a16z Podcast

Bobby Kotick is the CEO of Activision Blizzard (a merger he engineered); it's one of only two video gaming companies in the Fortune 500, and the largest game network in the world. The company is resp…

with Ryan Caldbeck (@ryan_caldbeck), Jeff Jordan (@jeff_jordan), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90)

It's clear that all kinds of commerce companies and consumer products have been disrupted -- or enabled -- …

with Kate Darling (@grok_) and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread)

We already know that we have an innate tendency to anthropomorphize robots. But beyond just projecting human qualities onto them, as we b…

with Chris Burniske (@cburniske), Joel Monegro (@jmonegro), Denis Nazarov (@Iiterature), and Jesse Walden (@jessewldn)

When designing cryptonetworks -- really, emerging economies -- how do we avoid s…

with Phil Daian (@phildaian) and Ali Yahya (@ali01)

Whether in corporations, boardrooms, or political elections, voting is something we see in all kinds of social systems... including blockchains. It…

with Jyoti Bansal (@jyotibansalsf), Peter Levine, Satish Talluri (@satishtalluri), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90)

One of the toughest challenges for founders -- and especially technical founders who are …

with Mark Leslie (@mleslie45) and Peter Levine

What does it actually take to win at enterprise sales? In this episode, Mark Leslie, former CEO and chairman and founding team member of Veritas Softwar…

with Peter Levine, Bob Tinker, and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread)

For consumer companies, often when the holy grail of product-market fit is achieved, the company takes off: magic happens, growth unl…

Veterinary oncology can inform human oncology, and vice versa -- providing a better model for looking at drug performance, interrelationships, and more. Especially when you add in data (there's no "d…

with Joel de la Garza, Jonathan Lusthaus, and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread)

The idea of the cybercriminal as lone wolf or hobby hacker is no longer much of a reality. Instead, the business of cyberc…

with Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) and Steven Sinofsky (@stevesi)

Every year, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) puts the latest and greatest developments in consumer technology on display in Vega…

with Susannah Fox (@susannahfox), Anil Sethi (@anilsethiusa / @ciitizencorp), Vijay Pande (@vijaypande), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90)

The problem of "dark data" in healthcare isn't just a feel-good emp…

with Vas Narasimhan (@vasnarasimhan), Jorge Conde (@jorgecondebio), Vijay Pande (@vijaypande), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90)

On average, only 1 out of 20 medicines works when we actually bring them into …

with James J. Collins, Vijay Pande (@vijaypande), and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread)

The idea of 'designing biology' -- once science fiction -- has over the last 20 years become just... science. In t…

The past and future of marketplace startups -- where are we? Ever since eBay popularized an internet meeting place for buyers and sellers of, well, just about everything, we’ve been waiting for 100 o…

with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), and Tyler Cowen (@tylercowen)

This episode of the a16z Podcast features the rare combination of a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Hor…

In his book (and podcast), Brian McCullough chronicles the history and evolution of the internet -- from college kids in a basement and the dot-com boom, to the applications built on top of it and th…

with Andy Milenius (@realzandy), Jesse Walden (@jessewldn), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90)

The history, evolution, and use of money revolves around the important concept of debt: It’s what allows us to “…

with Bernard J. Tyson (@bernardjtyson) and Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz)

Bernard J. Tyson is the chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, a $73 billion non-profit health organization that provides healthca…

with Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong), Chris Dixon (@cdixon), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90)

Where are we, really, right now -- in terms of what we can/ can't do with crypto today? And what will it tak…