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Why Creativity Will Matter More Than Code | Kevin Rose and Anish Acharya

How Kong Was Born: APIs, Hustle, and the Future of AI Infrastructure

This podcast features an interview with Augie, the founder and CEO of Kong, formerly MashApe, detailing his journey from a Milan garage to leading a company with IPO ambitions. Augie recounts the early struggles, including living illegally in the U.S. on minimal funds, sleeping on couches, and the pivotal moments that ...

Reid Hoffman on AI, Consciousness, and the Future of Labor

The a16z podcast features Reid Hoffman, a successful Web2 investor, discussing his frameworks for AI investing. He outlines three key areas: obvious AI applications like chatbots and coding assistance, identifying traditional elements that remain relevant despite disruption, and exploring Silicon Valley blind spots, pa...

Marc Andreessen on the State of Film and Hollywood

Keith Rabois: Israel, OpenAI, Opendoor, and DOGE

Ben Horowitz and Ali Ghodsi: How to Run a $100 Billion Business

Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi and investor Ben Horowitz examine the evolution of leadership and strategic scaling within a high-growth technology company. Success requires CEOs to maintain deep technical expertise while mastering commercial execution, specifically by "flying low" to bypass organizational spin and directly ...

Is AI Slowing Down? Nathan Labenz Says We're Asking the Wrong Question

Will LLMs Get Us To AGI?

Sam Altman on Sora, Energy, and Building an AI Empire

In this episode of the a16z podcast, Sam Altman discusses OpenAI's vision to be people's personal AI subscription, supported by massive infrastructure and cutting-edge research. Altman reflects on the surprising breakthroughs in deep learning and the importance of co-evolution between society and technology, highlighti...

Opendoor CEO: Building the Amazon for Homes

The Lawyerly Society vs. The Engineering State: Who Owns the Future?

Software is Eating Labor

The Person Who Runs HR For 2 Million Federal Workers

Building an AI Physicist: ChatGPT Co-Creator’s Next Venture

Anduril CEO: China Has Scale. Can America Catch Up?

The podcast features a discussion on the state of U.S. manufacturing and defense capabilities, particularly in comparison to China. The speakers highlight the erosion of U.S. manufacturing skills due to outsourcing, the lack of strategic planning for supply preservation, and the challenges in scaling production. They e...

The Common Thread of All Technology: Monitoring the Situation, Ep.1

From Vibe Coding to Vibe Researching: OpenAI’s Mark Chen and Jakub Pachocki

Software Finally Eats Services - Aaron Levie

Taking Bold Bets: NIH and the Future of Biomedical Science

Dylan Patel on the AI Chip Race - NVIDIA, Intel & the US Government vs. China

The podcast features Dylan Patel, Guido Appenzeller, and Sarah Wang discussing recent news and trends in the semiconductor market, focusing on Nvidia's investment in Intel, Huawei's AI roadmap, and the state of AI compute. They analyze the implications of Nvidia and Intel's collaboration on AMD and ARM, debate the cred...