a16z Podcast

By Andreessen Horowitz

Technology Business

What's a16z Podcast about?

The a16z Podcast discusses tech and culture trends, news, and the future – especially as ‘software eats the world’. It features industry experts, business leaders, and other interesting thinkers and voices from around the world. This podcast is produced by Andreessen Horowitz (aka “a16z”), a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm. Multiple episodes are released every week; visit a16z.com for more details and to sign up for our newsletters and other content as well!

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Healthspan, Lifespan, and t...

02.03.2023

In this cross-over episode from Bio Eats World, Kristen Fortney, cofounder and CEO of BioAge, joins Vijay Pande, founding partner of a16z Bio + Health, and Olivia Webb, editorial lead, to discuss the biology of aging, how she started a ...

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02.03.2023 Healthspan, Lifespan, and the Biology of Aging In this cross-over episode from Bio Eats World, Kristen Fortney, cofounder and CEO of BioAge, joins Vijay Pande, founding partner of a16z Bio + Health, and Olivia Webb, editorial lead, to discuss the biology of aging, how she started a ...
01.27.2023 2023 Big Ideas in Technology (Part 2) At the end of 2022, our team at a16z asked dozens of partners across the firm to spotlight one big idea that startups in their fields could tackle in 2023. Emerging from this exercise came 40+ builder-worthy pursuits for the ...
01.24.2023 2023 Big Ideas in Technology (Part 1) At the end of 2022, our team at a16z asked dozens of partners across the firm to spotlight one big idea that startups in their fields could tackle in 2023. Emerging from this exercise came 40+ builder-worthy pursuits for the ...
01.19.2023 The Human Behind the Genius In this special episode, we share never heard before footage from Steve Wozniak alongside his cofounder and best man, Alex Fielding. Listeners get an inside look into what drove Woz to building a computer, but also how Steve’s zest for ...
01.12.2023 Building for Tomorrow New year, new you! Right? Well, as much as we’d all like to believe that we embrace the new… the reality is that we often resist change. That’s why we’ve brought in someone who has studied how humans respond to ...
01.10.2023 Expert AI as a Healthcare Superpower In this episode, Marc Andreessen and Vijay Pande discuss expert AI and its role in healthcare, bio, and more.
01.06.2023 Creators, Creativity, and Technology with Bob Iger with @robertiger @cdixon @smc90 A wide-ranging conversation with Bob Iger on the interplay between technology, content, and distribution; as well as Bob’s journey -- and that of various creators! -- especially as the industry evolved from TV and cable to ...
12.27.2022 Best Clips of 2022 We’ve had some incredible guests join us on the a16z podcast this year, ranging from moonshot entrepreneurs, to top creators, to some of the most forward thinking technologists – all of which are busy shaping the future right before our ...
12.20.2022 Pay Without Borders with Deel, GitLab, and Safetywing It’s been a century since the 40-hour work week was adopted, and decades since wifi has appeared on the scene. Despite countless new technologies fundamentally changing how we can work, many work practices have remained the same. COVID sent a ...
12.13.2022 Carbon Solutions Now and Next: From Biomass to Mineralization In this episode, we tackle three carbon removal projects of varying scale, business models, and technical challenges. -Biomass pyrolysis via Charm Industrial -An electrochemical process via Travertine -Mineralization via 44.01 We cover these companies through the lens of their founders ...
12.08.2022 Ben Horowitz and Brian Armstrong on Building and Overcoming the Hard Things If you’ve been following the news, you’ve probably heard of the recent FTX scandal. While there’s much still unknown, in this episode we get the unique opportunity to hear from Brian Armstrong – co-founder and CEO of Coinbase – about ...
12.06.2022 Building a Marketplace for Carbon In part 1 of our carbon removal series, we talked to Nan Ransohoff — Head of Climate at Stripe — about what it might take to jumpstart the market of carbon removal solutions. But what happens when there is a ...
11.30.2022 The Economics of Carbon Removal with Nan Ransohoff What happens when there’s demand for a solution that doesn’t quite exist yet? Today, we bring on Nan Ransohoff to talk about this exact problem as it relates to carbon removal, and how Frontier — the initiative out of Stripe ...
11.24.2022 Ryan Petersen on Rearchitecting the Supply Chain In today’s episode, we have a special treat. Flexport’s co-CEO and Founder, Ryan Petersen, chats with a16z Growth Editor Das Rush. They start with the question of why Ryan has chosen – of all the problem spaces to work on ...
11.22.2022 Neal Stephenson on The Future of the Metaverse When Neal Stephenson coined “the metaverse” three decades ago, his book Snow Crash was found on the shelves of “science fiction”. While the book remains in that category, many of its concepts are now found in reality… Fast forward to ...
