lon...
Geo-engineering and the Power of Narrative
19 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
original episode notes and transcript here: https://future.a16z.com/podcasts/pleistocenepark-geoeng...
M&A, Before and After: What Founders Need to Know
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the a16z podcast. Today we’re talking about the mindsets and frameworks founders should...
How 'Hyperscalers' are Innovating — and Competing — in the Data Center
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Innovation in the data center has been constrained by the traditional model of suppliers providing f...
Kickstarting Network Effects
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What are network effects? [1:32]How do you cold start and get your first users? [2:33]Atomic network...
NFTs, Explained
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Given all the activity and interest recently around crypto and web3, as well as in upcoming holidays...
Play-to-Earn Gaming and How Work is Evolving in Web3
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode we’re talking about an emerging model of gaming called play to earn, in which p...
On container ships, supply chains, and the physical world
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Beyond the Meme: Ever Given, Supply Chains, and the Physical World" -- by Ryan Petersen (June 2021)...
Crypto Security and the New Web3 Mindsets for Users
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is all about crypto security — that is, the new mindsets and the new strategies ...
Cloud Wars and Company Wars: Play Nice But Win
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There are lots of challenges in being public while trying to innovate, and limits to being a private...
Uncontrolled Spread: Science, Policy, Institutions, Infrastructure
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There's no question technology played a huge role in the recent/current pandemic, including especial...
Systems Leadership for Disruptors and Incumbents
24 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There's been a false dichotomy in technology and management lore over the past decade, between "brai...
NFT Use Cases, Today and Tomorrow
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, a16z and the Stanford Center for Blockchain Research hosted the NFT Virtual Summit, which ...
Man, Mosquito, Malaria Vaccine
02 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Playing out against the backdrop of a global pandemic (including recent massive surges in regions ar...
Crypto, an Oral Essay
17 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special episode of the a16z podcast — it's an audio history, told through the voices of ...
On Monetizing Community with Patreon Cofounder Sam Yam
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's clear from the growth of Patreon, Substack, TikTok, Clubhouse and many more that the power of t...
The Creator Economy: NFTs and Beyond
03 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of the a16z Podcast, we’re talking about the Creator Economy, and how NFTs (b...
All about NFTs
28 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is all about NFTs. It seems like nothing has caught on and spread into mainstream inter...
The Next Wave of Marketplace Startups
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the tech world, marketplaces are a hot topic. That term—marketplace—encompasses a huge swath ...
The Third Vaccine, and Vaccine Choice
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://a16z.com/2021/03/15/16-minutes-58-the-johnson-johnson-vaccine-and-covid-efficacy-rates/ Stay...
Companies & Culture: What You Do Is Who You Are
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast -- which was recorded at the Computer History Museum in a live event, before the pandem...
Boss Talk with Ben Horowitz
28 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Boss Talk is a weekly live show on Clubhouse, where a16z cofounder Ben Horowitz and Databricks CEO...
All About Ransomware
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In just the last couple years, ransomware has grown into a multibillion dollar industry. It has evol...
One on One with Marc and Ben
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On social audio app Clubhouse, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz are hosting a new live show called "...
Amazon Narratives: Memos, Working Backwards from Release, More
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When you hear stories about Amazon's "invention machine" -- which led to a company with not just one...
Anatomy of the SolarWinds Hack: Who What Where When How
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this special “3x”-long episode of our (otherwise shortform) news analysis show 16 Minutes -- ...
Psychedelics: Striking a Balance Between Benefits and Side Effects
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In recent years, there’s been a shift in how we think about psychedelics – from drugs of abuse a...
Developers as Creatives
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The rise of developers -- as buyers, as influencers, as a creative class -- is a direct result of "s...
Section 230: Everything You Need to Know -- Tweets, Free Speech, Beyond
09 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
All about section 230 of the Communications Decency Act -- in what Wired senior writer (and host of ...
Baumol's Cost Disease, in Healthcare... and Where We Go Next
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If software’s eating the world -- and more specifically, bringing costs down and increasing produc...
Words of 2020! (and Metaphors, and Interfaces of the Year)
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"In a year that left us speechless, 2020 has been filled with new words unlike any other”... so it...
The Machine That Made the Vaccine: Company, Platform, Innovation
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Bio Eats World -- which aired right after the FDA authorized Moderna's mR...
The PPP Omnibus: Eminent Domain, Fraud, and Fintech
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features two relevant but previously recorded episodes, discussing the relevance of the...
The Holy Grail of Social + Fintech
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The intersection of social and finance—as well as shifting attitudes around what we share about mo...
On Fear and Leadership: Product to Sales CTOs & CEOs
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There's a few ontologies for describing the phases leaders -- and their startups -- go through, whet...
