with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), and Tyler Cowen (@tylercowen)
This episode of the a16z Podcast features the rare combination of a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz in conversation, together, with economist Ty...
Yesterday
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 between AI and creative work. The conversation covers Ideogram's decision to release an open-weight model, the challenges ... Show More
42m 56s
Apr 28
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 agent commerce and stablecoins may require high-throughput blockchains built for millions of transactions per second, and ... Show More
20m 2s
Apr 6
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 agents feel like slot machines, and what happens when the cost of building software drops to near zero. They discuss why fut ... Show More
28m 37s
Apr 2020
SV039: Creating a Podcast Career with TIP Co-Founder Stig Brodersen
On today’s show, we’re happy to chat with our very own Stig Brodersen. Stig is a value investor, business owner, and international bestselling author. His podcast We Study Billionaires has over 30 million+ downloads and has been recognized as the #1 ranked stock investing podcast ... Show More
42m 59s
Oct 2023
Communicating in Crypto, and Beyond
<p>with @smc90 @stanfordgsb </p><p>How does one *communicate* well -- especially in crypto, but also in other technical industries or open source communities? Or in distributed, decentralized organizations, where you may have participants that are both remote and in person, or a ... Show More
58m 33s
May 2020
#96 – Stephen Schwarzman: Going Big in Business, Investing, and AI
Stephen Schwarzman is the CEO and Co-Founder of Blackstone, one of the world’s leading investment firms with over 530 billion dollars of assets under management. He is one of the most successful business leaders in history, all from humble beginnings back in Philly. I recommend h ... Show More
1h 10m
Dec 2022
Ego-ish: how tech's main characters are all a bit different
This week, Natasha chatted with Alex about ego, how recent news from Sam Bankman-Fried and Elizabeth Holmes gives us a window into how it works, and impacts on the tech and venture landscape.
We talked about:
What Holmes and Bankman-Fried have in common, from centralized ownersh ... Show More
33m 32s
Mar 2024
What's the Deel with Remofirst, and why are VCs playing musical chairs?
Today on the pod, Mary Ann and Alex dug into a whole mess of news, including:
Mews' massive new round is proof that vertical SaaS + payments remains a great way to build a big business, and earn a unicorn valuation at a time when those are growing rarer.
The global companies ... Show More
31m 43s
Feb 2023
Caretakers, ageism and other topics venture needs to stop overlooking
This week, Natasha interviewed Elana Berkowitz, founding partner at Springbank Collective and an early-stage investor working to close the gender gap.
Following with our theme of covering the silent changemakers in tech, Berkowitz has done much more than invest: she’s an advisor ... Show More
32m 28s