11.17.2022 The Factory of the Future with Chris Power Today, we have an episode with Chris Power, the founder and CEO of Hadrian. Hadrian is a company trying to build the most efficient factories on the planet. In this conversation, we’ll introduce the audience to advanced manufacturing, and expose ...
11.15.2022 Balaji Srinivasan on The Network State In this episode, we’ll explore the concept of The Network State with Balaji Srinivasan. As the world becomes more digital, it also becomes more distributed. This is obvious on the individual level – how you order goods, the way you ...
11.09.2022 AI and the Creator Economy with Karen X Cheng Generative AI tools like DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion have taken the world by storm in recent months, wowing the masses with their uncanny ability to produce images via text prompts. In this interview, we’ll chat with Karen Cheng about ...
11.09.2022 Why Technology Still Matters with Marc Andreessen With much coverage of technology lined with pessimism, the a16z Podcast returns to highlight the bright side of technology, alongside the founders building it. But before featuring the solutions in progress, we wanted to explore why building the future is ...
11.09.2022 The Data Highway Above with Privateer’s Steve Wozniak, Alex Fielding, and Dr. Moriba Jah Many people consider space to be the next frontier and equally an infinite horizon to explore. But the reality is that not all “space” is the same and there are strategic zones that don’t only matter up there – but ...
11.07.2022 The a16z Podcast Returns The long-standing (and chart-topping) a16z Podcast returns to cover the most important topics within the world of technology. Brought to you by the minds at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and hosted by Steph Smith, each episode goes beyond headlines, giving listeners ...
10.28.2022 Is a Fun, Therapeutic Game Possible? a16z general partners Vijay Pande and Jon Lai discuss the challenge of building a game that’s both fun and therapeutic.
10.19.2022 Cycles of Computing, Now and Next a16z general partner Chris Dixon and Proof Collective co-founder Kevin Rose take a tour through current tech trends in web3 and beyond, from NFTs and art to AI, copyright, communities, the growing tech scenes in LA and NYC, and more.
10.14.2022 The Future of Audio The future of audio is about more than just podcasting or streaming music -- it's about audio as an experience that both creators and listeners can interact with in new ways. Spotify's chief R&D officer joins this episode to discuss ...
10.06.2022 Culture as Code How do you build, set, shape, fix, and change your culture? a16z co-founder Ben Horowitz digs into this and more while discussing his latest book, What You Do is Who You Are.
09.28.2022 On Mentorship and Leadership Behind many great leaders, you’ll usually find a great mentor. a16z co-founder Ben Horowitz discusses mentorship and leadership with his mentor, Silicon Valley legend Ken Coleman, and his mentee, Michel Feaster, founder of Usermind and Chief Product Officer of Qualtrics.
09.07.2022 Cloud Wars, Company Wars, and Innovating Through Change How do you transform and innovate as your company grows and matures, even as the underlying technology platforms shift? Michael Dell of Dell Technologies joins a16z's Martin Casado, Marc Andreessen, and Sonal Choksi to discuss.
09.03.2022 How to Find Product-Market-Sales Fit Getting to “product-market fit” is one of the key milestones for any startup. But for enterprise and B2B founders, product-market fit often requires a strong strategy around how you sell that product.
08.26.2022 The Fintech Opportunity for Students and Gen Z It’s back to school season, and student loans and education funding are top of mind. Beyond the policy debates, though, what is the opportunity for fintech to help students and other young people navigate their first big financial decisions? Mos ...
08.19.2022 How to Make Better Decisions How do you make a smart and logical decision when you don’t have all the facts – and probably never will? When and how do you decide to go against consensus opinion? Decision strategist and professional poker player Annie Duke ...
08.11.2022 Learning from Open Source Communities While “community” is a common buzzword in everything from web3 to SaaS, community has long played a key role in the modern open source movement. Author Nadia Asparouhova joins to talk about her book, Working in Public: The Making and ...
08.04.2022 The Art and Science of Moderating Discussions Effectively moderating live discussions is for more than just podcasters and event hosts -- anyone who runs important meetings or communicates with large groups can benefit from the expert best practices of great moderation. This episode shares battle-tested frameworks, concrete ...
