2024 Big Ideas: Miracle Drugs, Programmable Medicine, and AI Interpretability
Smart energy grids. Voice-first companion apps. Programmable medicines. AI tools for kids. We asked over 40 partners across a16z to preview one big ideathey believe will drive innovation in 2024.Here ...
8 Dec 20231h 5min
The Quest for AGI: Q*, Self-Play, and Synthetic Data
One topic at the center of the AI universe this week is a potential breakthrough called Q*. Little has been revealed about this OpenAI project, other than its likely relationship to solving certain gr...
4 Dec 202326min
Financial Freedom, Company Building, More with David Marcus
with @davidmarcus @smc90This wide-ranging conversation covers company building, big to small -- including what cadence and when is the right "time" to ship; the relationship between centralization, de...
28 Nov 202348min
When Business is Battle: Inside the Boardrooms of the CEOs that Survived the Storm
Taking a company from idea to household name is always difficult. But the past few years presented challenges that caught even the most-seasoned CEOs off guard.In this episode, you’ll hear from two CE...
23 Nov 202351min
The Worlds She Sees with Godmother of AI, Fei-Fei Li
Fei-Fei Li, PhD, Professor in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University, and Co-Director of Stanford’s Human-Centered AI Institute, joins Bio + Health founding partner Vijay Pande.In thi...
13 Nov 202328min
From Sims to Sapiens: Crafting Reality with Code
Is it possible to construct a virtual society that authentically replicates human behavior? AI Town, a virtual town experiment where AI residents live, interact, and engage, provides valuable insights...
6 Nov 202339min
Fintech Fuels Global Payments
Software crosses borders effortlessly. The globalization of money, however, is considerably more challenging. This is especially true for multinational businesses, which grapple with managing multiple...
30 Okt 202339min
The Techno-Optimist Manifesto with Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz
Subscribe to The Ben & Marc Show on Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3SdsfNtSubscribe to The Ben & Marc Show on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3SclPOrRead the full manifesto: https://a16z.com/the-techno-opti...
25 Okt 20231h 7min
