a16z Podcast

  • Big Ideas 2026: The Enterprise Orchestration Layer

    AI is becoming the orchestration layer inside the enterprise. In this episode of Big Ideas 2026, we explore the shift from isolated AI copilots to coordinated multi-agent systems that plan, analyze, and execute work across…

  • Big Ideas 2026: The Agentic Interface

    AI is moving from chat to action. In this episode of Big Ideas 2026, we unpack three shifts shaping what comes next for AI products. The change is not just smarter models, but software itself…

  • The Rise, Fall & Reset of The Fintech Industry

    Fintech went from a full-blown surge to a near standstill in just two years. At its peak, about 25 percent of all venture dollars were pouring into the category. By late 2022, that number had…

  • Do Revenue and Margins Still Matter in AI?

    In this episode, we’re sharing a conversation with David George, General Partner at a16z on the firm’s growth investing team. David has been involved in backing many of the defining companies of this era and…

  • The Crime Crisis In America and How Technology Fixes It

    What if America tried to eliminate crime instead of just reacting to it? Not with slogans, but with staffing, technology, and strategy scaled to the problem.  In this episode, Erik Torenberg speaks with Garrett Langley,…

  • Ryo Lu (Cursor): AI Turns Designers to Developers

    Ryo Lu spent years watching his designs die in meetings. Then he discovered the tool that lets designers ship code at the speed of thought: Cursor, the company where Ryo is now Head of Design.…

  • Dwarkesh and Ilya Sutskever on What Comes After Scaling

    AI models feel smarter than their real-world impact. They ace benchmarks, yet still struggle with reliability, strange bugs, and shallow generalization. Why is there such a gap between what they can do on paper and…

  • AI Eats the World: Benedict Evans on the Next Platform Shift

    AI is reshaping the tech landscape, but a big question remains: is this just another platform shift, or something closer to electricity or computing in scale and impact? Some industries may be transformed. Others may…

  • The Inside Story of Growth Investing at a16z

    This episode is a special replay of David George’s conversation with Harry Stebbings on 20VC. David is a General Partner on a16z’s growth team, and in this discussion he breaks down how he thinks about…

  • How the Best CEOs Delegate

    Jonathan Swanson has built two rare successes: Thumbtack, the home-services marketplace, and Athena, the fast-growing platform that pairs ambitious people with world-class personal assistants. Today he runs a 4,000-person company, invests on the side, and…

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