Podcast Episodes
Back to Searcha16z 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 months ago
a16z Podcast: Reinventing Insurance
Episode 183
Your homeowner’s insurance didn’t anticipate Airbnb. Your car insurance certainly didn’t see Lyft and Uber coming. And when your car drives itself, i…
10 years, 4 months ago
a16z Podcast: When Banking Works Like My Smartphone
Episode 182
There are fewer and fewer parts of our lives that don't feel like an extension of our smartphones. Any song you might want to hear. Any place you mig…
10 years, 4 months ago
a16z Podcast: Things Come Together -- Truths about Tech in Africa
Episode 181
We often hear stats like “more people have mobile phones than toilets” about places like Africa, but what does that actually mean for people? “It is …
10 years, 4 months ago
a16z Podcast: The Fundamentals of Security and the Story of Tanium’s Growth
Episode 180
The thing about enterprise security, from the outside at least, is it reads like a Hollywood thriller. Nation states are after your company’s most va…
10 years, 5 months ago
a16z Podcast: Software is What Distinguishes the Hardware Winners
Episode 179
Smartphone components have become a kind of Lego kit for all kinds of consumer technology. Cameras, sensors, and batteries all get mixed and matched …
10 years, 5 months ago