On Food As Medicine (A Holiday Snack)
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What happens if we treat food as a medicine in the healthcare system: How, where, and who (pays)? Wh...
Crypto Creators: On Art Galleries to 'Tokenized' Collectibles
22 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Q&As with two artists who are exploring crypto-powered auction sites and marke...
What to Know about Those Vaccines
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A vaccine for COVID seems to be (almost) here… or is it? What’s hype/ what’s real beyond the h...
The Social Serendipity of Cloud Gaming
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
True cloud-native games—those exclusive to and solely playable within the cloud—are poised to re...
The Great Data Debate
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lakes v. warehouses, analytics v. AI/ML, SQL v. everything else... As the technical capabilities of ...
How to Moderate Talks, Panels, Meetings, More (Virtual and Beyond!)
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How to moderate good, productive discussions and navigate tricky conversations is top of mind -- whe...
Textiles as Tech, Science, Math, Culture... or Civilization
24 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of e...
Data Alone Is Not Enough: The Evolution of Data Architectures
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Data, data, data – it’s long been a buzzword in the industry, whether big data, streaming data, ...
Designing for, Marketing to, and Partnering With Gen Z
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gen Z—those born between 1995 and 2010—now makes up 35 percent of the population and represent $...
The Present Future of Audio: Talk, Music, Video, Interactivity
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We've already talked a lot about podcasting, both evolution of the industry as well as the form, but...
Tracking the Trends: AI, WebRTC, Crypto, and Full Stack Startups
11 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stay Updated:Find a16z on XFind a16z on LinkedInListen to the a16z Podcast on SpotifyListen to the a...
How to Decide, Convey vs. Convince, & More
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It seems like investors are especially obsessed with the psychology of decision making -- high stake...
Fintech for Gen Z and Millennials
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Millennials and Gen Z have been hard-hit by the one-two punch of the 2008 and 2020 financial crises....
Degrading Drugs for Problem Proteins: Journal Club now on Bio Eats World (ep 2)
27 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the second episode of Bio Eats World, a brand new podcast all about how biology is techno...
The Biology of Aging: Introducing Bio Eats World (ep 1)
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of Bio Eats World, a brand new podcast all about how biology is technol...
TikTok & Beyond: The Algorithm Question, The Future of Product
20 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With the U.S. tech partnership for TikTok being finalized, what happens if source code is excluded (...
The New Fan Club: Creators, Fans, and the Power of Markets (& Crypto)
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode, part two in our two-part series on the Creator Economy, focuses on the new potent...
So You Want to Launch a Newsletter: Tips From Substack Writers
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, part one in a two-part series on the Creator Economy, explores the process and economi...
Designing a Culture of Reinvention
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Since Netflix started in the late 90s as a DVD-by-mail rental service competing with Blockbuster, it...
Heroes & Myths in Entrepreneurship -- Guy Raz
12 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I'm in a movie, but it's the wrong movie."For better or for worse, we tell the story of entrepreneu...
The Question of Education
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monopoly, oligopoly, cartel. All three of those words can describe the (not so) modern education sys...
Pandemic Relief and Fraud: Willful Deceit or Design Defect?
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode examines the potential for misuse and fraud among those applying for the Paycheck Prote...
Measuring & Managing Community Orgs, Developer Relations and Beyond
30 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Okay, so we know community is important -- whether for developer relations for your product or other...
Reining in Complexity: Data Science & Future of AI/ML Businesses
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There is no spoon. Or rather, “There is no such thing as ‘data’, there’s just frozen models”...
Online Learning and the Ed Tech Debate
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is all about education and technology, a topic that’s especially top of mind this wee...
On Vaccines and Vaccinology, in COVID and Beyond
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
WHEN are we going to have a COVID-19 vaccine, and how the heck are we going from (what’s been trad...
Turning Open Source Developers Into Superfans
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we continue our community series with a recent discussion that applies to many kind...
Journal Club: Slaying the Sleeper Cells of Aging with CAR T
09 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
CAR T therapy is a groundbreaking medicine that uses engineered T cells to attack cancer. But CAR T ...
Working, Making, Creating in Public... and Private
02 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're living in an unprecedented era of online collaboration, coordination, and creation. All kinds ...
GPT-3: What's Hype, What's Real on the Latest in AI
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode -- cross posted from our 16 Minutes show feed -- we cover all the buzz around GPT-3,...
Taking the Pulse on Medical Device Security
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Many don’t realize we even need to think about the possibility of security hacks when it comes to ...
Journal Club: A New Path to Antibiotic Resistance
19 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ever since the discovery of antibiotics, microbiologists have worried about and studied how bacteria...