At the end of 2022, our team at a16z asked dozens of partners across the firm to spotlight one big idea that startups in their fields could tackle in 2023.
Emerging from this exercise came 40+ builder-worthy pursuits for the year, ranging from entertainment franchise games to precision delivery of medicine to small modular reactors, and of course loads of ... Show More
Jan 2024
Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner, & Jason Calacanis on the state of tech markets, hosted by David Weisburd | E1875
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1h 28m
Jun 2024
Lessons from a two-time unicorn builder, 50-time startup advisor, and 20-time company board member | Uri Levine (co-founder of Waze)
<p><strong>Uri Levine</strong> is the co-founder of Waze, the world’s largest community-based traffic and navigation app, acquired by Google for over $1 billion. He’s also founded nine other companies, been on the board of 20 companies, and advised more than 50 companies. He’s mo ... Show More
1h 22m
Mar 2024
Big tech earnings and the current AI debates, with Sarah Guo and Elad Gil
Host-only episode discussing NVIDIA, Meta and Google earnings, Gemini and Mistral model launches, the open-vs-closed source debate, domain specific foundation models, if we’ll see real competition in chips, and the state of AI ROI and adoption.
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42m 14s
Jan 2023
How to price your product | Naomi Ionita (Menlo Ventures)
<p>Naomi Ionita is a Partner at the venture capital firm, Menlo Ventures. She started her career in engineering in 2002, shifted to product in 2006, and built product growth and monetization teams starting over a decade ago as one of the first PLG leaders in B2B. She was an early ... Show More
53m 16s
Jun 2023
Gavin Baker on AI platform shift, upside vs downside, extinction risk, Nvidia outlook & more | E1764
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1h 5m
Jun 2023
RunwayML, AI Steve Jobs, & more with Sunny Madra & Vinny Lingham | E1755
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1h 4m
Aug 2021
E43: Innovative venture strategies, Zymergen's implosion, Square acquires Afterpay, future of fintech & more
<p>Show Notes:</p> <p>0:00 Big week for the besties: Friedberg's new raise, Sacks' new fund & more</p> <p>16:30 Innovative venture strategies: internal mark ups, venture studios, deployment strategies</p> <p>30:44 Zymergen's implosion: role of diligence, how to make deep tech sus ... Show More
1h 31m
Jun 2023
E133: Market melt-up, IPO update, AI startups overheat, Reddit revolts & more with Brad Gerstner
<p>(0:00) Bestie intros: Chamath flies public + Poker recap</p> <p>(8:12) FED pauses hikes momentarily, IPO window status, state of the market</p> <p>(25:10) Film, cold plunge, and sauna talk</p> <p>(33:25) AI's impact on tech and growth stocks surging, Google's position, AI's "$ ... Show More
1h 58m