Podcast Episodes
Back to Searcha16z Podcast: Software Programs the World
Episode 228
"All of a sudden you can program the world" -- it's the continuation of the software eating the world thesis we put out over five years ago, and of t…
9 years, 11 months ago
a16z Podcast: Beyond One Size Fits All for Startup Employee Options
Episode 227
Do we need a new pay system for the way startup employees are compensated? While many people agree that the current 90-day exercise practice — an out…
9 years, 11 months ago
a16z Podcast: When Humanity Meets A.I.
Episode 226
with Fei-Fei Li (@drfeifei), Frank Chen (@withfries2), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90)
Who has the advantage in artificial intelligence — big companies, s…
9 years, 11 months ago
a16z Podcast: Fintech Revolution or Evolution?
Episode 225
How far along are we towards the vision of a "cashless, cardless, walletless, frictionless future" for fintech? We're not quite there yet, argued Buz…
9 years, 11 months ago
a16z Podcast: An Economics Take on the Sharing Economy
Episode 224
Love the term or hate it, the concept and reality of the "sharing economy" (or "gig economy" and so on) is here to stay. And in fact, argues NYU Ster…
10 years ago
a16z 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…
10 years 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…
10 years 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…
10 years 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…
10 years 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…
10 years ago