Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCome for the Games, Stay for the Party
Episode 498
The games industry is in the midst of a tectonic shift. Powered by platform convergence, games-as-a-service, and user-generated content, modern video…
6 years, 4 months ago
AI in B2B
Episode 497
Consumer software may have adopted and incorporated AI ahead of enterprise software, where the data is more proprietary, and the market is a few thou…
6 years, 4 months ago
Free Software and Open Source Business
Episode 496
Today, despite the critical importance of open source to software, it’s still seen by some as blasphemous to make money as an open source business. I…
6 years, 4 months ago
Of Emojis and Innovation
Episode 495
This rerun podcast (first recorded in 2015, now being rerun as one of our evergreen classics/ favorites) -- is ALL about emoji. But it's really about…
6 years, 4 months ago
The Environment, Capitalism, Technology
Episode 494
It used to be that the only way for humanity to grow -- and progress -- was through destroying the environment. Sure, the Industrial Revolution broug…
6 years, 5 months ago
16 Minutes on the News #10: Amazon Healthcare, Oculus VR/AR, Google Quantum Supremacy?
Episode 493
Our news podcast, 16 Minutes -- where we quickly cover the top headlines of the week, the a16z way (why are these topics in the news; what's real, wh…
6 years, 5 months ago
New Business Models for Gaming, Collaboration, Creativity
Episode 492
The combination of cloud, social, and mobile took gaming beyond a small base of just console- and PC-gamers to a massive player base. But the underly…
6 years, 5 months ago
16 Minutes on the News #9: All the Recent Phone Hacks
Episode 491
This is episode #9 of our news show, 16 Minutes, where we quickly cover recent headlines of the week, the a16z way -- why they’re in the news; why th…
6 years, 5 months ago
a16z Podcast: The Biology of Pain
Episode 490
What is the nature of physical pain? Why do we even experience it? Is there one type, or many? Do people experience pain differently? What is happeni…
6 years, 5 months ago
16 Minutes on the News #8: Apple Camera, Services; Wearables - Where are We
Episode 489
with @benedictevans @vijaypande and @smc90
This is episode #8 of our news show, 16 Minutes, where we quickly cover recent headlines of the week, the …
6 years, 5 months ago