Crypto Security and the New Web3 Mindsets for Users
Today’s episode is all about crypto security — that is, the new mindsets and the new strategies for storing crypto assets safely while also allowing holders control and access. As a reminder, none o...
15 Loka 202131min
Cloud Wars and Company Wars: Play Nice But Win
There are lots of challenges in being public while trying to innovate, and limits to being a private company as well; but it's rare to see a company go public then private then back to public again. A...
2 Loka 202152min
Uncontrolled Spread: Science, Policy, Institutions, Infrastructure
There's no question technology played a huge role in the recent/current pandemic, including especially in the plug-and-play engineering and incredibly fast development behind the mRNA vaccines... But ...
20 Syys 202156min
Systems Leadership for Disruptors and Incumbents
There's been a false dichotomy in technology and management lore over the past decade, between "brain" and "brawn", digital and physical, independence and interdependence, software culture versus indu...
24 Heinä 202148min
NFT Use Cases, Today and Tomorrow
Recently, a16z and the Stanford Center for Blockchain Research hosted the NFT Virtual Summit, which brought together leading thinkers and builders on the topic of NFTs, or non-fungible tokens — these ...
19 Touko 202119min
Man, Mosquito, Malaria Vaccine
Playing out against the backdrop of a global pandemic (including recent massive surges in regions around the world) is the news that came out a week ago that a candidate "malaria vaccine becomes first...
2 Touko 202136min
Crypto, an Oral Essay
This is a special episode of the a16z podcast — it's an audio history, told through the voices of the a16z crypto team, about what crypto is, how it really works, and why it matters. This "innovation ...
17 Huhti 202138min
On Monetizing Community with Patreon Cofounder Sam Yam
It's clear from the growth of Patreon, Substack, TikTok, Clubhouse and many more that the power of the Creator Economy continues to build. These platforms share one thing in common: They all enable in...
8 Huhti 202126min
