# ![@a16z Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:youtube::UC9cn0TuPq4dnbTY-CBsm8XA.png) @a16z a16z

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is focusing on AI, with discussions on its applications in various industries, including healthcare, emergency response, and operations. The firm is also exploring the intersection of AI and other technologies, such as crypto. a16z is investing in and advising AI startups, and its leaders are sharing insights on the future of AI and its potential impact on society.

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### Social Influence

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[vc firms](/list/vc-firms)  #17 [finance](/list/finance)  31.53% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  17.12% [stocks](/list/stocks)  11.71% [countries](/list/countries)  9.91% [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)  3.6% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  1.8% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  0.9% [financial services](/list/financial-services)  0.9% [products](/list/products)  0.9%

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[andreessen horowitz](/topic/andreessen-horowitz) #7, [ai](/topic/ai) 62.16%, [ben](/topic/ben) #3411, [ceo](/topic/ceo) #2408, [future](/topic/future) 18.02%, [software](/topic/software) #1176, [in the](/topic/in-the) 15.32%, [investment](/topic/investment) #1487, [to the](/topic/to-the) 12.61%, [business](/topic/business) 10.81%

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**Top assets mentioned**
[Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [Opendoor Technologies Inc Common Stock (OPEN)](/topic/$open)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Sam Altman on Sora Energy and Building an AI Empire Sam Altman has led OpenAI from its founding as a research nonprofit in [----] to becoming the most valuable startup in the world ten years later. In this episode a16z Cofounder Ben Horowitz and General Partner Erik Torenberg sit down with Sam to discuss the core thesis behind OpenAIs disparate bets why they released Sora how they use models internally the best AI evals and where were going from here. Timecodes: 0:00 Introduction 0:41 OpenAIs Vision and Infrastructure 2:37 Business Model and Vertical Integration 5:08 AGI Sora and Societal"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JfE1Wun9xkk)  2025-10-08T14:14Z 248K followers, 179.8K engagements


"The Unicorn Founder Who Delegated Everything. Jonathan Swanson has built two rare successes: Thumbtack the home-services marketplace and Athena the fast-growing platform that pairs ambitious people with world-class personal assistants. Today he runs a 4000-person company invests on the side and raises four kids all by designing his life around leverage. a16z General Partner Erik Torenberg sits down with Jonathan to unpack what that actually looks like. They discuss how elite assistant culture shaped his philosophy why delegation is a skill most founders never truly learn and how the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MT4l_XrrRNc)  2025-12-10T15:57Z 248K followers, 16.5K engagements


"Seeing The Future from AI Companions to Personal Software Eugenia Kuyda CEO of Wabi and AI pioneer behind Replika joins Erik Anish and Justine to reveal how personal software will transform from a developer monopoly to a creative medium for all. She exposes why command-line AI interfaces are the new MS-DOS explains how mini-apps will become as shareable as TikToks and details her decade-long journey from training language models in [----] to building the platform where your mom can create custom apps in minutes. Plus: untold stories from OpenAI's apartment days and why voice-only devices"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-KfrrWRl3FA)  2025-11-05T17:00Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"How OpenAI Builds for [---] Million Weekly Users: Model Specialization and Fine-Tuning In this episode a16z GP Martin Casado sits down with Sherwin Wu Head of Engineering for the OpenAI Platform to break down how OpenAI organizes its platform across models pricing and infrastructure and how it is shifting from a single general-purpose model to a portfolio of specialized systems custom fine-tuning options and node-based agent workflows. They get into why developers tend to stick with a trusted model family what builds that trust and why the industry moved past the idea of one model that can do"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3x0jhpEj_6o)  2025-11-28T14:00Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"The Brutal Truth About Biotech: Why $2B Per Drug Is Killing Innovation Two venture capitalists dissect why biotech burns billions while China runs trials in weeks and why the next Genentech won't look anything like the last one. Elliot Hershberg reveals the "three horsemen" strangling drug development as costs explode to $2.5 billion per approval while Lada Nuzhna exposes how investigator-initiated trials in Shanghai are rewriting the competitive playbook faster than American founders can file INDs. When the infrastructure that built monoclonal antibodies becomes the commodity threatening to"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=M7eXyc8GLSo)  2025-11-14T16:08Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"Opendoor CEO: Building the Amazon for Homes Opendoor is trying to make it easier to buy a home. Kaz Nejatian just joined as CEO to help them succeed. In this episode a16z General Partners Alex Rampell and Erik Torenberg sit down with Kaz to cover all things real estate and marketplaces. They cover Kazs vision for Opendoor the problem with copying the hedge fund model how to build through economic downturns and the importance of ambition and long-term thinking. Timecodes: 00:00 Introduction 00:25 Becoming Opendoor CEO: Mindset & Mission 01:51 The Opendoor Origin Story & Market Dynamics 04:43"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gfhV8gAl3eY)  2025-10-07T14:08Z 248K followers, 20.2K engagements


"Who Will Own the Internet a16zs Chris Dixon on AI and Crypto Technology doesnt grow in isolationit evolves in waves. Just as mobile cloud and social shaped the internet of the past [--] years so too could crypto AI and new hardware usher in an era of the internet thats pro-innovation pro-startup and pro-creator. Speaking with a16z Growth General Partner David George a16z crypto Founder and Managing Partner Chris Dixon breaks down his vision for a new internet from using crypto to decentralize AI infrastructure and kickstart network effects to why AI will be this eras native form of media just"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gioxu1CVjhM)  2025-02-20T15:47Z 248K followers, 25.7K engagements


"Amjad Masad & Adam DAngelo: How Far Are We From AGI Adam DAngelo (Quora/Poe) thinks we're [--] years from automating remote work. Amjad Masad (Replit) thinks we're brute-forcing intelligence without understanding it. In this conversation two technical founders who are building the AI future disagree on almost everything: whether LLMs are hitting limits if we're anywhere close to AGI and what happens when entry-level jobs disappear but experts remain irreplaceable. They dig into the uncomfortable reality that AI might create a "missing middle" in the job market why everyone in SF is suddenly too"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=191Ojd7Rq6s)  2025-11-07T14:00Z 248K followers, 19.4K engagements


"Marc Andreessen: The US is in a AI Arms Race & It Decides The World's Future Marc Andreessen joins Joe Lonsdale for a live conversation at the inaugural Ronald Reagan Economic Forum. They explore one of the most urgent and complex questions of our time: Can AI and robotics catalyze a new era of American industrial strengthand how do we ensure the entire country including rural communities shares in the upside Marc walks through the history of U.S. industrialization the lessons of tariffs and trade from leaders like McKinley and how Americas shift to a services-based economy helped fuel our"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FuvxluTePk0)  2025-08-05T13:00Z 248K followers, 54.8K engagements


"Balaji Srinivasan: How AI Will Change Politics War and Money a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg and Martin Casado sit down with technologist and founder Balaji Srinivasan to explore how the metaphors we use to describe AIwhether as god swarm tool or oraclereveal as much about us as they do about the technology itself. Balaji best known for his work in crypto and network states also brings a deep background in machine learning. Together the trio unpacks the evolution of AI discourse from monotheistic visions of a singular AGI to polytheistic interpretations shaped by culture and context."  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LM7snohbu4k)  2025-07-28T13:00Z 248K followers, 44K engagements


"It's Time To Build At Andreessen Horowitz we just raised over $15B. With these new funds including American Dynamism ($1.176B) Apps ($1.7B) Bio + Health ($700M) Infrastructure ($1.7B) Growth ($6.75B) and other venture strategies ($3B) we raised over 18% of all venture capital dollars allocated in the United States in [----]. It's time to build. This is an a16z Original produced by the New Media team for the [----] fundraise. a16z andreessen horowitz a16z andreessen horowitz"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=M9VKnPMs6Rw)  2026-01-13T17:15Z 248K followers, 22.9K engagements


"Building the Real-World Infrastructure for AI with Google Cisco & a16z AI isnt just changing software its causing the biggest buildout of physical infrastructure in modern history. In this episode live from Runtime a16z's Raghu Raghuram speaks with Amin Vahdat VP and GM of AI and Infrastructure at Google and Jeetu Patel President and Chief Product Officer at Cisco about the unprecedented scale of whats being built from chips to power grids to global data centers. They discuss the new AI industrial revolution where power compute and network are the new scarce resources; how geopolitical"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OsLRf6r5U9E)  2025-10-29T13:58Z 248K followers, 17.5K engagements


"How AI Agents Will Transform in [----] (a16z Big Ideas) AI is moving from chat to action. In this episode of Big Ideas [----] we unpack three shifts shaping what comes next for AI products. The change is not just smarter models but software itself taking on a new form. You will hear from Marc Andrusko on the shift from prompting to execution Stephanie Zhang on what it means to build machine-legible software and Olivia Moore on why voice agents are becoming practical deployable systems rather than demos. Together these ideas tell a single story. Interfaces shift from chat to action design shifts"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ULszsXDyjMY)  2025-12-22T14:01Z 248K followers, 76.6K engagements


