a16z Live
a16z Live is the place to listen to recorded live discussions and events featuring, hosted, or co-hosted by a16z partners (with outside voices too).
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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 146
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
The Good Time Show: The Coinbase Story
Zynga cofounder Justin Waldron on Games Club
Zynga cofounder and SVP of Product Justin Waldron discusses his early iteration process, reimagining the game industry's business model, and important game metrics with a16z partner Jonathan Lai, Sti…
Breach of the Week #3: Ubiquiti and Whistleblowing
In January, device maker Ubiquiti disclosed a breach and urged customers to change passwords. Then in late March, a whisteblower alleged that Ubiquiti had massively downplayed the severity and extent…
Steve Stoute on Unfettered Conversations with A and Z
A Crisis of Trust with Richard Edelman, Emily Chang, and Helena Maus on 4B with Margit
Every year, Edelman publishes a trust barometer. This year, trust in most of our social institutions — and especially in media — was down. Margit asks Richard Edelman (CEO of Edelman), Emily Chang (E…
Beating the Incumbents with Michael Ovitz on Boss Talk #9
When Ben and Marc started a16z, CAA and its founder Michael Ovitz served as inspiration for how to break into an industry dominated by a few large incumbents. In 1975, a few large talent agencies dom…
a16z Bio + Health #9: Engineering CRISPR with Ben Oakes
The Future of Open Source in the Era of SaaS on a16z Infra
What is the future of open source in the age of SaaS? Has it become more, or less, relevant with the rise of cloud-based services? What is the connection between open source and open standards? And w…
Scaling Marketplace Startups with the CEOs of GOAT, Cameo, Faire, StyleSeat, Neighbor, Whatnot, & more
The CEOs of GOAT, StyleSeat, Cameo, Faire, Whatnot, and Neighbor join a16z partners Andrew Chen, Connie Chan, D'Arcy Coolican, Jeff Jordan, Katie Baynes, and Anne Lee Skates to talk about the cold st…
Academic CEOs, Junior v. Senior Engineers, and High Growth Mistakes on Boss Talk #8
This week on Boss Talk: Why aren't there more academic CEOs? Should early stage companies hire junior or senior engineers? What are the common mistakes high growth companies make, especially when ex…
a16z Bio + Health #8: How to Innovate within Biopharma with Jay Bradner
Return to Work, Celebrity Investors, Institutional Distrust and More on One on One with A and Z
a16z cofounders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz talk tech trends, company building, and more live on Clubhouse every Monday, 7pm PT.
In this conversation:
- What does return to work look like for a16z…
How Ben's Twitter Got Hacked on Breach of the Week #2
What do Ben Horowitz and former President Obama have in common? They both had their twitter accounts taken over to send cryptocurrency spam.
With our office now our home, all security has become pers…
Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen on Games Club
Supercell CEO and co-founder Ilkka Paananen discusses collaborative decision-making on game teams, learning from failure, product design, building company culture, and more with a16z partner Jonathan…
a16z Bio + Health #7: The Power of Patient Data with Anne Wojcicki
Crypto Clubhouse: NFTs, NFTs, NFTs! with OpenSea + Katie Haun
OpenSea founders Devin Finzer and Alex Atallah join Katie Haun as well as Marc Andreessen and Chris Lyons to talk about the emergence of NFTs, what it means for crypto marketplaces, and how the creat…
The Art of Public Speaking with Matt Abrahams (Stanford), Ritu Narayan (Zūm) and Amir Movafaghi (Mixpanel) on 4B with Margit
Speaking coach extraordinaire Matt Abrahams, cofounder of Bold Echo LLC and Lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business; Zūm CEO Ritu Narayan; and Mixpanel CEO Amir Movafaghi talk with Margit ab…
Building Trust and Diversity with Shaka Senghor on Boss Talk #7
Ben and Ali are joined by guest Shaka Senghor, who after 20 years in prison, became an author and activist for prison reform, an entrepreneur, and most recently, head of diversity, equity, and inclus…
SPACs, Bootstrapping and Funding, Firing Execs, and More on One on One with A and Z #5
a16z cofounders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz talk tech trends, company building, and more live on Clubhouse every Monday, 7pm PT.
In this conversation:
- How can VCs be both investors and marketing…
Verkada, $16 SMS hacks on Breach of the Week #1
🔐Welcome to Breach of the Week 🔐– the show that looks at who got hacked, how it happened, and what it means for the industry. 🎙With hosts Joel de la Garza (a16z Security Operating Partner) and Geoff …