a16z Podcast: The Business of Creativity -- Pixar CFO, IPO, and Beyond!
You've heard a version of this story before: Steve Jobs calls some executive out of the blue to come work for him. Only this time the story turns out great ... and the company wasn't Apple. This episo...
9 Nov 201629min
a16z Podcast: What's Next for Technology and National Security?
We live in very interesting times, to say the least -- whether it's a shift in how technology is built and adopted today compared to the past; a changing international landscape with leapfrogging play...
9 Nov 201634min
a16z Podcast: Messages and Movements in Politics AND Business
In business, as in politics, "the movement is the message" -- whether that "movement" is a product that's taking off grassroots-style in an enterprise, or is a political candidate. In fact, you can th...
3 Nov 201627min
a16z Podcast: So Where Are We on the 'S-curve' for PC Devices?
There have been a number of new device announcements this past month -- from Google’s new Pixel phone (the first time they made their own phone on the hardware side as well) to more recently, Apple’s ...
29 Okt 201633min
a16z Podcast: On the Genomics of Disease, From Science to Business
Once we sequenced the human genome, we'd know the cause of -- and therefore be able to help cure -- all diseases... Or so we thought. Turns out, 20,000 genes (and counting) didn't really explain why d...
18 Okt 201630min
a16z Podcast: Stickers! Filters! Memes! Livestreams!
From glittery reaction gifs modded by grandparents to rage faces on Reddit, stickers (gifs and other layered images) and emotive “biaoqing” have taken over messaging culture in China and beyond. Stick...
12 Okt 201647min
a16z Podcast: Truce for Mobile, Battle for VR
The most recent Oculus Connect event (the third and largest yet) has been lauded as bringing us closer than ever to the future promised for virtual reality or VR. There have been many hardware moves b...
10 Okt 201635min
a16z Podcast: Mastering the Game (with David Oyelowo)
This special episode of the a16z Podcast is based on a Q&A from an early screening we hosted of Disney's Queen of Katwe, now in theaters. The movie -- directed by Mira Nair and based on a book by Tim ...
30 Sep 201621min
