Podcast Episodes
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Episode 256
Nature is the ultimate complex system, of course — but with today’s technology, it’s now provided us with an “incredible toolkit” of different molecu…
9 years, 2 months ago
a16z Podcast: The Internet Is Your Movement
Episode 255
Clearly disruption plays out not just in business but also in politics. Whether it was the Scottish national party, recent election campaigns, or loc…
9 years, 2 months ago
a16z Podcast: Health Data -- A Feedback Loop for Humanity
Episode 254
"We live in a world where we use millions of variables to predict which ad you're going to click on. Whether or not you deserve to get a loan. What m…
9 years, 2 months ago
a16z Podcast: Knowledge Builds Technology and Technology Builds Knowledge -- with Joel Mokyr
Episode 253
The Industrial Revolution (and period between 1500-1700) was an unprecedented age of technology and economic progress — not unlike today’s, in fact —…
9 years, 3 months ago
a16z Podcast: Drones for Delivery in Healthcare
Episode 252
“If we have instant delivery for our burgers,” says Zipline CEO and co-founder Keller Rinaudo, “we should have it for our medicine.” So while some p…
9 years, 3 months ago
a16z Podcast: Old Food, New Tech -- 'Clean Meat'
Episode 251
You’ve heard the numbers or some statistic like this: By the year 2050, we’ll need to feed 9.7 billion humans on the planet. Our current production a…
9 years, 3 months ago
a16z Podcast: The Business of Creativity -- Pixar CFO, IPO, and Beyond!
Episode 250
You've heard a version of this story before: Steve Jobs calls some executive out of the blue to come work for him. Only this time the story turns out…
9 years, 3 months ago
a16z Podcast: What's Next for Technology and National Security?
Episode 249
We live in very interesting times, to say the least -- whether it's a shift in how technology is built and adopted today compared to the past; a chan…
9 years, 3 months ago
a16z Podcast: Messages and Movements in Politics AND Business
Episode 248
In business, as in politics, "the movement is the message" -- whether that "movement" is a product that's taking off grassroots-style in an enterpris…
9 years, 3 months ago
a16z Podcast: So Where Are We on the 'S-curve' for PC Devices?
Episode 247
There have been a number of new device announcements this past month -- from Google’s new Pixel phone (the first time they made their own phone on th…
9 years, 4 months ago