Podcast Episodes

"Is there an AI bubble?” Gavin Baker and David George

Episode 957

In this conversation from a16z’s Runtime conference, Gavin Baker, Managing Partner and CIO of Atreides Management, joins David George, General Partner at a16z, to unpack the macro view of AI: the tri…

Published on 10 hours ago

Building the Real-World Infrastructure for AI, with Google, Cisco & a16z

Episode 956

AI isn’t just changing software, it’s causing the biggest buildout of physical infrastructure in modern history.

In this episode, Raghu Raghuram (a16z) speaks with Amin Vahdat, VP and GM of AI and Inf…

Published on 1 day, 10 hours ago

Google DeepMind Developers: How Nano Banana Was Made

Episode 955

Google DeepMind’s new image model Nano Banana took the internet by storm.

In this episode, we sit down with Principal Scientist Oliver Wang and Group Product Manager Nicole Brichtova to discuss how Na…

Published on 2 days, 2 hours ago

Raghu Raghuram: AI, Robotics, and the Rebirth of Infrastructure

Episode 954

From Netscape to VMware, Raghu Raghuram has been at the center of nearly every major inflection point in enterprise technology.

In this episode, Raghu joins Ben Horowitz, Martin Casado and David Georg…

Published on 3 days, 10 hours ago

Marc Andreessen: How Movies Explain America

Episode 953

In this episode of Monitoring the Situation, Marc Andreessen, Katherine Boyle, and Erik Torenberg dive into the movies that best explain America, from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood to Tropic Thunder …

Published on 6 days, 2 hours ago

Marc Andreessen and Amjad Masad: English As the New Programming Language

Episode 952

Amjad Masad, founder and CEO of Replit, joins a16z’s Marc Andreessen and Erik Torenberg to discuss the new world of AI agents, the future of programming, and how software itself is beginning to build…

Published on 1 week ago

Why Creativity Will Matter More Than Code

Episode 951

In this episode, a16z's Anish Acharya joins Kevin Rose for an in-depth, fast-paced conversation on the rebirth of consumer technology, and how AI is reshaping what it means to build, invest, and crea…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

How Kong Was Born: APIs, Hustle, and the Future of AI Infrastructure

Episode 950

Augusto Marietti, CEO and cofounder of Kong, has one of the most remarkable founder stories in Silicon Valley history.

In this conversation with Martin Casado, Aghi shares how he went from a garage in…

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago

Reid Hoffman on AI, Consciousness, and the Future of Humanity

Episode 949

Reid Hoffman has been at the center of every major tech shift, from co-founding LinkedIn and helping build PayPal to investing early in OpenAI. In this conversation, he looks ahead to the next transf…

Published on 1 week, 3 days ago

Marc Andreessen on the State of Film and Hollywood

Episode 948

Hollywood is going through a major cultural and creative reset, and Marc Andreessen thinks it’s long overdue.

In this episode of Monitoring the Situation, Marc joins Erik Torenberg and Katherine Boyle…

Published on 1 week, 6 days ago