Podcast Episodes

The Trillion Dollar AI Software Development Stack

Episode 60

AI coding has emerged as a major market for AI: one that’s already rewriting how software gets built.

a16z Infra Partners Yoko Li and Guido Appenzeller break down how “agents with environments” are ch…

Published on 11 hours ago

Material Security CEO: How To Find Your Ideal Customer

Episode 59

What if the hardest part of building a company isn’t the product, but knowing exactly who it’s for?

In this episode, a16z General Partner Martin Casado sits down with Abhishek Agrawal, Cofounder and C…

Published on 4 days, 11 hours ago

When Deepfakes Steal $30M: The New Edge of Cybercrime

Episode 58

AI is transforming both sides of the cybersecurity cat-and-mouse game. Attackers are using LLMs to scale impersonation, phishing, and even deepfake fraud—while defenders are racing to automate detect…

Published on 2 weeks ago

How AI Will Change Photography Forever

Episode 57

What if you could retake your favorite memories years after they happened, fixing the lighting, catching the smile, or even opening your eyes?

In this conversation, a16z General Partner Martin Casado …

Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago

How OpenAI Built Its Coding Agent

Episode 55

OpenAI’s Codex has already shipped hundreds of thousands of pull requests in its first month. But what is it really, and how will coding agents change the future of software?

In this episode, General …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Models, Modalities, and Memes: Creating Compelling AI Characters

Episode 54

Models, Modalities, and Memes: Creating Compelling AI Characters
In this episode of AI + a16z, Hedra founder and CEO Michael Lingelbach joins a16z partners Justine Moore and Matt Bornstein to talk abo…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Performance and Passion: Fal's Approach to AI Inference

Episode 53

If you've been experimenting with image, video, and audio models, the chances are you've been both blown away by how good they're becoming, and also a little perturbed by how long they can take to ge…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

How to Vibe Code Securely

Episode 52

In this episode, a16z partner Joel de la Garza sits down with Socket founder and CEO Feross Aboukhadijeh to dive into the intersection of vibe coding and security. As one of the earliest security fou…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

AI Is Upending SaaS Pricing

Episode 51

In this episode, a16z GP Martin Casado sits down with Metronome CEO Scott Woody to unpack how AI is fundamentally changing the value proposition of software—and why that shift demands a rethink of th…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

The AI Infrastructure Stack with Jennifer Li

Episode 50

In this episode, which originally aired on the Complex Systems Podcast, a16z General Partner Jennifer Li discusses how AI is reshaping every layer of the software stack, creating demand for new types…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago