Podcast
The a16z Show
Andreessen Horowitz
The a16z Show discusses tech and culture trends, news, and the future – especially as ‘software eats the world’. It features industry experts, business leaders, and other interesting thinkers and voices from around the world. This show is produced by Andreessen Horowitz (aka “a16z”), a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm. Multiple episodes are released every week; visit a16z.com for more details and to sign up for our newsletters and other content as well!
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EPISODES
- 01
Jul 23, 2026 · 45m E1152
Building the Physical AI Stack | Travis Kalanick on TBPN
Travis Kalanick joins TBPN to discuss Atoms, his vision for industrial AI, and why he believes the biggest opportunities in AI lie beyond software. He explai...
- 02
Jul 22, 2026 · 1h 32m E1151
Travis Kalanick Is Back | Building the Future of Industrial AI
Travis Kalanick, Ben Horowitz, and Erik Torenberg reunite to reflect on Uber's early days, the investment that almost happened, and why Kalanick believes the...
- 03
Jul 21, 2026 · 1h 20m E1150
Why Physical AI Is the Next Frontier | Applied Intuition
Applied Intuition has spent the past decade building the software that powers intelligent machines, from passenger vehicles and trucks to defense systems, mi...
- 04
Jul 20, 2026 · 28m E1149
Hugging Face's CEO on Open Source AI, Model Routing, and the Future of Competition
As governments weigh new restrictions on frontier AI models, one question is becoming increasingly important: what role should open source play in the future...
- 05
Jul 17, 2026 · 25m E1148
Amjad Masad on Going Direct, Building Replit, and the Future of Software
Recorded live at the New Media Summit, Erik Torenberg sits down with Replit founder and CEO Amjad Masad to discuss founder-led storytelling, building in publ...
- 06
Jul 16, 2026 · 1h 17m E1147
Replay 2025: David Sacks on AI, Crypto, and America's Technology Future
As part of our summer replay series, we're revisiting one of our most-discussed conversations from the past year. David Sacks joins Marc Andreessen, Ben Horo...
- 07
Jul 15, 2026 · 1h 5m E1146
Can Anyone Catch NVIDIA? | The Future of Chips and Infrastructure
As part of our summer replay series, we're revisiting one of our favorite conversations on the future of AI infrastructure. SemiAnalysis founder Dylan Patel...
- 08
Jul 14, 2026 · 31m E1145
Is AI a Bubble? | Gavin Baker on Data Centers, GPUs, and the AI Economy
As part of our summer replay series, we're revisiting one of the standout conversations from Runtime, a16z's conference on AI infrastructure and the future o...
- 09
Jul 13, 2026 · 37m E1144
Before Blockchains, There Was State Machine Replication
Every blockchain today relies on replication techniques first developed in the 1980s by researchers who weren't thinking about cryptocurrencies at all. In th...
- 10
Jul 10, 2026 · 21m E1143
How Bitcoin Rewired a Classic Computer Science Problem
We're excited to share a special feed drop from The a16z Crypto Show. In the first episode of First Principles: The Scientific Roots of Blockchain Technology...
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Jul 9, 2026 · 45m E1142
Mark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan: How AI Will Help Cure Disease
As part of our summer replay series, we're revisiting one of our favorite conversations from the past year. Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan join Ben H...
- 12
Jul 8, 2026 · 1h 30m E1141
Adam Neumann: This Is How You Build Iconic Companies
Adam Neumann joins Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, and Erik Torenberg for a candid conversation about entrepreneurship, failure, and building Flow. Neumann re...
- 13
Jul 7, 2026 · 1h 1m E1140
Is Software Losing Its Head?
Seema Amble, Steven Sinofsky, and Elena Burger unpack one of the biggest questions facing enterprise software: what happens when AI agents become the primary...
- 14
Jul 6, 2026 · 19m E1139
Don’t Follow Your Passion | Ben Horowitz’s Advice for New Graduates
In this commencement address to Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science Class of 2015, Ben Horowitz challenges some of...
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Jul 3, 2026 · 42m E1138
Technology, Alliances, and American Leadership.
Ben Horowitz is joined by Anne Neuberger, Raghu Raghuram, and Jen Kha to discuss a16z's expanding international strategy and the growing role technology play...
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Jul 2, 2026 · 41m E1137
Outsmarting Uber: Why Bolt Wins in Europe
What does it take to build a global mobility company from a country of just 1.3 million people? Markus Villig, founder and CEO of Bolt, joins the show to sha...
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Jul 1, 2026 · 1h 15m E1136
Rick Rubin on AI, Creativity, and The Way of Code
Rick Rubin joins Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Anjney Midha, and Erik Torenberg to discuss creativity, artificial intelligence, and his book The Way of Code...
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Jun 30, 2026 · 48m E1135
Building AI for Creators | Luma & Phota Labs
Yoko Li speaks with Luma's Head of Applied Research Matt Tancik and Phota Labs cofounder and CTO Zach Xia about how AI is changing creativity, photography, a...
- 19
Jun 29, 2026 · 1h 4m E1134
Beyond P(doom): Marc Andreessen - Betting on America
Marc Andreessen joins CSIS's Navin Girishankar for a wide-ranging conversation on artificial intelligence, productivity growth, industrial policy, and Americ...
- 20
Jun 26, 2026 · 34m E1133
AI Is Crossing the Frontier of Human Knowledge | Kevin Weil
Kevin Weil, the previous CPO & Vice President of Science at OpenAI, joins Speedrun to discuss the future of AI, scientific discovery, and startup building. A...
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Jun 25, 2026 · 1h 4m E1132
Marc Andreessen on AI, Technology, and the Future of Humanity
Michael Malice sits down with Marc Andreessen to discuss artificial intelligence, technological progress, economic growth, and the future of human flourishin...
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Jun 24, 2026 · 48m E1131
What Happens to Design After AI?
Anish Acharya speaks with Microsoft VP of Design John Maeda and Impeccable founder and CEO Paul Bakaus about how AI is changing the practice of design. The c...
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Jun 23, 2026 · 53m E1130
What’s Next for Consumer AI? | Josh Elman Joins a16z
Anish Acharya sits down with Josh Elman to discuss the future of consumer technology and Josh's decision to join a16z. Over the past two decades, Elman has h...
- 24
Jun 22, 2026 · 1h 5m E1128
Jake Paul & Anti Fund: From Creator to Investor
Jake Paul and Geoff Woo join the podcast to announce Anti Fund’s new $100 million growth fund and discuss the evolution of their investment strategy. The con...
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Jun 19, 2026 · 41m E1129
The New Rules of Media | Marc Andreessen & Ben Horowitz
Recorded live at the New Media Summit, Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Erik Torenberg, and Gaby Goldberg discuss how media, communication, and influence are c...
- 26
Jun 17, 2026 · 48m E1127
The Fintech Playbook for Latin America
Angela Strange and Gabriel Vásquez speak with Addi founder and CEO Santiago Suárez about building one of Latin America's largest financial platforms. What be...
- 27
Jun 16, 2026 · 29m E1126
Jack Altman on Product-Market Fit
Jack Altman joins Speedrun to discuss product-market fit, customer feedback, hiring, fundraising, and the realities of building an enduring company. Drawing...
- 28
Jun 15, 2026 · 42m E1125
AI, Design, and the Power of Open Models
Yoko Li and Justine Moore speak with Ideogram founder and CEO Mohammad Norouzi about image generation models, design workflows, and the evolving relationship...
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Jun 12, 2026 · 27m E1124
Samo Burja on Growth, Energy, and AI
Theo Jaffee speaks with Samo Burja, founder of Bismarck Analysis, about AI, industrial capacity, economic growth, and the institutions that shape civilizatio...
- 30
Jun 11, 2026 · 50m E1122
Designing the Physical World with AI
Erin Price-Wright speaks with Alex Modon, cofounder and CEO at Unlimited Industries, and Davide Asnaghi, CEO at Diode Computers, about how AI is moving from...
- 31
Jun 10, 2026 · 49m E1121
AI, Growth, and the Future of Healthcare | Anish Acharya & Sachin Jain
SCAN Health Plan CEO Sachin Jain speaks with a16z General Partner Anish Acharya about AI, healthcare, and what it takes for established organizations to adap...
