The Rise, Fall & Reset of The Fintech Industry
Fintech went from a full-blown surge to a near standstill in just two years. At its peak, about 25 percent of all venture dollars were pouring into the category. By late 2022, that number had collapse...
19 Dec 202545min
Do Revenue and Margins Still Matter in AI?
In this episode, we’re sharing a conversation with David George, General Partner at a16z on the firm’s growth investing team. David has been involved in backing many of the defining companies of this ...
18 Dec 20251h 2min
The Crime Crisis In America and How Technology Fixes It
What if America tried to eliminate crime instead of just reacting to it? Not with slogans, but with staffing, technology, and strategy scaled to the problem. In this episode, Erik Torenberg speaks wit...
17 Dec 202559min
Ryo Lu (Cursor): AI Turns Designers to Developers
Ryo Lu spent years watching his designs die in meetings. Then he discovered the tool that lets designers ship code at the speed of thought: Cursor, the company where Ryo is now Head of Design. In this...
16 Dec 202552min
AI Eats the World: Benedict Evans on the Next Platform Shift
AI is reshaping the tech landscape, but a big question remains: is this just another platform shift, or something closer to electricity or computing in scale and impact? Some industries may be transfo...
12 Dec 20251h 2min
How the Best CEOs Delegate
Jonathan Swanson has built two rare successes: Thumbtack, the home-services marketplace, and Athena, the fast-growing platform that pairs ambitious people with world-class personal assistants. Today h...
10 Dec 202557min
The $3 Trillion AI Coding Opportunity
Originally published on the a16z Infra podcast. We're resurfacing it here for our main feed audience.AI coding is already actively changing how software gets built.a16z Infra Partners Yoko Li and Guid...
9 Dec 202537min
The 80-Year Bet: Why Naveen Rao Is Rebuilding the Computer from Scratch
Naveen Rao is cofounder and CEO of Unconventional AI, an AI chip startup building analog computing systems designed specifically for intelligence. Previously, Naveen led AI at Databricks and founded t...
8 Dec 202530min
