a16z Podcast: Knowledge Builds Technology and Technology Builds Knowledge -- with Joel Mokyr
The Industrial Revolution (and period between 1500-1700) was an unprecedented age of technology and economic progress — not unlike today’s, in fact — where we took “quantum leaps” forward in tech by t...
27 Nov 201636min
a16z Podcast: Drones for Delivery in Healthcare
“If we have instant delivery for our burgers,” says Zipline CEO and co-founder Keller Rinaudo, “we should have it for our medicine.” So while some people debate whether drone delivery for burritos, b...
23 Nov 201621min
a16z Podcast: Old Food, New Tech -- 'Clean Meat'
You’ve heard the numbers or some statistic like this: By the year 2050, we’ll need to feed 9.7 billion humans on the planet. Our current production and meat-making methods -- growing crops to feed to ...
23 Nov 201625min
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
