a16z Podcast

with Jeffrey Katzenberg, Meg Whitman (@MegWhitman), and Marc Andreessen (@pmarca)

In this episode of the a16z Podcast, based on a discussion that took place at our annual a16z Summit, Marc Andreessen…

with Boris Sofman (@bsofman), Dave Touretzky (@DaveTouretzky), and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread)

We're just now beginning to truly see the the first 'real' robots in the home, from Roombas to toys t…

with Adrienne Mayor (@amayor) and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread)

Is it possible that ancient Greeks and Romans dreamed of technological innovations like robots and artificial intelligence millennia b…

with Stephanie Cohen and Martin Casado (@martin_casado)

As chief strategy officer of Goldman Sachs (and former global head of financial sponsors M&A), Stephanie Cohen has seen it all when it comes to…

with Prasad Akella, Paul Daughtery (@pauldaugh) and Frank Chen (@withfries2)

What is different on that factory floor from Henry Ford to today? In this conversation, Prasad Akella, Founder and CEO of …

with Jeff Jordan (@Jeff_Jordan), Yogi Roth (@YogiRoth), Zack Weiner and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread)

For decades, the increasing value of sports teams, rights, licenses and more have been fueled by…

The period from 2000-2016 was one of the best of times and worst of times for tech and the Valley (dotcom, financial crisis, Google IPO, Facebook founded, unprecedented growth, and so on), and John H…

with Shannon (Stubo) Brayton (@sstubo), Margit Wennmachers (@wennmachers), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90)

One of the company building topics that’s surprisingly mystifying is PR -- and only surprising si…

with Michael Ovitz (@michaelovitz), Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread)

When Michael Ovitz co-founded the Hollywood talent agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA), he turned a …

with Fred Wilson (@fredwilson) and Chris Dixon (@cdixon)

There's all sorts of interesting tech trends happening right now, including AI, VR/AR, self-driving cars and drones (as well as interesting st…

with Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) and Steven Sinofsky (@SteveSi)

In another of our hallway conversation episodes, Benedict Evans and Steven Sinofsky talk all about Tesla — and more broadly, the na…

with Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) and Steven Sinofksy (@StevenSi)

In this hallway-style conversation episode of the a16z Podcast, Benedict Evans and a16z board partner Steven Sinofsky discuss Appl…

with Steven Johnson (@stevenbjohnson), Chris Dixon (@cdixon), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90)

There's a lot of research and writing out there on "thinking fast" -- the short-term, gut, instinctual decisio…

with Jeff Jordan (@Jeff_Jordan), Cal Turner Jr., and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread)

The "death of retail" in the face of e-commerce and tech disruption is a very real phenomenon, but what about the f…

with Martin Casado (@martin_casado), Andrew Chen (@andrewchen), Russ Heddleston (@rheddleston), and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread)

What happens when the bottoms up, organic growth usually associated …

with Devon Zuegel (@devonzuegel), Denis Nazarov (@iiterature), and Jesse Walden (@jessewldn)

The open source movement enabled so much in computing, including the collaborative building of libraries -…

with Andrew Chen (@andrewchen), Jeff Jordan (@jeff_jordan), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90)

Once you have users, how do you keep them engaged, retain them, and even "resurrect" or re-engage them? That's t…

with Andrew Chen (@andrewchen), Jeff Jordan (@jeff_jordan), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90)

Growth is one of the most top of mind questions for entrepreneurs building startups of all kinds (and especially…

with Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz) and Sharon Chang (@sychang)

What does it really take to start a startup (or work at one)? In this episode of the a16z Podcast -- based on a Q&A with Ben Horowitz as par…

with Denis Nazarov (@iiterature), Jesse Walden (@jessewldn), Ali Yahya (@ali01), and Devon Zuegel (@devonzuegel)

Cryptonetworks are often compared to firms, people, or even coral reefs -- but, observ…