The a16z Show
The a16z Show discusses tech and culture trends, news, and the future – especially as ‘software eats the world’. It features industry experts, business leaders, and other interesting thinkers and voices from around the world. This show is produced by Andreessen Horowitz (aka “a16z”), a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm. Multiple episodes are released every week; visit a16z.com for more details and to sign up for our newsletters and other content as well!
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Balaji on Why AI Raises the Cost of Verification
<p>a16z general partner Erik Torenberg speaks with Balaji Srinivasan, angel investor and entrepreneur, about why AI simultaneously reduces the cost of creation and increases the cost of verification, and what that tension means for the shape of the AI economy. They discuss why AI drives companies toward the "trusted tribe" model of the Chinese internet, why physical world tasks are easier to automate than digital ones, why shortcuts only work for experts, and why AI makes everyone a CEO rather than making CEOs obsolete.</p> <p> </p> <p>Resources:</p> <p>Follow Balaji Srinivasan on X: https://twitter.c...
Peter Yang on Small Teams, Coding Agents, and Why Human Ambition Has No Ceiling
<p>Anish Acharya speaks with Peter Yang, creator and product lead at Roblox, about how personal AI agents are replacing the apps we open every day, why coding agents feel like slot machines, and what happens when the cost of building software drops to near zero. They discuss why future companies will stay radically small, how the IDE is becoming a thinking tool rather than a making tool, and why human ambition will always create more jobs than AI eliminates.</p> <p>Follow Peter Yang on X: https://x.com/petergyang</p> <p>Follow Anish Acharya on X: https://x...
Marc Andreessen on AI Winters and Agent Breakthroughs
<p>This episode originally aired on the Latent Space Podcast. swyx and Alessio Fanelli speak with Marc Andreessen about the arc of AI from its origins in 1943 to today's breakthroughs in reasoning, coding agents, and self-improvement. They cover the parallels between AI scaling laws and Moore's Law, the architectural insight behind Claude Code and the Unix shell, the coming supply crunch in compute, and why the messy reality of 8 billion people means both AI utopians and doomers are too optimistic about the pace of change.</p> <p>Follow Marc Andreessen on X: https://twitter.com/pmarca</p> <p>Follow Shawn "...
Alex Blania on Proof of Human and Building World's Identity Network
<p>a16z's Ben Horowitz and Erik Torenberg speak with Alex Blania, cofounder and CEO of Tools for Humanity, World, and cofounder of Merge Labs. World is building the largest real human network, a proof-of-human layer for the AI era. They cover the technical challenge of proving human uniqueness at scale using iris biometrics, the privacy architecture behind World ID, and why platforms from social networks to dating apps to video conferencing will soon require proof of human verification.</p> <p> </p> <p>Resources:</p> <p>Follow Alex Blania on X: https://twitter.com/alexblania</p> <p>Follow Ben Horowitz o...
What Happens When a Public Company Goes All In on AI
<p>David Haber speaks with Owen Jennings, executive officer and business lead at Block, about how the company rebuilt itself around AI agents, small squads, and internal tools like Goose and Builder Bot after restructuring more than 40% of its workforce. They discuss what it took to execute a major restructuring, how teams of three are now doing what teams of 14 used to, and how Block is shipping AI-native products like Money Bot and Manager Bot that generate custom interfaces on the fly for tens of millions of users.</p> <p> </p> <p>Resources:</p> <p>Follow Owen Jennings on X: h...
How Radiant and Heron Are Rethinking Power Generation and Delivery
<p>a16z general partners Erin Price-Wright and Erik Torenberg speak with Doug Bernauer, founder and CEO of Radiant, and Drew Baglino, founder and CEO of Heron, about rebuilding American energy infrastructure. They discuss portable micro nuclear reactors, solid state power electronics, why delivery rather than generation is the real bottleneck, the case for modular manufacturing, and whether data centers are actually good for the grid.</p> <p> </p> <p>Resources:</p> <p>Follow Doug Bernauer on X: https://twitter.com/DougBernauer</p> <p>Follow Drew Baglino on X: https://twitter.com/baglino</p> <p>Follow Erin Price-Wright on X: h...
Marc Andreessen on Evaluating Founders and AI's Consumer Surplus
<p>This episode originally aired on The Twenty Minute VC with Harry Stebbings. Marc Andreessen explains why learning from past investment mistakes can be a trap, shares his framework for evaluating founder greatness through IQ, courage, and drive, and makes the case that venture investors should back the person over the business plan. They also discuss why AI is reconcentrating the tech industry in Silicon Valley, the concept of consumer surplus and where 99% of AI's value will actually go, and why the labor displacement narrative is fundamentally wrong.</p> <p> </p> <p>Resources:</p> <p>Follow Marc Andreessen on X: ht...
The SpaceX and Tesla Playbook for Hard Tech Startups
<p>Erin Price-Wright speaks with Chandler Luzsicza, founder and CEO of Galadyne, and Turner Caldwell, cofounder and CEO of Mariana Minerals, about what they actually learned building Starship and Tesla's lithium refinery, and how those lessons translate to their own startups. They cover decision velocity, flat organizations, critical path management, vertical integration, hiring for high-talent-density teams, and how to set aggressive milestones without burning people out.</p> <p> </p> <p><p>Stay Updated:</p><p>Find a16z on YouTube: YouTube</p><p>Find a16z on X</p><p>Find a16z on LinkedIn</p><p>Listen to the a...
Security, Resilience, and the Future of Mobile Infrastructure
<p>David Ulevitch speaks with Justin Fanelli, CTO of the Navy, and John Doyle, founder and CEO at Cape, about how the Navy is transforming its approach to technology adoption, from running bootcamps for program managers to piloting commercial solutions in months instead of years. They discuss the Salt Typhoon breach that exposed China's infiltration of American cellular networks, how Cape built a secure alternative, and what defense tech founders need to understand about selling to the government.</p> <p> </p> <p>Resources:</p> <p>Follow Justin Fanelli on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinfanelli/</p> <p>Follow John D...
Submarines and the Future of Defense Manufacturing
<p>David Ulevitch speaks with Chris Power, founder and CEO at Hadrian, and Vice Admiral Robert Gaucher, the Pentagon's first direct reporting portfolio manager for submarines, at the opening of Hadrian's Factory Four in Cherokee, Alabama. They discuss the state of America's submarine industrial base, why the Navy now needs more than five times the manufacturing capacity it had a decade ago, and how software-driven factories and a new workforce can close the gap.</p> <p> </p> <p>Resources:</p> <p>Follow Chris Power on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/powerc/</p> <p>Follow VADM Robert Gaucher on LinkedIn: h...
