The Critical Technology in Finding Critical Materials
Critical materials like copper, lithium, and gallium have been mined for decades, but their role in core technologies, geopolitics, and the energy transition have come to a height in recent years.In t...
11 Helmi 202542min
DeepSeek: America’s Sputnik Moment for AI?
Two words have caught the Internet by storm. DeepSeek. The Chinese reasoning model r1 is rivaling others at the frontier with an open-source MIT license, methods that some claim may be 45x more effici...
6 Helmi 202543min
Ben Horowitz Sharing History with Dr. Clarence Jones, MLK's Speechwriter
This week, a16z cofounder Ben Horowitz had a rare and invaluable conversation with Dr. Clarence B. Jones, a pivotal figure in American history. Dr. Jones, who served as speechwriter, attorney, and adv...
1 Helmi 202555min
How AI Is Changing Warfare with Brian Schimpf, CEO of Anduril
How is AI reshaping modern warfare? Speaking with a16z Growth General Partner David George, Anduril cofounder and CEO Brian Schimpf discusses how AI helps humans make better strategic decisions by sor...
28 Tammi 202535min
RIP to RPA: How AI Makes Operations Work
Intelligent automation is transforming industries by tackling messy, unstructured workflows that traditional Robotic Process Automation (RPA) couldn’t handle. In this episode, a16z partner Kimberly Ta...
22 Tammi 202517min
Marc Andreessen: Can Tech Finally Fix Healthcare?
Healthcare is a $4 trillion industry, making up nearly a fifth of the U.S. economy—but despite having some of the best doctors and advanced technology, the system often delivers poor outcomes at skyro...
15 Tammi 202532min
Building Substack: Reinventing Culture through Subscriptions
In this episode, Substack cofounder and CEO Chris Best joins a16z General Partner Andrew Chen to discuss the origins and evolution of Substack, a platform redefining media and empowering creators to c...
9 Tammi 202536min
Crypto Trends for 2025: Stablecoins, App Stores, UX, and More
with @sambroner @meigga @darenmatsuoka @jneu_net @chrislyons and @rhhackett @smc90Welcome to our special end-of-year episodes -- which also look ahead to 2025 -- covering our annual Big Ideas lists, ...
3 Tammi 202534min
