a16z Podcast

  • How Microsoft Is Securing the Agentic Enterprise | Aaron Zollman

    a16z’s Joel De La Garza is joined by Aaron Zollman, Deputy CISO at Microsoft Gaming, to discuss how security teams can embrace AI agents without losing control. Aaron shares Microsoft’s experience with OpenClaw, from the…


  • How Global Networks Are Reshaping Startup Success

    Elena Burger is joined by a16z’s Angela Strange and Gabriel Vasquez to discuss the rise of the “borderless founder”: entrepreneurs who bring the networks and insights of their home markets together with the talent, capital,…


  • How Whatnot Built a Global Marketplace

    a16z General Partner David George is joined by Grant LaFontaine, co-founder of Whatnot, to unpack how a marketplace that started with collectibles evolved into one of the world’s leading live shopping platforms. Grant traces the…


  • How Do You Defend Against AI That Can Hack?

    a16z’s Joel De La Garza is joined by Nick Warner of Neo and Max Pollard of Cotool to discuss what happens when cybersecurity tools built to defend against humans and malware suddenly have to contend…


  • Stripe’s AI Strategy: Build More, Not Less

    a16z General Partner David George is joined by Will Gaybrick, President of Product & Business at Stripe, to discuss how AI is changing the way Stripe builds products, organizes teams, and thinks about the future…


  • Ben Horowitz and Travis Kalanick on Building Again

    Ben Horowitz, Travis Kalanick, and Erik Torenberg take the stage at Atoms’ launch event for a candid fireside conversation about entrepreneurship, company building, and why Kalanick believes the next industrial revolution will be powered by…


  • The Two Ways to Sell AI: Lighthouse or Landgrab?

    Elena Burger is joined by a16z’s Andy McCall and Joe Schmidt to break down two very different ways AI startups can go to market: the lighthouse and the landgrab. Should founders win a handful of…


  • Garry Tan on Taste, Agents and Founder Ambition

    Anish Acharya is joined by Garry Tan, President and CEO of Y Combinator, for a conversation about how AI is rewriting the startup playbook, why founders should be more ambitious than ever, and what two…


  • The CISO Playbook for AI Agents | Datadog

    a16z’s Joel De La Garza is joined by Emilio Escobar, Chief Information Security Officer at Datadog, to discuss what it takes to secure a company where nearly every employee is using AI and more than…


  • The Self-Improving Company | Kavak’s AI Playbook

    Angela Strange and Gabriel Vasquez are joined by Alejandro Maza Ayala, Chief Product & AI Officer at Kavak, to unpack how the Latin American used-car marketplace rebuilt itself around AI agents, with 96% of customer…


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