a16z Podcast

  • Marc Andreessen: How Movies Explain America

    In this episode of Monitoring the Situation, Marc Andreessen, Katherine Boyle, and Erik Torenberg dive into the movies that best explain America, from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood to Tropic Thunder to Fight Club.…

  • Marc Andreessen and Amjad Masad: English As the New Programming Language

    Amjad Masad, founder and CEO of Replit, joins a16z’s Marc Andreessen and Erik Torenberg to discuss the new world of AI agents, the future of programming, and how software itself is beginning to build software.…

  • Why Creativity Will Matter More Than Code

    In this episode, a16z’s Anish Acharya joins Kevin Rose for an in-depth, fast-paced conversation on the rebirth of consumer technology, and how AI is reshaping what it means to build, invest, and create. They talk…

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

    Augusto Marietti, CEO and cofounder of Kong, has one of the most remarkable founder stories in Silicon Valley history. In this conversation with Martin Casado, Aghi shares how he went from a garage in Milan…

  • Reid Hoffman on AI, Consciousness, and the Future of Humanity

    Reid Hoffman has been at the center of every major tech shift, from co-founding LinkedIn and helping build PayPal to investing early in OpenAI. In this conversation, he looks ahead to the next transformation: how…

  • Marc Andreessen on the State of Film and Hollywood

    Hollywood is going through a major cultural and creative reset, and Marc Andreessen thinks it’s long overdue. In this episode of Monitoring the Situation, Marc joins Erik Torenberg and Katherine Boyle to dissect the past…

  • Keith Rabois: Israel, OpenAI, Opendoor, and DOGE

    From politics to technology to real estate, Keith Rabois has bold predictions for America’s next decade. In this conversation with Erik Torenberg, Keith breaks down why he believes the U.S. is entering a new economic…

  • Ben Horowitz and Ali Ghodsi: How to Run a Billion-Dollar Business

    Ben Horowitz founded Loudcloud in the middle of the dot-com bust and sold it for $1.6 billion, then led Andreessen Horowitz from its founding to $46 billion in committed capital. Ali Ghodsi co-founded Databricks, stepped…

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

    Nathan Labenz is one of the clearest voices analyzing where AI is headed, pairing sharp technical analysis with his years of work on The Cognitive Revolution. In this episode, Nathan joins a16z’s Erik Torenberg to…

  • Columbia CS Professor: Why LLMs Can’t Discover New Science

    From GPT-1 to GPT-5, LLMs have made tremendous progress in modeling human language. But can they go beyond that to make new discoveries and move the needle on scientific progress? We sat down with distinguished…

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