a16z Podcast

  • H20s to China + 15% with Chris Miller and Lennart Heim

    We’re sharing an episode from ChinaTalk that dives into one of the biggest recent reversals in U.S. tech policy. The U.S. banned Nvidia’s H20 AI chips to China in April. Now, just months later, they’re…


  • Grok, Genie 3, GPT-5 & the Rise of Vibe Coding

    a16z partners Olivia and Justine Moore unpack the latest in consumer AI including:  – Grok’s “Imagine” and its instant, social-first creative tools – Google’s Genie 3 and the future of 3D worlds – GPT-5: what’s…


  • Alex Danco on Speechwriting, Blogging, and Giving Founders Power

    Fresh off the announcement of his move from Shopify to a16z, Alex Danco joins TBPN to talk about the “trade deal” that brought him here and his mission to make the firm’s written content truly…


  • Steven Sinofsky & Balaji Srinivasan on the Future of AI, Tech, & the Global World Order

    There’s been a wave of M&A deals lately – Meta and Scale, Windsurf and Google – and a lot of it points to something bigger: how regulation, capital, and innovation are colliding in 2025. In…


  • Marc Andreessen: Why Perfect Products Become Obsolete

    In this episode, Marc Andreessen joins TBPN for an unfiltered conversation spanning everything from ads in LLMs to why Apple’s AI strategy may be risky for anyone not named Apple. Marc breaks down the current…


  • GPT-5 Breakdown – w/ OpenAI Researchers Isa Fulford & Christina Kim

    ChatGPT-5 just launched, marking a major milestone for OpenAI and the entire AI ecosystem. Fresh off the live stream, Erik Torenberg was joined in the studio by  three people who played key roles in making…


  • How to Build a Successful Company in an Era of Disruption

    What happens when a startup becomes a giant—and then has to reinvent itself all over again? In this episode, Martin Casado sits down with Raghu Raghuram (former CEO of VMware) and Jeetu Patel (President and…


  • Dwarkesh and Noah Smith on AGI and the Economy

    In this episode, Erik Torenberg is joined in the studio by Dwarkesh Patel and Noah Smith to explore one of the biggest questions in tech: what exactly is artificial general intelligence (AGI), and how close…


  • Balaji on How Tech Truly Wins Media

    What really caused the breakdown between tech and media—and what comes next? Erik Torenberg sits down with Balaji Srinivasan (entrepreneur, investor, and author of The Network State) to explore the long-building conflict between Silicon Valley…


  • AI Content and the War for Your Attention

    What happens when AI starts generating content for everyone—and no one wants to watch it? In this episode, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes and ad tech veteran Antonio García Martínez join a16z General Partner, Erik Torenberg to…


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