Podcast Episodes

Keith Rabois: Israel, OpenAI, Opendoor, and DOGE

Episode 947

From politics to technology to real estate, Keith Rabois has bold predictions for America’s next decade.

In this conversation with Erik Torenberg, Keith breaks down why he believes the U.S. is enterin…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Ben Horowitz and Ali Ghodsi: How to Run a Billion-Dollar Business

Episode 943

Ben Horowitz founded Loudcloud in the middle of the dot-com bust and sold it for $1.6 billion, then led Andreessen Horowitz from its founding to $46 billion in committed capital. Ali Ghodsi co-founde…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Is AI Slowing Down? Nathan Labenz Says We're Asking the Wrong Question

Episode 946

Nathan Labenz is one of the clearest voices analyzing where AI is headed, pairing sharp technical analysis with his years of work on The Cognitive Revolution.

In this episode, Nathan joins a16z’s Erik…

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Columbia CS Professor: Why LLMs Can’t Discover New Science

Episode 945

From GPT-1 to GPT-5, LLMs have made tremendous progress in modeling human language. But can they go beyond that to make new discoveries and move the needle on scientific progress?

We sat down with dis…

Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago

Monitoring the Situation #3: Who Is Nick Land?

Episode 944

Zach Dell is founder and CEO of Base Power, an energy tech company that builds affordable, reliable power via home batteries.

In this episode of Monitoring the Situation, a16z General Partners Erik To…

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Sam Altman on Sora, Energy, and Building an AI Empire

Episode 942

Sam Altman has led OpenAI from its founding as a research nonprofit in 2015 to becoming the most valuable startup in the world ten years later.

In this episode, a16z Cofounder Ben Horowitz and General…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

How to Build a Real Estate Marketplace - Kaz Nejatian, Opendoor CEO

Episode 941

Opendoor is trying to make it easier to buy a home. Kaz Nejatian just joined as CEO to help them succeed.

In this episode, a16z General Partners Alex Rampell and Erik Torenberg sit down with Kaz to co…

Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago

Can the US Beat China’s Engineering State?

Episode 940

From high-speed rail to electric cars to batteries to AI, it’s clear that China can operate with incredible speed at massive scale. Can the US still compete?

We sat down with Dan Wang, a Research Fell…

Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago

Monitoring the Situation #2: Alana Newhouse

Episode 939

Two trends in media have been abundantly clear since 2020: legacy media is dying, and independent media is rising.

a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg and Katherine Boyle sit down with Tablet founder…

Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago

Software is Eating Labor

Episode 938

Software has fundamentally changed the way we record, store, and share information. Its next act is to fundamentally change the nature of our economy, capturing trillions of dollars of value in the p…

Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago