Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchVitalik Buterin vs Beff Jezos: AI Acceleration Debate (E/acc vs D/acc)
Episode 109
Should we push AI forward as fast as possible, or be more careful about how it develops?
Two competing views are emerging:
e/acc (effective accel…6 months, 3 weeks ago
AI Is Changing the Internet. What Does It Mean for Creators? (with Justin and Michael Blau)
Episode 108
What does the future of the creator economy actually look like? The economics of content creation are changing, what happens to copyright in a world …
7 months ago
The Emmy Built on ETH: Emily Yang aka pplpleasr on the Future of Storytelling
Episode 107
Four years ago, artist Emily Yang aka pplpleasr began a creative journey that would help break new ground at the intersection of art, technology, and…
7 months ago
AI Just Gave You Superpowers — Now What?
Episode 105
A hot paper — "Some Simple Economics of AGI" — has been making the rounds, so we sat down with the author, covering:
Automation vs. verification: …7 months, 1 week ago
Why Tokenize? Fidelity on Onchain Assets and the Next Phase of Adoption
Episode 106
What does it actually mean to bring assets onchain — and why should investors care?
In this episode, Cynthia Lo Bessette, Head of Digital Asset Mana…
7 months, 1 week ago
When Bots Have Bank Accounts: The Rise of the Agent Economy (With Sean Neville, Catena Labs)
Episode 104
What happens when AI becomes the primary economic actor?
In this conversation, Sean Neville (cofounder of Circle, architect of USDC, and now cofound…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
From Eater to Blackbird: Ben Leventhal on Restaurants, Loyalty, and Rebuilding Payments
Episode 103
Restaurants generated more than a trillion dollars in sales last year — but they don’t control the payment rails those dollars flow through.
In this e…
8 months ago
Bridge CEO Zach Abrams: Stablecoins Are The Next Platform for Money
Episode 102
with @zcabrams @rhackett
What happens when money moves 10x — or 100x — faster than it does today?
In this episode, Zach Abrams, cofounder and CEO of Br…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Why Privacy Will Be the Biggest Moat in Crypto
Episode 101
with @alive_eth @rhackett
a16z crypto General Partner Ali Yahya explains why privacy — not performance — will determine the long-term winners in crypt…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
From Oculus to Anduril: Palmer Luckey on Power, Technology, and the Future
Episode 100
with @PalmerLuckey @cdixon
In this special episode — our 100th on the a16z crypto show! — Chris Dixon interviews Palmer Luckey (founder of Anduril; fo…
8 months, 3 weeks ago