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a16z Podcast

The a16z Podcast discusses tech and culture trends, news, and the future – especially as ‘software eats the world’. It features industry experts, business leaders, and other interesting thinkers and voices from around the world. This podcast is produced by Andreessen Horowitz (aka “a16z”), a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm. Multiple episodes are released every week; visit a16z.com for more details and to sign up for our newsletters and other content as well!

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Update frequency
every 3 days
Average duration
36 minutes
Episodes
913
Years Active
2014 - 2025
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Marc Andreessen: Why Perfect Products Become Obsolete

Marc Andreessen: Why Perfect Products Become Obsolete

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 risky for anyone not named Apple.

Marc breaks down the…

00:37:16  |   Fri 08 Aug 2025
GPT-5 and Agents Breakdown – w/ OpenAI Researchers Isa Fulford & Christina Kim

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

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 studio by  three people who played key roles in m…

00:43:54  |   Fri 08 Aug 2025
How to Build a Successful Company in an Era of Disruption

How to Build a Successful Company in an Era of Disruption

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 Raghuram (former CEO of VMware) and Jeetu Patel (Preside…

00:42:52  |   Wed 06 Aug 2025
Dwarkesh and Noah Smith on AGI and the Economy

Dwarkesh and Noah Smith on AGI and the Economy

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 is artificial general intelligence (AGI), and ho…

01:01:16  |   Mon 04 Aug 2025
Balaji on How Tech Truly Wins Media

Balaji on How Tech Truly Wins Media

What really caused the breakdown between tech and media—and what comes next?

Erik Torenberg sits down with Balaji Srinivasan (entrepreneur, investor, and author of The Network State) to explore the lo…

01:37:40  |   Fri 01 Aug 2025
AI Content and the War for Your Attention

AI Content and the War for Your Attention

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 Antonio García Martínez join a16z General Partner, Er…

00:41:07  |   Wed 30 Jul 2025
Balaji Srinivasan: How AI Will Change Politics, War, and Money

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

a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg and Martin Casado sit down with technologist and investor Balaji Srinivasan to explore how the metaphors we use to describe AI—whether as god, swarm, tool, or ora…

01:05:57  |   Mon 28 Jul 2025
Ben and Marc on New Media:  Podcasts, Politics & the Collapse of Trust

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

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 founder of the media company Turpentine—to unpack h…

01:37:50  |   Fri 25 Jul 2025
Critical Minerals: Mining for the Industrial Future

Critical Minerals: Mining for the Industrial Future

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 to fighter jets to AI data centers, depends on a s…

00:48:19  |   Wed 23 Jul 2025
The Future of Software Development - Vibe Coding, Prompt Engineering & AI Assistants

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

Is AI the Fourth Pillar of Infrastructure?

Infrastructure doesn’t go away — it layers. And today, AI is emerging as a new foundational layer alongside compute, storage, and networking.

Erik Torenberg i…

00:44:23  |   Mon 21 Jul 2025
Marc Andreessen and Joe Lonsdale on Tariffs and Trade

Marc Andreessen and Joe Lonsdale on Tariffs and Trade

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

They explore one of the …

00:30:47  |   Fri 18 Jul 2025
America's Energy Problem: The Grid That Built America Can’t Power Its Future

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

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, and data centers are driving demand for more electr…

00:44:45  |   Wed 16 Jul 2025
Aaron Levie on AI's Enterprise Adoption

Aaron Levie on AI's Enterprise Adoption

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 software, but the structure and speed of work itself.

The…

00:53:03  |   Mon 14 Jul 2025
Ben Horowitz: What Founders Must Know About AI and Crypto

Ben Horowitz: What Founders Must Know About AI and Crypto

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 Ben Horowitz.

Artificial intelligence isn't just …

01:22:32  |   Fri 11 Jul 2025
Stablecoins & the Future Financial System

Stablecoins & the Future Financial System

a16z Crypto General Partners Ali Yahya, Arianna Simpson, and Erik Torenberg break down what’s actually working in crypto today - starting with the rise of stablecoins as a real-world payments layer. …

00:37:52  |   Wed 09 Jul 2025
How Andreessen Horowitz Disrupted VC & What’s Coming Next

How Andreessen Horowitz Disrupted VC & What’s Coming Next

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 founding of Andreessen Horowitz—and how they set out …

01:23:01  |   Mon 07 Jul 2025
Enabling Agents and Battling Bots on an AI-Centric Web

Enabling Agents and Battling Bots on an AI-Centric Web

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 managing who can access websites, and other web apps, an…

00:26:24  |   Fri 04 Jul 2025
Marc Andreessen on Startup Timing

Marc Andreessen on Startup Timing

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 Andreessen joins games General Partner Jonathan Lai …

00:18:16  |   Wed 02 Jul 2025
Katherine Boyle: How Tech Can Rebuild America

Katherine Boyle: How Tech Can Rebuild America

Why does seriousness feel radical today? a16z General Partner Katherine Boyle joins The LaBossiere Podcast to explore what it means to build for the national interest—and why that starts with purpose…

00:52:37  |   Mon 30 Jun 2025
Where We Are in the AI Cycle

Where We Are in the AI Cycle

In this episode of ‘This Week in Consumer’, a16z General Partners Anish Acharya and Erik Torenberg are joined by Steven Sinofsky - Board Partner at a16z and former President of Microsoft’s Windows di…

00:30:26  |   Fri 27 Jun 2025
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