"Sacks Andreessen & Horowitz: How America Wins the AI Race Against China David Sacks White House AI and Crypto Czar joins Marc Ben and Erik to explore what's really happening inside the Trump administration's AI and crypto strategy. They expose the regulatory capture playbook being pushed by certain AI companies explain why open source is America's secret weapon and detail the infrastructure crisis that could determine who wins the global AI race. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:38 Why AI and crypto fit together 02:15 Making America the crypto capital 05:00 AI strategy shift: Innovation over fear"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Uho2GupZSgU)  2025-11-03T14:15Z 248K followers, 89.3K engagements


"Steven Sinofsky & Balaji Srinivasan on the Future of M&A AI & Tech Theres been a wave of M&A deals lately - Meta and Scale Windsurf and Google - and a lot of it points to something bigger: how regulation capital and innovation are colliding in [----]. In this episode Erik Torenberg brings together Steven Sinofsky former Microsoft Executive and Balaji Srinivasan founder of the Network School and author of the Network State to break it all down. From acquihires to acquifires from FTC crackdowns to the deeper battle between the state and the network this is a sharp conversation on the future of"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aHEkd3NNP_A)  2025-08-08T13:00Z 248K followers, 13.9K engagements


"Founders Media & Memes: a16zs Strategy for the Future a16z LP Summit [----] Recorded live at the [----] a16z LP Summit this episode is a candid conversation between a16z cofounders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitzhosted by general partner Erik Torenberg. They cover the evolution of a16z from startup firm to multi-practice platform how the media landscape is shaped by meme-speed narratives why reorgsnot just returnsdetermine who wins and what it takes to build an enduring venture franchise. They also share thoughts on the changing policy landscape for AI and crypto the firms bipartisan approach to"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dfGANTiLlwE)  2025-06-23T14:01Z 248K followers, 63.2K engagements


"Marc Andreessen & Amjad Masad on Good Enough AI AGI and the End of Coding Amjad Masad founder and CEO of Replit joins a16zs Marc Andreessen and Erik Torenberg to discuss the new world of AI agents the future of programming and how software itself is beginning to build software. They trace the history of computing to the rise of AI agents that can now plan reason and code for hours without breaking and explore how Replit is making it possible for anyone to create complex applications in natural language. Amjad explains how RL unlocked reasoning for modern models why verification loops changed"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=g-WeCOUYBrk)  2025-10-23T15:02Z 248K followers, 43.3K engagements


"Marc Andreessen Reveals His Biggest Wins and Mistakes at a16z What does it take to build a venture firm from scratchand scale it across multiple waves of technological and cultural change In this special episode recorded at the a16z LP Summit Marc Andreessen joins Erik Torenberg for a wide-ranging conversation on the origins and evolution of Andreessen Horowitz. From raising Fund I during the depths of the [----] financial crisis to shaping the firms multistage multi-sector strategy Marc reflects on how the firm was builtand rebuiltas the tech landscape shifted. They discuss the rise of Little"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qObbK4SjZnk)  2025-06-02T15:23Z 248K followers, 46.3K engagements


"Inside The Life of Silicon Valley's First Athlete Investor Magic Johnson a16zs Chris Lyons speaks with Earvin "Magic" Johnson about his 30-year journey from athlete to billionaire businessman. They cover the art of deal-making lessons from mentors Michael Ovitz and Dr. Jerry Buss and Magic's sports ownership portfolio from the Dodgers to the Commanders to the Sparks. They also discuss what the next generation of athletes and entertainers should know about equity building teams and taking risks. Follow Magic Johnson on X: https://twitter.com/MagicJohnson Follow Chris Lyons on X:"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uDuQKsdYfZw)  2026-02-11T14:30Z 248K followers, 26.4K engagements


"The Future of AI is Here Fei-Fei Li Unveils the Next Frontier of AI Fei-Fei Li and Justin Johnson are pioneers in AI. While the world has only recently witnessed a surge in consumer AI our guests have long been laying the groundwork for innovations that are transforming industries today. In this episode a16z General Partner Martin Casado joins Fei-Fei and Justin to explore the journey from early AI winters to the rise of deep learning and the rapid expansion of multimodal AI. From foundational advancements like ImageNet to the cutting-edge realm of spatial intelligence Fei-Fei and Justin"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vIXfYFB7aBI)  2024-09-20T18:15Z 248K followers, 484K engagements


""Is there an AI bubble Gavin Baker and David George In this conversation from a16zs Runtime Gavin Baker Managing Partner and CIO of Atreides Management joins David George General Partner at a16z to unpack the macro view of AI: the trillion-dollar data center buildout the new economics of GPUs and what this boom means for investors founders and the global economy. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:02 Are We in an AI Bubble Setting the Stage with Data 02:41 Lessons from 2000: Dark Fiber vs. No Dark GPUs 05:07 ROI on AI: Why This Time Is Different 06:42 Nvidia Google and the Race to Win AI"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5ze3ZNvOdRY)  2025-10-30T13:30Z 248K followers, 57.4K engagements


"Ben Horowitz & Marc Andreessen Compare the AI Boom Vs. Internet Boom How does the current AI boom compare to the past internet boom Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz explain in this clip. Watch the FULL episode of "The Ben & Marc Show" here: https://youtu.be/XyrBJ0gk-is #clips #ai #internet #business #tech #technology #founders #90s #artificialintelligence #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #culture Resources: Marc on X: https://twitter.com/pmarca Marcs Substack: https://pmarca.substack.com/ Ben on X: https://twitter.com/bhorowitz Stay Updated: Find us on X: https://twitter.com/a16z Find us on"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JwIXg_9lD10)  2024-05-13T18:04Z 248K followers, 40.5K engagements


"Marc Andreessen explains venture investing a16z andreessen horowitz a16z andreessen horowitz"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=T6DJZlv8_0Y)  2025-10-03T17:21Z 248K followers, 18.2K engagements


"The State of Consumer Tech in the Age of AI In this episode a16z General Partner Erik Torenberg is joined by the a16z Consumer teamGeneral Partner Anish Acharya and Partners Olivia Moore Justine Moore and Bryan Kimfor a conversation on the current state (and future) of consumer tech. They unpack why it feels like breakout consumer apps have slowed down how AI is changing the game and what might define the next era of products. Topics include: - The rise of AI-native consumer tools and companion apps - Why users are now spending $200+/month on AI products - The missing AI-powered social graph"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=we9mNqAW_5I)  2025-06-06T14:01Z 248K followers, 21.8K engagements


"Why Venture Capital is a game of outliers - Marc Andreessen Marc Andreessen co-founder and general partner at a16z explains why venture capital is a game of outliers. Venture returns are highly concentrated. Out of thousands of startups that receive funding only a few breakout companies go on to become unicorns and generate the majority of the returns for investors. a16z andreessen horowitz a16z andreessen horowitz"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=D7sJc8kJC9s)  2026-01-16T20:00Z 248K followers, 33.6K engagements


"Emmett Shear on Building AI That Actually Cares: Beyond Control and Steering Emmett Shear founder of Twitch and former OpenAI interim CEO challenges the fundamental assumptions driving AGI development. In this conversation with Erik Torenberg and Sb Krier Shear argues that the entire "control and steering" paradigm for AI alignment is fatally flawed. Instead he proposes "organic alignment" - teaching AI systems to genuinely care about humans the way we naturally do. The discussion explores why treating AGI as a tool rather than a potential being could be catastrophic how current chatbots act"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ua8nPJ1_yk8)  2025-11-17T14:00Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"Grant Lee: Building Gammas AI Presentation Company to [---] Million Users Grant Lee was told Gamma was "the worst idea ever heard" by an investor who hung up mid-Zoomyet he built it to [---] million users and $100M ARR without spending a dollar on advertising. While competitors hired aggressively Grant's team of seven refused to grow dedicating 25% of their tiny team to design and personally onboarding every influencer themselves. They reveal how ignoring AI for their first two years then orchestrating multiple models in ways the frontier labs can't replicate let them steal the presentation"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fBfY7tWCecU)  2025-11-11T14:32Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"Ben Horowitz and David Solomon: The Sweetest Macro Spot in [--] Years a16z general partner David Haber spoke with Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon and a16z cofounder Ben Horowitz on the current macro environment enterprise AI adoption and crypto and AI policy. Solomon describes what he calls the "sweetest spot" he's seen in [--] years and explains Goldman's "One GS 3.0" initiative to reimagine core processes with AI. Horowitz discusses why "leads aren't what they once were" in AI and how a16z grew from a startup VC to capturing 18% of all US venture capital. Read the full transcript here:"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jLVgGGz5bvk)  2026-02-02T18:00Z 248K followers, 37.5K engagements


