a16z Podcast

  • Section 230: Everything You Need to Know — Tweets, Free Speech, Beyond

    All about section 230 of the Communications Decency Act — in what Wired senior writer (and host of the Get Wired podcast) described as “one of the clearest-but-still-nuanced explainers I’ve heard – worth listening to”. …

  • Baumol’s Cost Disease, in Healthcare… and Where We Go Next

    If software’s eating the world — and more specifically, bringing costs down and increasing productivity through entire industries — why have some industries, like healthcare, been so resistant? And what could the future look like…

  • Words of 2020! (and Metaphors, and Interfaces of the Year)

    “In a year that left us speechless, 2020 has been filled with new words unlike any other”… so it’s unprecedented that for the first time, the Oxford English Dictionary did NOT name a word of…

  • The Machine That Made the Vaccine: Company, Platform, Innovation

    In this special episode of Bio Eats World — which aired right after the FDA authorized Moderna’s mRNA vaccine for emergency use — Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel tells the story of not just the vaccine’s…

  • The PPP Omnibus: Eminent Domain, Fraud, and Fintech

    This episode features two relevant but previously recorded episodes, discussing the relevance of the Paycheck Protection Program (or PPP) from the Small Business Administration and the role of government stimulus/ pandemic relief for the economy…

  • The Holy Grail of Social + Fintech

    The intersection of social and finance—as well as shifting attitudes around what we share about money online—have given way to an ambitious new wave of financial products. While revealing one’s financial information was once considered…

  • On Fear and Leadership: Product to Sales CTOs & CEOs

    There’s a few ontologies for describing the phases leaders — and their startups — go through, whether it’s product-sales-etc. or pioneer to settler. In any case, as companies evolve, so must the leaders — but…

  • On Food As Medicine (A Holiday Snack)

    What happens if we treat food as a medicine in the healthcare system: How, where, and who (pays)? What role can technology play in increasing access, distribution, and more?  General partner Julie Yoo talks with…

  • Crypto Creators: On Art Galleries to ‘Tokenized’ Collectibles

    This episode features Q&As with two artists who are exploring crypto-powered auction sites and marketplaces – this is part of our ongoing series on the creator economy. The big picture is that emerging “tokenization” models,…

  • What to Know about Those Vaccines

    A vaccine for COVID seems to be (almost) here… or is it? What’s hype/ what’s real beyond the headlines (and beyond the press release), when it comes to the announcement last week from Pfizer and…