07.27.2022 Tiktok's Algorithm and Creativity Network Effects "The algorithm" is a common buzzword in discussions about social media -- but how do algorithms actually drive product design today? In this deep dive episode from 2020 on the algorithm that powers TikTok, Eugene Wei discusses the "creativity network ...
07.21.2022 From Research to Startup, There and Back Again From 2000 to 2016, it was the best of times and the worst of times for Silicon Valley -- and John Hennessy, as president of Stanford University during that time, was a key player in the Valley's ecosystem. Hennessy is ...
07.13.2022 Crisis Communications 101 Managing a crisis is more than a communications challenge -- it's a business challenge and an opportunity to change your culture. a16z's Margit Wennmachers and Kim Milosevich discuss crisis communications 101.
07.06.2022 All About Synthetic Biology With the field of synthetic biology -- which involves designing and engineering organisms to specific purposes -- exploding and driving both innovation and real-world impact from drug development to manufacturing and more, how did we get here? This episode digs ...
06.29.2022 Mining the Data for Cobalt With increased demand for better batteries, cobalt has become one of the most important metals on the planet. Kobold Metals co-founder and CEO Kurt House, John Thompson of Cornell, and a16z general partner Connie Chan join Hanne Winarsky in discussing ...
06.23.2022 Applying AI in B2B While new generative AI models like DALL-E 2 and Imagen have recently brought broader awareness and excitement to the space, AI is already changing how we work and the software we use across the enterprise. People.AI founder and CEO Oleg ...
06.15.2022 More from Less: The Environment, Capitalism, and Technology In times of great uncertainty, it can help to examine the longer arc of innovation and where we are headed. MIT economist and best-selling author Andrew McAfee joins Marc Andreessen and Sonal Choksi to discuss the case for why human ...
06.08.2022 Blockchains, crypto, & web3: Connections, models, more In this crossover episode from new show "web3 with a16z", a16z general partners Chris Dixon and Ali Yahya and a16z crypto head of research Tim Roughgarden, with host Sonal Choksi, set context and discuss the connections between blockchain, crypto, and ...
06.02.2022 Crypto, an Oral Essay In this special “innovation overview” episode from April 2021, the a16z crypto team and other experts give a primer on crypto and web3, starting from the basics of crypto and how it works to more recent innovations and beyond -- ...
05.26.2022 Stories of Startup Survival Mode The story of startups is often a story of survival. What do you do when the markets go down? When your biggest customer churns? When your big product launch falls flat? Ben Horowitz and Jason Rosenthal share stories and lessons ...
05.18.2022 Innovating While Scaling: Lessons from Amazon What can today’s startups learn from Amazon’s so-called “invention machine” and a culture of growth and innovation that led to several successful and diverse lines of products? As it scaled, how did Amazon define and adapt its culture and practices ...
05.11.2022 When Gross Margins Matter In turbulent times, it's critical to to understand the fundamental finances that drive the business. One of the key metrics both investors and founders look at is gross margins. This conversation digs into the what, when, and why gross margins ...
05.04.2022 The Founder to Investor Journey Every founder's journey is unique, and a16z general partner David Ulevitch's is no exception. From working in tech during the Dot Com boom to founding and guiding his own startups to successful exits to becoming an investor, he shares his ...
04.28.2022 Inside Apple Software Design What was it like to build and demo new things for Steve Jobs? How did Apple develop the software components of iconic hardware products iPhone, iPad, and more? Longtime Apple software engineer and designer Ken Kocienda shares stories and lessons ...
04.21.2022 Tesla and the Nature of Disruption “Disruption” is a word often used in the tech -- and yet, spotting and harnessing truly disruptive technology is much trickier than it looks. Benedict Evans and Steven Sinofsky use the example of Tesla and electric vehicles to dig into ...
04.14.2022 Designing a Culture of Reinvention Netflix CEO and co-founder Reed Hastings talks with a16z co-founder Ben Horowitz about his management philosophies and learnings from managing Netflix through multiple pivots. Because as companies grow and their technologies and customers rapidly evolve, building a resilient culture that ...
04.06.2022 The Basics of Growth Marketing: Engagement & Retention So, you’ve found product market fit and you’re starting to acquire users. But it’s not enough to just have users – you need to make sure they’re sticking around and keep finding value in your product. How do you measure ...
03.30.2022 The Basics of Growth Marketing: User Acquisition Growth is one of the most top of mind questions for entrepreneurs building startups of all kinds -- but how does one go beyond a mindset of "growth hacking" to thinking about growth more systemically and holistically? a16z general partners ...

