Podcast Episodes

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 2 months, 1 week 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 2 months, 1 week 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 2 months, 1 week 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 2 months, 1 week 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 2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Ben & Marc Show: China Has Scale. Can America Catch Up?

Episode 937

Ben, Marc, and Erik Torenberg are joined by Brian Schimpf, Co-Founder & CEO of Anduril, and Chris Power, Founder & CEO of Hadrian. Together, they dig into America’s defense production gap: why the U.…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Cheeky Pint: Marc Andreessen, John Collison & Charlie Songhurst on Tech’s Big Questions

Episode 936

Today we’re sharing a feed drop from Cheeky Pint, where Stripe cofounder and president John Collison chats with legends in technology over a pint of Guinness.

In this episode, John is joined by a16z c…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Building an AI Physicist: ChatGPT Co-Creator’s Next Venture

Episode 935

Scaling laws took us from GPT-1 to GPT-5 Pro. But in order to crack physics, we’ll need a different approach. 

In this episode, a16z General Partner Anjney Midha talks to Liam Fedus, former VP of post…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Meta CMO: How Advertising Works Under the Hood

Episode 934

Ads pay for the internet—and they’re about to change again. a16z General Partner Erik Torenberg, entrepreneur and author Antonio García Martínez, and Meta CMO Alex Schultz dive into growth and perfor…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Common Thread of All Technology: Monitoring the Situation, Ep.1

Episode 933

Announcing our new show, Monitoring the Situation, hosted by a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg and Katherine Boyle, with guest Eddie Lazzarin, CTO of a16z crypto. 

In this first episode, we ask how…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago