Building Better Communities with Flock Safety
Respecting privacy and building trust with communities is essential to effectively integrate technology into public safety. a16z general partner David Ulevitch, Flock Safety’s Garrett Langley, and Las...
17 Jan 202423min
My First 16: Creating a Supportive Builder Community with Plaid's Zach Perret
In this episode, a16z partner Seema Amble talks with Zach Perret, the co-founder and CEO of Plaid, about how Plaid built a community in the early days to acquire customers, how they tracked “free radi...
5 Dec 202333min
My First 16: Welding Yourself to Early Customers with Marqeta's Jason Gardner
In this episode, a16z partner Seema Amble talks with the founder and current executive chairman of Marqeta Jason Gardner about what it means to be welded to your customer and how to expand in multiple...
28 Nov 202332min
My First 16: Doubling Down on Founder-Led Sales with Pilot's Waseem Daher
In a new episode of My First 16, a16z partner Seema Amble talks with co-founder and CEO of Pilot Waseem Daher on how he thought about the importance of charging, how secondary signals often matter in ...
21 Nov 202327min
Sales–Product Tension, the Secret to Segment’s Success
Sales wants more features. Product gets bogged down with one-off requests. Progress and growth grinds to a halt. It's a familiar story. How Segment turned the sales-product tension into a successful $...
17 Nov 202332min
My First 16: Competing in a Crowd of Incumbents with Mercury's Immad Akhund
In a new episode of My First 16, a16z partner Seema Amble talks with co-founder and CEO of Mercury Immad Akhund about the idea of a “minimum delightful product” in fintech, doing the spreadsheet math ...
14 Nov 202331min
AI Revolution: Improving AI with Anthropic's Dario Amodei
Cofounder and CEO of Anthropic Dario Amodei unpacks how far can scaling laws take us and how can AI be used to improve AI, in conversation with a16z's Anjney Midha. [0:59] Dario's background[2:45] GPT...
27 Sep 202321min
