Podcast Episodes
Back to Searcha16z Podcast: Mobile Falls Hard for Virtual Reality
Episode 193
The mobile world has fallen hard for VR, says Benedict Evans. But will virtual reality mean real profit for hardware makers? Evans offers his observa…
10 years, 2 months ago
a16z Podcast: Mapping the Future of Virtual Reality
Episode 192
Virtual reality is coming fast, and everyone seems to assume that it will be gamers who get to have all the fun first. But there are other applicatio…
10 years, 2 months ago
a16z Podcast: Infrastructure... Is Everything
Episode 191
Infrastructure. It powers everything from cities to computing, yet is sometimes considered "boring" because it is so invisible to so many of us. But …
10 years, 2 months ago
a16z Podcast: Open vs. Closed, Alpha Cities, and the Industries of the Future
Episode 190
The principal political binary of the past century was the political 'left versus right'. But in the 21st century the binary has shifted -- the battl…
10 years, 2 months ago
a16z Podcast: 'In the Eye of a Tornado' -- Views on Innovation from China
Episode 189
No matter how one views Xiaomi -- and there are many ways to view it, for better or worse -- one thing is clear: It, and other such companies (like W…
10 years, 2 months ago
a16z Podcast: Breaking the Barriers of Human Potential
Episode 188
During his “Stratos” jump Felix Baumgartner fell faster than the speed of sound, reaching an estimated speed of 833.9 mph plummeting from the edge of…
10 years, 2 months ago
a16z Podcast: Hall of Fame Football Meets Venture Capital
Episode 187
The NFL has descended upon Silicon Valley for Superbowl 50, and a16z was fortunate to have 30 of the world’s best football players post-up at the fir…
10 years, 2 months ago
a16z Podcast: Building Affirm, and Why Max Levchin Has Watched Seven Samurai 100-Plus Times
Episode 186
Max Levchin helped build PayPal. Then he went onto tackle gaming at Slide. Now he’s back in the world of payments and finance with his latest startup…
10 years, 2 months ago
a16z Podcast: The Future of Money and Monetization
Episode 185
Technology companies are running hard at almost every part of the traditional banking business -- from raising funds to moving money from one person …
10 years, 2 months ago
a16z Podcast: How to Be Original and Make Big Ideas Happen
Episode 184
From Aaron Sorkin to Steve Jobs to Meredith Perry and Elon Musk, "original" thinkers -- such as entrepreneurs -- do a lot of different things to move…
10 years, 2 months ago