Podcast Episodes
Back to Searcha16z Podcast: Apple and the Widgetification of Everything
Episode 223
The world's most valuable company, Apple, made a number of seemingly incremental announcements at its most recent annual developer's conference (WWDC…
9 years, 10 months ago
a16z Podcast: Move Fast But Don't Break Things (When It Comes to Computational Biology)
Episode 222
The mindset of "move fast and break things", while great for code, isn't exactly great for the human body. So adding computation to biology -- especi…
9 years, 10 months ago
a16z Podcast: Not If, But How -- When Technology is Inevitable (with Kevin Kelly)
Episode 221
Technology has always been a force in how we live, work, and play; only now it's accelerating and compounding in unexpected ways. But just because we…
9 years, 10 months ago
Politics Over Pragmatism
Episode 220
"Anybody who is interested in China, who's developing things in China, who's doing business with China needs to be thinking about the instinct toward…
9 years, 11 months ago
a16z Podcast: Startups and Pendulum Swings Through Ideas, Time, Fame, and Money
Episode 219
Everything old is new again when it comes to startup ideas and how technology innovation happens. But practically, how does that apply to starting an…
9 years, 11 months ago
a16z Podcast: Trade, Commerce, Manufacturing, Immigration, & Cuba -- with Penny Pritzker
Episode 218
"We really want Apple here... Would you please call Tim Cook?"
That's just one of the things Penny Pritzker, the 38th Secretary of Commerce has heard…
9 years, 11 months ago
a16z Podcast: Managing Uncertainty -- Layoffs and Talent
Episode 217
In many ways, managing startups is about managing uncertainty: in product, market, and... people. So what happens when changes in the business requir…
9 years, 11 months ago
a16z Podcast: Automation, Jobs, & the Future of Work (and Income)
Episode 216
There's no question automation is taking over more and more aspects of work and some jobs altogether. But we're now entering a "third era" of automat…
9 years, 11 months ago
a16z Podcast: Innovation vs. Invention at Google I/O
Episode 215
Innovation or invention? Platform or app? Vertical or horizontal? Strategy or tactic? Does the smartphone eat VR? And (not to get all existential abo…
9 years, 11 months ago
a16z Podcast: Airspace as the Next Internet-Like Platform
Episode 214
One of the most important lessons of the internet age is what happens when we give people -- including companies, developers, engineers, hobbyists, a…
9 years, 11 months ago