a16z Podcast: Cryptocurrencies, App Coins, and Investing in Protocols
Most of us have probably heard of bitcoin and ethereum -- but did you know there were 15 new cryptocurrencies launched this past month alone? How then do we know which protocols to invest in -- not ju...
3 Apr 201732min
a16z Podcast: Eyes in the Sky
In this episode of the a16z Podcast recorded at our inaugural Summit, Jonathan Downey, CEO of Airware, Grant Jordan, CEO of Skysafe, and Kyle Russell, partner at a16z, discuss our future with “eyes in...
25 Mars 201719min
a16z Podcast: From Hidden Figure to Sonic BOOM
An aerospace engineer who worked for NASA for over 40 years, Dr. Christine Darden is one of the mathematicians that the book and movie Hidden Figures was based on. Darden eventually would lead the son...
22 Mars 201738min
a16z Podcast: The Storage Renaissance
As we enter a new era of distributed computing -- and of big data, in the form of machine and deep learning -- storage becomes (even more) important. It might not be sexy, but storage is what makes th...
21 Mars 201722min
a16z Podcast: The Product Edge in Machine Learning Startups
A lot of machine learning startups initially feel a bit of “impostor syndrome” around competing with big companies, because (the argument goes), those companies have all the data; surely we can’t beat...
17 Mars 201721min
a16z Podcast: Build Your Personal Brand
Your brand, says head of a16z marketing and Outcast Agency co-founder Margit Wennmachers, is what people say about you when you're not in the room. And it's going to happen, whether you choose to have...
13 Mars 201731min
a16z Podcast: The Business of Healthcare
Starbucks supposedly spends more on healthcare than it does on coffee beans. And 20 years ago, says Rajeev Singh, CEO of Accolade, healthcare was 10% of GDP; today it’s 19% -- that's nearly one-fifths...
9 Mars 201717min
a16z Podcast: The Genetics Of Drug Delivery
In this episode of the a16z Podcast introduced by Vijay Pande (based on a presentation at our summit event), Russ Altman, Stanford professor of bioengineering -- and former chairman of their Bioengine...
7 Mars 201714min
