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2025-03-11

  From Thesis to Meme to Fund: Building American Dynamism

For over a century, the United States has been the birthplace of world-changing innovation – from the Wright brothers’ first flight to the invention of the transistor, the moon landing, and the birth of the internet. But in recent years, belief in Amer...
  Steph Smith, David Ulevitch, Katherine Boyle author
2025-03-07

  What Founders Get Wrong About Scaling – With Carta’s CEO

Henry Ward, cofounder and CEO of Carta, has spent over a decade scaling his company from an early-stage startup to a 2,000-person industry leader. In this a16z Speedrun conversation with Games partner Josh Lu, Henry shares hard-earned lessons on:Hiring...
  Josh Lu, Henry Ward, Steph Smith author
2025-02-25

  Creativity vs Control: Where AI Fits in the Creative Toolbox

Being a creator in 2025 is tough—but building for creators is even harder. Perhaps no one understands this conundrum better than Scott Belsky. As the founder of Behance, a longtime executive at Adobe, and an advisor to companies like Pinterest and Atla...
  Scott Belsky, Troy Kirwin, Steph Smith author
2025-02-20

  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 SaaS 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-cr...
  Steph Smith, Chris Dixon, David George author
2025-02-11

  The Critical Technology in Finding Critical Materials

Critical materials like copper, lithium, and gallium have been mined for decades, but their role in core technologies, geopolitics, and the energy transition have come to a height in recent years.In this episode, a16z partner Connie Chan discusses how ...
  Mfikeyi Makayi, George Gilchrist, Tom Hunt, Connie Chan, Steph Smith author
2025-02-06

  DeepSeek: America’s Sputnik Moment for AI?

Two words have caught the Internet by storm. DeepSeek. The Chinese reasoning model r1 is rivaling others at the frontier with an open-source MIT license, methods that some claim may be 45x more efficient, an alleged $5.6m cost, the release of reasoning...
  Steph Smith, Martin Casado, Steven Sinofsky author
2025-02-01

  Ben Horowitz Sharing History with Dr. Clarence Jones, MLK's Speechwriter

This week, a16z cofounder Ben Horowitz had a rare and invaluable conversation with Dr. Clarence B. Jones, a pivotal figure in American history. Dr. Jones, who served as speechwriter, attorney, and advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., shared his perso...
  Ben Horowitz, Dr. Clarence Jones, Megan Holston Alexander, Steph Smith author
2025-01-28

  How AI Is Changing Warfare with Brian Schimpf, CEO of Anduril

How is AI reshaping modern warfare? Speaking with a16z Growth General Partner David George, Anduril cofounder and CEO Brian Schimpf discusses how AI helps humans make better strategic decisions by sorting through the enormous amount of data collected f...
  David George, Brian Schimpf author
2025-01-22

  RIP to RPA: How AI Makes Operations Work

Intelligent automation is transforming industries by tackling messy, unstructured workflows that traditional Robotic Process Automation (RPA) couldn’t handle. In this episode, a16z partner Kimberly Tan discusses the shift from rigid RPA systems to AI-p...
  Kimberly Tan, Steph Smith author
2025-01-15

  Marc Andreessen: Can Tech Finally Fix Healthcare?

Healthcare is a $4 trillion industry, making up nearly a fifth of the U.S. economy—but despite having some of the best doctors and advanced technology, the system often delivers poor outcomes at skyrocketing costs. Why is this the case, and what will i...
  Marc Andreessen, Vijay Pande, Julie Yoo author