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Jun 9, 2026 · 59m E1120
Tyler Cowen & Alex Tabarrok on AI, Jobs, and Economic Growth
Wyatt Thomson of OpenAI speaks with economists Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok about AI, labor markets, and the future of economic growth. The conversation exp...
- 33
Jun 6, 2026 · 49m E1119
Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk
Sarah Wang speaks with Exa cofounder and CEO Will Bryk about building search infrastructure for the AI era. The conversation covers Exa’s origins, why tradit...
- 34
Jun 5, 2026 · 50m E1118
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data
Martin Casado speaks with George Fraser, cofounder and CEO of Fivetran, about the future of data infrastructure in the age of AI. The conversation covers Fiv...
- 35
Jun 4, 2026 · 1h 2m E1117
AI Eats the World? A Reality Check with Benedict Evans
Erik Torenberg speaks with tech analyst Benedict Evans about the current state of AI, what has changed over the past year, and which questions remain unanswe...
- 36
Jun 3, 2026 · 55m E1115
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy
Theo Jaffee and Sophia Puccini speak with Balaji Srinivasan and Steven Glinert about the shifting balance of power between nations, networks, and technology....
- 37
Jun 2, 2026 · 29m E1116
Steven Sinofsky on Apple at 50, Microsoft, and the Future of Computing
Theo Jaffee speaks with Steven Sinofsky about Apple’s 50th anniversary and the evolution of personal computing over the last four decades. Drawing on his exp...
- 38
Jun 1, 2026 · 46m E1114
Building AI Agents for Enterprise Operations
Anish Acharya and Olivia Moore speak with Pablo Palafox and Luis Paarup about the challenges of deploying AI agents in operationally complex industries. The...
- 39
May 29, 2026 · 33m E1113
Why $1B Exits are Dead
David George, General Partner at a16z, and David Clark, CIO at VenCap, discuss how AI is reshaping venture capital and the technology industry itself. They e...
- 40
May 28, 2026 · 37m E1112
Stablecoins, AI Agents, and The Future of Global Banking
Angela Strange speaks with Dileep Thazhmon, founder and CEO of Jeeves, about building a global financial operating system for enterprises across Latin Americ...
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May 27, 2026 · 56m E1111
Marc Rowan on Private Markets, Software Repricing, and Capital Allocation
In 1990, Marc Rowan walked out of Drexel with his belongings in a cardboard box. Within a year, Apollo was managing $6 billion. David Haber speaks with Marc...
- 42
May 26, 2026 · 27m E1110
Robin Hanson on Prediction Markets, Gambling, and the Future of Forecasting
Theo Jaffee and Sophia Puccini speak with economist Robin Hanson about prediction markets, gambling, and why he believes speculative markets are one of the m...
- 43
May 25, 2026 · 40m E1109
Why AI Isn’t Killing SaaS Yet
Originally aired on MTS segment, Monetary Matters, Jack Farley and Max Wiethe speak with Ara Kharazian, Lead Economist at Ramp, about what real business spen...
- 44
May 22, 2026 · 15m E1108
Hugging Face's Clem Delangue on Open Source AI and the LLM Bubble | MTS Live
Clem Delangue joins MTS to discuss the global open-source AI landscape, the current large language model bubble, and the future of consumer robotics. Origina...
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May 21, 2026 · 55m E1107
How Superhuman Took Over Silicon Valley Email
Rahul Vorra is the founder and CEO of Superhuman, the premium email client for power users. He previously built the Gmail plug-in Reportive and sold it to Li...
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May 20, 2026 · 3h 4m E1106
Marc Andreessen on AI, California, and the Future of America | Joe Rogan
Marc Andreessen joins Joe Rogan for a conversation on AI, politics, technology, and the future of American society. They discuss how artificial intelligence...
- 47
May 19, 2026 · 12m E1105
Rebuilding The American Shipyard
Erin Price-Wright speaks with Michael Duffey and Dino Mavrookas about what it will take to rebuild the American defense industrial base for a new era of comp...
- 48
May 18, 2026 · 11m E1104
The Plan to Make American Crime Obsolete
David Ulevitch speaks with Col. Jeffrey Glover and Rahul Sidhu about how AI, drones, and sensor networks are reshaping public safety and what it takes to bri...
- 49
May 15, 2026 · 26m E1103
Vitalik Buterin on Human Agency in the AI Era
Sophia Dew and Binji Pande speak with Vitalik Buterin about technology, human agency, and how the internet is changing the way people think, build, and relat...
- 50
May 14, 2026 · 18m E1102
Ben Horowitz - "Your ONLY job is Right Product, Right Time"
Ben Horowitz shares lessons from building and scaling companies, drawing on his experience as a founder and CEO. He explains why a founder’s primary responsi...
- 51
May 13, 2026 · 24m E1101
Energy, Minerals, and the Physical Stack Behind AI
Erin Price-Wright speaks with Turner Caldwell and Drew Baglino about what it will take to close America's critical minerals gap and modernize the power infra...
- 52
May 12, 2026 · 1h 12m E1100
Lloyd Blankfein on Risk, Crisis, and Leadership
David Haber speaks with Lloyd Blankfein, former CEO of Goldman Sachs, about leadership, risk, and navigating moments of extreme uncertainty. Drawing on his e...
- 53
May 11, 2026 · 1h 4m E1099
Marc Andreessen on Builder Culture in the Age of AI
Erik Torenberg speaks with Marc Andreessen about the state of AI, media, and the broader cultural and economic shifts shaping the internet. They discuss how...
- 54
May 8, 2026 · 29m E1098
Ben Horowitz on the Next Technology Era
David Ulevitch speaks with Ben Horowitz about what it means to lead the technology industry at scale, and the responsibilities that come with it. Following t...
- 55
May 7, 2026 · 1h 2m E1097
Crypto Fund 5: We Raised $2.2B. Here’s Why.
Robert Hackett speaks with the general partners at a16z crypto about the launch of their fifth crypto fund and the current state of the industry. They reflec...
- 56
May 6, 2026 · 29m E1096
The New Space Race: NASA, Artemis, and the Race to the Moon
Morgan Brennan speaks with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman about the next phase of American space exploration and the urgency behind returning to the moon....
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May 5, 2026 · 1h 23m E1095
Building Blackstone, Backing Costco, with Tony James
David Haber speaks with Tony James about building enduring firms across multiple eras of finance. From joining DLJ when it was a subscale firm to helping gro...
- 58
May 4, 2026 · 24m E1094
Sarah Rogers: Free Speech, AI Diplomacy, and What America Owes Its Allies
Katherine Boyle speaks with Sarah Rogers, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, about the intersection of AI, free speech, and global information systems. Th...
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May 1, 2026 · 51m E1093
Balaji and Taylor Lorenz on AI and Media
Theo Jaffee speaks with Balaji Srinivasan and Taylor Lorenz about how AI is reshaping media, trust, and online communication. Building on prior public disagr...
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Apr 30, 2026 · 29m E1092
Workday’s Last Workday? AI and the Future of Enterprise Software
Elena Burger speaks with Joe Schmidt, partner on the enterprise team at a16z, about the future of enterprise software in the age of AI. Using Workday as a ca...
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Apr 29, 2026 · 57m E1091
The Shift in Global Drug Development
Theo Jaffee and Gabriel Dickinson speak with Cremieux about China’s rapid rise to the top of global clinical trial output. They discuss the regulatory reform...
- 62
Apr 28, 2026 · 20m E1090
John and Patrick Collison on Stripe's Growth, Agent Commerce, and the Future of Software
This interview with Stripe cofounders John and Patrick Collison originally aired on TBPN. They discuss Stripe's 34% growth and new employee tender offer, how...
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Apr 27, 2026 · 1h 10m E1089
Ben Horowitz on Venture Capital and AI
Anjney Midha, founder of AMP PBC, speaks with Ben Horowitz, cofounder of a16z, about how venture capital changed from a small, relationship-driven business i...
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Apr 24, 2026 · 1h E1088
AI Inside the Enterprise
Steven Sinofsky, board partner at a16z, Aaron Levie, CEO of Box, and Martin Casado, general partner at a16z, discuss the reality of AI inside enterprises. Th...
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Apr 23, 2026 · 48m E1087
Martin Shkreli on AI, Pharma, and What Actually Matters
Erik Torenberg speaks with Martin Shkreli, American investor and businessman, about how he sees the AI landscape, from OpenAI to Anthropic, and what actually...
