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AI's Unsung Hero: Data Labeling and Expert Evals
Episode 49
Labelbox CEO Manu Sharma joins a16z Infra partner Matt Bornstein to explore the evolution of data labeling and evaluation in AI — from early supervised learning to today’s sophisticated reinforcement…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
AI, Data Engineering, and the Modern Data Stack
Episode 48
In this episode of AI + a16z, dbt Labs founder and CEO Tristan Handy sits down with a16z's Jennifer Li and Matt Bornstein to explore the next chapter of data engineering — from the rise (and plateau)…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Enabling Agents and Battling Bots on an AI-Centric Web
Episode 47
Arcjet CEO David Mytton sits down with a16z partner Joel de la Garza to discuss the increasing complexity of managing who can access websites, and other web apps, and what they can do there. A primar…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Giving New Life to Unstructured Data with LLMs and Agents
Episode 46
Instabase founder and CEO Anant Bhardwaj joins a16z Infra partner Guido Appenzeller to discuss the revolutionary impact of LLMs on analyzing unstructured data and documents (like letting banks verify…
Published on 4 months ago
Beyond Leaderboards: LMArena’s Mission to Make AI Reliable
Episode 45
LMArena cofounders Anastasios N. Angelopoulos, Wei-Lin Chiang, and Ion Stoica sit down with a16z general partner Anjney Midha to talk about the future of AI evaluation. As benchmarks struggle to keep…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Building AI Systems You Can Trust
Episode 44
In this episode of AI + a16z, Distributional cofounder and CEO Scott Clark, and a16z partner Matt Bornstein, explore why building trust in AI systems matters more than just optimizing performance met…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Who's Coding Now? AI and the Future of Software Development
Episode 43
In this episode of the a16z AI podcast, a16z Infra partners Guido Appenzeller, Matt Bornstein, and Yoko Li explore how generative AI is reshaping software development. From its potential as a new hig…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
MCP Co-Creator on the Next Wave of LLM Innovation
Episode 42
In this episode of AI + a16z, Anthropic's David Soria Parra — who created MCP (Model Context Protocol) along with Justin Spahr-Summers — sits down with a16z's Yoko Li to discuss the project's incepti…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
What Is an AI Agent?
Episode 41
In this episode of AI + a16z, a16z Infra partners Guido Appenzeller, Matt Bornstein, and Yoko Li discuss and debate one of the tech industry's buzziest words right now: AI agents. The trio digs into …
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Benchmarking AI Agents on Full-Stack Coding
Episode 40
In this episode, a16z General Partner Martin Casado sits down with Sujay Jayakar, co-founder and Chief Scientist at Convex, to talk about his team’s latest work benchmarking AI agents on full-stack c…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago