This is a special episode of the a16z podcast — it's an audio history, told through the voices of the a16z crypto team, about what crypto is, how it really works, and why it matters. This "innovation overview" is meant as a resource, and it features hallway-style conversations with the a16z team as well as outside experts.
In brief segments, we’ll take you ... Show More
Jan 22
Inferact: Building the Infrastructure That Runs Modern AI
Inferact is a new AI infrastructure company founded by the creators and core maintainers of vLLM. Its mission is to build a universal, open-source inference layer that makes large AI models faster, cheaper, and more reliable to run across any hardware, model architecture, or depl ... Show More
43m 37s
Jan 21
Martin Casado on the Demand Forces Behind AI
In this feed drop from The Six Five Pod, a16z General Partner Martin Casado discusses how AI is changing infrastructure, software, and enterprise purchasing. He explains why current constraints are driven less by technical limits and more by regulation, particularly around power, ... Show More
27m 59s
Sep 2019
Apple Camera, Services; Wearables - Where are We (#8)
This is episode #8 of our news show, 16 Minutes, where we quickly cover recent headlines of the week, the a16z way -- why they're in the news; why they matter from our vantage point in tech -- and share our experts' views on these trends.This week we cover, with the following a16 ... Show More
20 m
Sep 2020
Apple and the 'Doctor’s Office on a Wrist'
We cover the latest coming out of Apple's event yesterday, focusing on their new watches (including a lower price model); new sensors (including blood oxygen); and services for healthcare. Is always-on, (relatively) low-cost, passive monitoring for fitness and mainstream consumer ... Show More
19m 6s
Oct 2017
Hash Power – Ep. 3 - Funding, Forking, and a Creative Future
In episodes one and two of Hash Power, we explored blockchain technology and cryptocurrency investing. In this episode, we discuss the current and potential future states of the crypto world. We cover new forms of cooperation, regulation, security and storage, and why blockchains ... Show More
1h 1m
Sep 2020
Tiktok and 'Seeing Like an Algorithm'
In one of our special "2x" episodes of 16 Minutes (32ish minutes;) -- our show where we quickly cover the headlines and tech trends, offering analysis, frameworks, explainers, and more -- we cover the algorithm that powers TikTok, the short video-sharing platform that grabbed mas ... Show More
37m 30s
Jul 2024
UNCHAINED: How to Figure Out Whether a Crypto Token Is Worth Its Trading Price
Jose Macedo of Delphi Digital and Ari Paul of BlockTower Capital talk about why a crypto asset can have wildly different prices in the public and private markets, and how they try to figure out what it’s really worth.
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fount ... Show More
1h 23m
Jan 2019
Tom Shaughnessy, 51percent Founder: Crypto Research in the Wild West
Tom Shaughnessy is the founder of the institutional crypto research platform 51Percent. In this conversation, Shaughnessy and Anthony Pompliano discuss what equity research is, how information is gathered in crypto, and how institutions are thinking about the space.-----Join the ... Show More
47m 15s
Aug 2022
655. Insights: What does good crypto design look like?
Our expert host, David M. Brear , is joined by some great guests to ask: 'What does good crypto design look like?'
It was recently announced that BlackRock, the world’s largest investment management company, is now offering clients direct access to crypto – starting with Bitcoi ... Show More
47m 7s
Apr 2021
Chris Dixon - The Potential of Blockchain Technology - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 221]
My guest today is Chris Dixon, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Chris is a prolific investor and thinker, having been an entrepreneur, angel investor, and is now focused on investing in the crypto and blockchain space for Andreessen. Our conversation focuses on Chris's o ... Show More
1h 15m