- 66
Apr 22, 2026 · 2h 1m E1085
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct
Erik Torenberg and Theo Jaffee speak with Balaji Srinivasan, angel investor, entrepreneur, and author of The Network State, about how AI is transforming medi...
- 67
Apr 21, 2026 · 1h 7m E1084
Marc Andreessen: Monitoring the Situation and the Future of Media
Erik Torenberg and Theo Jaffee speak with Marc Andreessen, cofounder and general partner at a16z, about the launch of Monitoring the Situation (MTS), a new,...
- 68
Apr 20, 2026 · 47m E1083
Rethinking Git for the Age of Coding Agents with GitHub Cofounder Scott Chacon
Matt Bornstein speaks with Scott Chacon, cofounder of GitHub and CEO of GitButler, about why Git's user interface has barely changed since 2005, how GitButle...
- 69
Apr 19, 2026 · 58m E1082
Network Effects, AI Costs, and the Future of Consumer Investing with Anish Acharya on The Kevin Rose Show
This episode originally aired on The Kevin Rose Show. Kevin Rose speaks with Anish Acharya, general partner at a16z, about how AI is rewriting the rules of c...
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Apr 17, 2026 · 1h 4m E1081
From Models to Mobility: Building Waymo with Dmitri Dolgov
Waymo is now delivering hundreds of thousands of fully autonomous rides each week — but getting there required more than better models. It meant building a c...
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Apr 16, 2026 · 34m E1080
Technology, Culture, and the Next AI Interface with signüll
Erik Torenberg and Anish Acharya, general partners at a16z, speak with signüll about how technology reshapes culture, relationships, and the products we buil...
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Apr 15, 2026 · 1h 39m E1075
Replit's CEO on Vibe Coding, Wealth Building, and What Most People Get Wrong About AI
Jack Neel speaks with Amjad Masad, CEO at Replit, about how AI is making it easier than ever to build and ship software without a technical background. They...
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Apr 14, 2026 · 29m E1079
Ben Horowitz on AI Infrastructure, Economics and The New Laws of Software
Recorded live at the a16z Fintech Connect conference in Deer Valley, Alex Rampell speaks with Ben Horowitz, cofounder and general partner at a16z, about how...
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Apr 13, 2026 · 54m E1078
Building Agents at Home: Parenting, Work, and Benevolent Neglect
Katherine Boyle and Sarah Wang speak with Jesse Genet, a self-proclaimed startup founder and family builder, about building 11 AI agents while homeschooling...
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Apr 10, 2026 · 31m E1077
What Running Windows at Microsoft Taught Steven Sinofsky About Apple
Theo Jaffee speaks with Steven Sinofsky, board partner at a16z and former president of the Windows division at Microsoft, about Apple's 50th anniversary, the...
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Apr 9, 2026 · 1h 39m E1076
Who Controls AI Acceleration? Vitalik Buterin and Guillaume Verdon Debate
Eddy Lazzarin speaks with Vitalik Buterin, founder of Ethereum, and Guillaume Verdon, founder and CEO of Extropic, about whether AI progress can or should be...
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Apr 8, 2026 · 59m E1074
The Agent Era: Building Software Beyond Chat with Box CEO Aaron Levie
Erik Torenberg, Steve Sinofsky, and Martin Casado speak to Aaron Levie, CEO at Box, about what happens to enterprise software when agents become the primary...
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Apr 7, 2026 · 1h 7m E1073
Balaji on Why AI Raises the Cost of Verification
a16z general partner Erik Torenberg speaks with Balaji Srinivasan, angel investor and entrepreneur, about why AI simultaneously reduces the cost of creation...
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Apr 6, 2026 · 28m E1072
Peter Yang on Small Teams, Coding Agents, and Why Human Ambition Has No Ceiling
Anish Acharya speaks with Peter Yang, creator and product lead at Roblox, about how personal AI agents are replacing the apps we open every day, why coding a...
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Apr 3, 2026 · 1h 17m E1071
Marc Andreessen on AI Winters and Agent Breakthroughs
This episode originally aired on the Latent Space Podcast. swyx and Alessio Fanelli speak with Marc Andreessen about the arc of AI from its origins in 1943 t...