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a16z Podcast episodes:

Healthspan, Lifespan, and the Biology of Aging

2023 Big Ideas in Technology (Part 2)

2023 Big Ideas in Technology (Part 1)

The Human Behind the Genius

Building for Tomorrow

Expert AI as a Healthcare Superpower

Creators, Creativity, and Technology with Bob Iger

Best Clips of 2022

Pay Without Borders with Deel, GitLab, and Safetywing

Carbon Solutions Now and Next: From Biomass to Mineralization

Ben Horowitz and Brian Armstrong on Building and Overcoming the Hard Things

Building a Marketplace for Carbon

The Economics of Carbon Removal with Nan Ransohoff

Ryan Petersen on Rearchitecting the Supply Chain

Neal Stephenson on The Future of the Metaverse

The Factory of the Future with Chris Power

Balaji Srinivasan on The Network State

AI and the Creator Economy with Karen X Cheng

Why Technology Still Matters with Marc Andreessen

The Data Highway Above with Privateer’s Steve Wozniak, Alex Fielding, and Dr. Moriba Jah

The a16z Podcast Returns

Is a Fun, Therapeutic Game Possible?

Cycles of Computing, Now and Next

The Future of Audio

Culture as Code

On Mentorship and Leadership

Cloud Wars, Company Wars, and Innovating Through Change

How to Find Product-Market-Sales Fit

The Fintech Opportunity for Students and Gen Z

How to Make Better Decisions

Learning from Open Source Communities

The Art and Science of Moderating Discussions

Tiktok's Algorithm and Creativity Network Effects

From Research to Startup, There and Back Again

Crisis Communications 101

All About Synthetic Biology

Mining the Data for Cobalt

Applying AI in B2B

More from Less: The Environment, Capitalism, and Technology

Blockchains, crypto, & web3: Connections, models, more

Crypto, an Oral Essay

Stories of Startup Survival Mode

Innovating While Scaling: Lessons from Amazon

When Gross Margins Matter

The Founder to Investor Journey

Inside Apple Software Design

Tesla and the Nature of Disruption

Designing a Culture of Reinvention

The Basics of Growth Marketing: Engagement & Retention

The Basics of Growth Marketing: User Acquisition

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