Podcast Episodes

From Vibe Coding to Vibe Researching: OpenAI’s Mark Chen and Jakub Pachocki

Episode 932

What comes after vibe coding? Maybe vibe researching.

OpenAI’s Chief Scientist, Jakub Pachocki, and Chief Research Officer, Mark Chen, join a16z general partners Anjney Midha and Sarah Wang to go deep…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Software finally eats services - Aaron Levie

Episode 931

Should the US put a price on H-1B visas, or would that block the flow of new talent? Are AI coding agents actually making teams way more productive, or is it just hype? And in the AI platform shift, …

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

America's Autism Crisis and How AI Can Fix Science with NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya

Episode 930

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is one of the country’s top medical experts and a 24-year professor of medicine at Stanford. After being censored and deplatformed during COVID for his role in opposing harsh loc…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Dylan Patel on the AI Chip Race - NVIDIA, Intel & the US Government vs. China

Episode 929

Nvidia’s $5 billion investment in Intel is one of the biggest surprises in semiconductors in years. Two longtime rivals are now teaming up, and the ripple effects could reshape AI, cloud, and the glo…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Charlie Kirk and the Rise of Political Violence

Episode 928

In this episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss, we share a special conversation featuring a16z general partner Katherine Boyle in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s shocking assassination.

Katherine reflects on …

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

The Death of Search: How Shopping Will Work In The Age of AI

Episode 927

The web is unhealthy, and AI agents are about to rewrite how we shop.

In this episode, a16z General Partner Alex Rampell and Partner Justine Moore explore how AI agents will change commerce and the im…

Published on 3 months ago

How OpenAI Built Its Coding Agent

Episode 926

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 3 months ago

Faster Science, Better Drugs

Episode 925

Can we make science as fast as software? 

In this episode, Erik Torenberg talks with Patrick Hsu (cofounder of Arc Institute) and a16z general partner Jorge Conde about Arc’s “virtual cells” moonshot,…

Published on 3 months ago

Ben Horowitz: Why Hesitation is a CEO’s Worst Enemy

Episode 924

In this conversation from Lenny’s Podcast, Ben Horowitz joins Lenny to discuss the psychological muscle every founder needs, why hesitation can be fatal for CEOs, when it’s time to replace a founder,…

Published on 3 months ago

Inside the $13T Mortgage Machine

Episode 923

The $13T U.S. mortgage market serves 50M homeowners but still runs on decades-old software. 

In this episode, a16z GP Angela Strange hosts Tim Mayopoulos (ex-CEO of Fannie Mae and ex-president of Blen…

Published on 3 months ago