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a16z Podcast

The a16z Podcast is the go-to place for discussions about innovation as technology changes the way we all work, live, and play. The show aims to help make sense of it all: for builders, for the tech curious, for anyone seeking to understand the future.

We do this through in-depth yet accessible conversations with the best technology experts: startup founders, top company leaders, researchers and academics, and renowned book authors.

The a16z Podcast regularly tops industry charts and has been featured on countless best-of lists. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts.

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Featured Episodes

Textiles as Tech, Science, Math, Culture, or Civilization

Virginia Postrel and Sonal Chokshi

AI, WebRTC, Crypto, and Full Stack Startups

Elad Gil, Sep Kamvar, and Chris Dixon

Feedback Loops — Company Culture, Change, and DevOps

Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Sonal Chokshi
Latest Episodes

Ben Horowitz: RSI, Crypto as AI Money, & Classified Physics

Peter H. Diamandis, Ben Horowitz, Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, and Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross

Patrick Collison on Stripe’s Early Choices, Smalltalk, and What Comes After Coding

Patrick Collison, and Michael Truell

AI’s Capital Flywheel: Models, Money, and the Future of Power

Alessio Fanelli, and Swyx (Shawn Wang

From Copilots to Agents: Rebuilding the Company Around AI

Angela Strange, Gabriel Vasquez, and Carlos García Ottati

WSJ x a16z: The Next 25 Years of Defense Innovation

Andy Serwer, and Katherine Boyle

Novartis CEO Vasant Narasimhan on Transforming a 250-Year-Old Company

Jorge Conde, and Vasant Narasimhan

Balaji and Dan Wang: The Engineering State vs Lawyerly State

Dan Wang, and Balaji Srinivasan

Anish Acharya: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI?

Anish Acharya, and Harry Stebbings

How Magic Johnson Built a Billion-Dollar Portfolio in 30 Years

Chris Lyons, and Magic Johnson

Marc Andreessen: Who Runs the World’s AI?

Jeetu Patel, and Marc Andreessen

The State of Markets

Jen Kha, and David George

Balaji & Benedict Evans: When Tech Breaks Industries

Benedict Evans, and Balaji Srinivasan

Why This Isn't the Dot-Com Bubble | Martin Casado on WSJ's BOLD NAMES

Tim Higgins, Christopher Mims, and Martin Casado

Why America’s Health Crisis Is an Incentive Problem

Erik Torenberg, and Justin Mares

Palmer Luckey on Hardware, Building, and the Next Frontiers of Innovation

Palmer Luckey, and Chris Dixon

David Solomon & Ben Horowitz on Building Organizational Resilience & Navigating Macro Uncertainty

David Haber, David Solomon, and Ben Horowitz

“Anyone Can Code Now” - Netlify CEO Talks AI Agents

Erik Torenberg, Martin Casado, and Matt Biilmann

Marc Andreessen on Why This Is the Most Important Moment in Tech History

Marc Andreessen, and Lenny Rachitsky

Ben Horowitz and Balaji Srinivasan on Netscape and Network States

Balaji Srinivasan, and Ben Horowitz

Healthcare 2026: AI Doctors, GLP-1s, and Insurance Defection

Nikhil Krishnan, and Jay Rughani

The Hidden Economics Powering AI

David George, and Jen Kha

How Mintlify Is Rebuilding Documentation for Coding Agents

Han Wang, Hahnbee Lee, Jennifer Li, and Yoko Li

Inferact: Building the Infrastructure That Runs Modern AI

Matt Bornstein, Woosuk Kwon, and Simon Mo

Martin Casado on the Demand Forces Behind AI

Patrick Moorhead, Daniel Newman, and Martin Casado

From Code Search to AI Agents: Inside Sourcegraph's Transformation with CTO Beyang Liu

Martin Casado, Beyang Liu, and Guido Appenzeller

The AI Opportunity That Goes Beyond Models

Jen Kha, Alex Rampell, Anish Acharya, and David Haber

How Foundation Models Evolved: A PhD Journey Through AI's Breakthrough Era

Omar Khattab, and Martin Casado

Ben & Marc: Why Everything Is About to Get 10x Bigger

Packy McCormick, Ben Horowitz, Marc Andreessen, and Erik Torenberg

Alex Rampell on TBPN: Revenge, Redemption, and Founder Drive

John Coogan, Alex Rampell, and Jordi Hays

Ben Horowitz on Investing in AI: AI Bubbles, Economic Impact, and VC Acceleration

Jen Kha, and Ben Horowitz

Alex Rampell on Venture at Scale and Founder Incentives

Alex Rampell, and Harry Stebbings

Ben Horowitz on TBPN: Three Decades with Marc and Building for the Long Game

John Coogan, Jordi Hays, and Ben Horowitz

Ben Horowitz on Raising a New Fund and How Venture Firms Scale

Jack Altman, and Ben Horowitz

Keycard: 2026 is the Year of Agents

Ian Livingstone, and Joel de la Garza

Marc Andreessen's 2026 Outlook: AI Timelines, US vs. China, and The Price of AI

Jen Kha, and Marc Andreessen

Figma’s Dylan Field on the Future of Design

Jack Altman, and Dylan Field

AI Will Save The World with Marc Andreessen and Martin Casado

Martin Casado, and Marc Andreessen

Wartime vs Peacetime: Ben Horowitz on Leadership

Jorge Conde, and Ben Horowitz

The Techno-Optimist Manifesto with Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz

Ben Horowitz, and Marc Andreessen

The Inside Story of Growth Investing at a16z

Harry Stebbings, and David George

Why a16z's Martin Casado Believes the AI Boom Still Has Years to Run

Mario Gabriele, and Martin Casado

Where Does Consumer AI Stand at the End of 2025?

Anish Acharya, Justine Moore, Bryan Kim, and Olivia Moore

Big Ideas 2026: New Infrastructure Primitives

Guy Willette, James da Costa, and Oliver Shu

Big Ideas 2026: Physical AI and the Industrial Stack

Zabie Elmgren, Will Bitsky, Erin Price-Wright, and Ryan McEntush

Big Ideas 2026: Voice Agents and High-Stakes Trust

Olivia Moore, Julie Yoo, and Bryan Kim

Big Ideas 2026: The Enterprise Orchestration Layer

Alex Immerman, Angela Strange, Seema Amble, and David Haber

Big Ideas 2026: The Agentic Interface

Stephanie Zhang, Marc Andrusko, Erik Torenberg, and Sarah Wang

The Rise, Fall & Reset of The Fintech Industry

David Haber, Erik Torenberg, and Zach Perret

Do Revenue and Margins Still Matter in AI?

Harry Stebbings, and David George

The Crime Crisis In America and How Technology Fixes It

Erik Torenberg, Garrett Langley, and Ben Horowitz

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