Jobs of the Future, Harnessing Earth Observation, & Gaming Tech Advances
As 2025 begins, industries are evolving at unprecedented speed: robots are revolutionizing manufacturing, terabytes of earth observation data are driving new possibilities, and gaming technology is tr...
20 Dec 202441min
Scaling Shopify: Tobias Lütke and Ben Horowitz on Building a Global Giant
In this episode of Web3 with a16z, Shopify CEO and cofounder Tobias Lütke joins a16z cofounder Ben Horowitz for a conversation recorded live at the a16z crypto Founders Summit.Together, they explore w...
16 Dec 202445min
How AI is Transforming Labor Markets
Did you know the U.S. nurse labor market is over $600 billion annually, but the dedicated software market for nurses is almost zero?In this episode General Partners Alex Rampell, David Haber, and Ange...
11 Dec 202444min
Fixing Education in America: What's Stopping Us?
Over half of Americans live in childcare deserts, while 90% of brain development happens before the age of five. All the while, education and childcare remain among the most resistant sectors to techn...
6 Dec 202438min
Prediction Markets and Beyond
This episode was originally published on our sister podcast, web3 with a16z. If you’re excited about the next generation of the internet, check out the show: https://link.chtbl.com/hrr_h-XCWe've heard...
2 Dec 20241h 49min
Death of a Salesforce: Why AI Will Transform Sales
Sales is evolving. AI-native systems are replacing traditional CRM tools, capturing unstructured insights from emails, Slack, surveys, and more in real time. These systems automate early-stage tasks l...
25 Nov 202416min
The Longevity Imperative: Redefining the Way We Age
What if the biggest challenge of our time isn’t living longer, but living better? In this episode, we’re tackling one of humanity’s greatest accomplishments—and perhaps its most overlooked challenge: ...
18 Nov 202440min
Rebuilding America's Industrial Backbone
America is a country of immense wealth, but our manufacturing infrastructure is struggling to keep pace.In this episode, we discuss the overlooked crisis of American manufacturing and what it means fo...
11 Nov 202432min
