Podcast Episodes

Marc Andreessen: Why Perfect Products Become Obsolete

Episode 899

In this episode, Marc Andreessen joins TBPN for an unfiltered conversation spanning everything from ads in LLMs to why Apple’s AI strategy may be risky for anyone not named Apple.

Marc breaks down the…

Published on 4 weeks, 2 days ago

GPT-5 and Agents Breakdown – w/ OpenAI Researchers Isa Fulford & Christina Kim

Episode 898

ChatGPT-5 just launched, marking a major milestone for OpenAI and the entire AI ecosystem.

Fresh off the live stream, Erik Torenberg was joined in the studio by  three people who played key roles in m…

Published on 4 weeks, 2 days ago

How to Build a Successful Company in an Era of Disruption

Episode 897

What happens when a startup becomes a giant—and then has to reinvent itself all over again?

In this episode, Martin Casado sits down with Raghu Raghuram (former CEO of VMware) and Jeetu Patel (Preside…

Published on 1 month ago

Dwarkesh and Noah Smith on AGI and the Economy

Episode 896

In this episode, Erik Torenberg is joined in the studio by Dwarkesh Patel and Noah Smith to explore one of the biggest questions in tech: what exactly is artificial general intelligence (AGI), and ho…

Published on 1 month ago

Balaji on How Tech Truly Wins Media

Episode 895

What really caused the breakdown between tech and media—and what comes next?

Erik Torenberg sits down with Balaji Srinivasan (entrepreneur, investor, and author of The Network State) to explore the lo…

Published on 1 month ago

AI Content and the War for Your Attention

Episode 894

What happens when AI starts generating content for everyone—and no one wants to watch it?

In this episode, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes and ad tech veteran Antonio García Martínez join a16z General Partner, Er…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Balaji Srinivasan: How AI Will Change Politics, War, and Money

Episode 893

a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg and Martin Casado sit down with technologist and investor Balaji Srinivasan to explore how the metaphors we use to describe AI—whether as god, swarm, tool, or ora…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Ben and Marc on New Media: Podcasts, Politics & the Collapse of Trust

Episode 892

On this episode of The Ben & Marc Show, a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz sit down with Erik Torenberg— General Partner at a16z and founder of the media company Turpentine—to unpack h…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Critical Minerals: Mining for the Industrial Future

Episode 891

It can take more than 15 years to permit and build a new mine in the United States - yet nearly every modern technology we rely on, from smartphones to fighter jets to AI data centers, depends on a s…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Future of Software Development - Vibe Coding, Prompt Engineering & AI Assistants

Episode 890

Is AI the Fourth Pillar of Infrastructure?

Infrastructure doesn’t go away — it layers. And today, AI is emerging as a new foundational layer alongside compute, storage, and networking.

Erik Torenberg i…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago