Podcast Episodes
Back to Searcha16z Podcast: Dell + EMC -- Why the Python Just Ate the Cow
Episode 146
We just witnessed the largest acquisition in tech history, and before Dell made it happen, it would have been hard to imagine. Not so much that the t…
10 years, 4 months ago
a16z Podcast: AMPLab, the Power of Open Source, and the Future of Systems Software
Episode 145
The place where Apache Spark was born, UC Berkeley’s AMPLab has not just created a major open source software platform, it’s spun out more than its s…
10 years, 4 months ago
a16z Podcast: The Role of Academia in the Startup World
Episode 144
Getting denied another round of NSF funding in the early days of Mosaic turned out to be a huge catalyst to start a company around the fledgling web …
10 years, 4 months ago
a16z Podcast: How Big Companies Can Get the Most From Silicon Valley
Episode 143
There is a stream of the world's largest companies coming to Silicon Valley looking for innovation. But how do they find it, and then, how do they br…
10 years, 4 months ago
a16z Podcast: Wall Street's Most Hated Man -- A Conversation With Overstock.com's Patrick Byrne
Episode 142
Mention Patrick Byrne, the founder and CEO of Overstock.com, and you’ll elicit a strong opinion. In 2004, one hedge fund manager labeled Byrne the mo…
10 years, 4 months ago
a16z Podcast: A Podcast about Podcasts
Episode 141
Podcasts and podcasting have been around a while, but seem to be going through a renaissance of sorts -- partly enabled by connected cars and other t…
10 years, 4 months ago
a16z Podcast: Money, Risk, and Software
Episode 140
Financial services are overdue for an overhaul. With a16z's newest general partner, Alex Rampell (who just officially started), this segment of the p…
10 years, 4 months ago
a16z Podcast: Advertising vs. Micropayments in the Age of Ad Blockers
Episode 139
Apple included support for ad blocking in its recent iOS 9 update, and for many that prompted discussions around an age-old question: Is traditional …
10 years, 5 months ago
a16z Podcast: Building the Right Technical Advisory Board
Episode 138
There is increasing interest among companies -- small and large -- in putting together technical advisory boards. It sounds pretty straightforward: g…
10 years, 5 months ago
a16z Podcast: Making the Case for Permissionless Innovation
Episode 137
The internet as it has evolved in the United States is perhaps the best example of “permissionless innovation” -- the idea that you can innovate with…
10 years, 5 months ago