King.com cofounder Riccardo Zacconi (developer of Candy Crush Saga) and Glu/Playfish cofounder Kristian Segerstrale (now the CEO of Super Evil Megacorp) discuss trends in the games industry, failing fast, and building enduring startups with a16z partner Jonathan Lai, Indie MEGABOOTH founder Kelly Wallick, and Stillfront SVP Andrew Green on Games Club.
Jun 2025
How Startups are Fixing Healthcare Friction
What if the biggest lever for improving U.S. healthcare isn’t clinical, but operational?In this episode, recorded live at New York Tech Week, a16z General Partner David Haber speaks with Trey Holterman (Tennr) and Christophe Rimann (Camber), two founders tackling the core infrast ... Show More
23m 54s
Apr 2025
What Comes After Mobile? Meta’s Andrew Bosworth on AI and Consumer Tech
For the past 20 years, consumer technology has been shaped by the same form factors: apps and touchscreens on smartphones. But advances in AI, wearables, and hardware could introduce an entirely new stack—creating a more agentic, adaptive, and immersive computing experience for u ... Show More
32m 30s
Feb 2025
Who Will Own the Internet? a16z’s Chris Dixon on AI and Crypto
Technology doesn’t grow in isolation—it evolves in waves. Just as mobile, cloud, and social shaped the internet of the past 20 years, so too could crypto, AI, and new hardware usher in an era of the internet that’s pro-innovation, pro-startup, and pro-creator. Speaking with a16z ... Show More
32m 55s
Jul 2024
Founders Playbook: Lessons from Riot, Discord, & More
<p>Gaming is not just entertainment—it's a revolution reshaping our culture, technology, and economy. </p><p>a16z’s Jonathan Lai and Andrew Chen dive into the current gaming renaissance and its future impact. Joining them are Michael Chow, CEO and Steven Snow, CPO of The Believer ... Show More
25m 56s
Apr 2024
Next-Gen Gaming: AI Souls, Real-time Culture, Personalized Avatars
<p>Over 3,700 companies applied to a16z’s SPEEDRUN. In this episode, we meet the founders pushing the boundaries of what games can be.</p><p>From the fusion of traditional gaming elements with modern tech-twists, a16z General Partner Andrew Chen and Partner Josh Lu discuss the ch ... Show More
30m 36s
Mar 2022
#248 – Crypto Literacy, Daily Habits, and New Business Ideas with Dru Riley and Greg Isenberg
Today I'm talking to Greg Isenburg of Late Checkout and Dru Riley of Trends.vc. In this episode, we cover a bunch of topics around media and community. I'll ask them where they get their content ideas, how they create product stickiness, how they stay productive and what new busi ... Show More
47m 34s
Sep 2025
The Future of E-Commerce: Trends, Tech, and Tactics
For today’s episode, we have a panel from this year’s Inc’s Founders House in Philadelphia. Social media director, Andrea Hardalo and her fellow panelists: Woodie Hillyard, co-founder and CEO of the men’s personal care brand W, Arthur Leopold, co-founder and CEO of the ad platfor ... Show More
35m 1s
Apr 2023
SaaStr 651: Top Mistakes Founders Make with Series A with Black Mangroves, Square Peg, Vertex, and GGV
<p>Arnaud Bonzom, Founder and Managing Director @ Black Mangroves moderates a panel with Carmen Yuen, General Partner @ Vertex, Jenny Lee, Managing Partner @ GGV Capital, and Piruze Sabuncu, Partner @ Square Peg Capital on what founders should look out for when raising a Series A ... Show More
26m 52s
Apr 2023
#276 – SaaS Trends, Crowdfunding a Book, and Life After Success with Rob Walling of TinySeed
Rob Walling (@robwalling) talks his new playbook on SaaS, why he launched on Kickstarter, the latest startup trends, how to have a winning mindset, and whether we should build a Kickstarter for Indie Hackers with Courtland (@csallen) and Channing (@ChanningAllen).
1h 2m