"How AI Will Transform Fintech In [----] Fintech went from a full-blown surge to a near standstill in just two years. At its peak about [--] percent of all venture dollars were pouring into the category. By late [----] that number had collapsed to almost zero. In this conversation a16z General Partner David Haber and Plaid cofounder and CEO Zach Perret unpack what actually happened during that cycle and why the market is heating up again. We explore how the industry moved from the explosive growth of [----] and [----] into a deep freeze and why we are now seeing real momentum return. We also dig into"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pDC8mIbjRgM)  2025-12-19T14:01Z 248K followers, 14.1K engagements


"Marc Andreessen's [----] Outlook: AI Timelines US vs. China and The Price of AI a16z cofounder Marc Andreessen joins an AMA-style conversation to explain why AI is the largest technology shift he has experienced how the cost of intelligence is collapsing and why the market still feels early despite rapid adoption. The discussion covers how falling model costs and fast capability gains are reshaping pricing distribution and competition across the AI stack why usage-based and value-based pricing are becoming standard and how startups and incumbents are navigating big versus small models and open"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xRh2sVcNXQ8)  2026-01-07T16:23Z 248K followers, 222.1K engagements


"Keith Rabois: Israel OpenAI Opendoor and DOGE From politics to technology to real estate Keith Rabois has bold predictions for Americas next decade. In this conversation with Erik Torenberg and Alex Rampell Keith breaks down why he believes the U.S. is entering a new economic expansion driven by AI productivity and sovereign technology. They discuss how AI could lift GDP growth to 5% why sovereign AI projects are inevitable and why America can grow its way out of debt. Keith also shares his takes on Trumps second term the decline of legacy institutions OpenAIs dominance and the future of"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kw2bK_jLz8M)  2025-10-16T13:00Z 248K followers, 10.1K engagements


"The $700 Billion AI Productivity Problem No One's Talking About Russ Fradin sold his first company for $300M. Hes back in the arena with Larridin helping companies measure just how successful their AI actually is. In this episode Russ sits down with a16z General Partner Alex Rampell to reveal why the measurement infrastructure that unlocked internet advertising's trillion-dollar boom is exactly what's missing from AI why your most productive employees are hiding their AI usage from management and the uncomfortable truth that companies desperately buying AI tools have no idea whether anyone's"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VMv00WR8EaA)  2025-12-01T18:35Z 248K followers, 15.2K engagements


"AI Markets: Deep Dive with a16z's David George a16z Head of Investor Relations Jen Kha speaks with general partner David George about the state of AI and private technology markets. David shares data on why AI companies are growing 2.5x faster than traditional software while spending significantly less on sales and marketing driven by massive market pull and record-breaking ARR per employee. They discuss the rise of Model Busters which are companies that grow faster and longer than anyone would have modeled like the iPhone. They also highlight real-world adoption at Chime and Rocket Mortgage"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rSohMpT24SI)  2026-02-09T15:30Z 248K followers, 17K engagements


"Dylan Patel on GPT-5s Router Moment GPUs vs TPUs Monetization The AI hardware race is heating up and NVIDIA is still far ahead. What will it take to close the gap In this episode Dylan Patel (Founder & CEO SemiAnalysis) joins Erin Price-Wright (General Partner a16z) Guido Appenzeller (Partner a16z) and host Erik Torenberg to break down the state of AI chips data centers and infrastructure strategy. We discuss: - Why simply copying NVIDIA wont work and what it takes to beat them - How custom silicon from Google Amazon and Meta could reshape the market - The economics of AI model launches and"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xWRPXY8vLY4)  2025-08-18T18:26Z 248K followers, 100.6K engagements


"Crypto Experts Explain Stablecoins & the Future Financial System w/ Ali Yahya & Arianna Simpson a16z Crypto General Partners Ali Yahya Arianna Simpson and Erik Torenberg break down whats actually working in crypto today - starting with the rise of stablecoins as a real-world payments layer. They discuss how stablecoins are being adopted by companies like Stripe and SpaceX why regulatory shifts are opening new doors for crypto startups and how AI and crypto are beginning to intersect. They also cover: - The future of decentralized social networks - Where Ethereum Solana and others stand today"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0biSwEL5eMQ)  2025-07-09T13:00Z 248K followers, 18.7K engagements


"The AI Opportunity that goes beyond Models The a16z AI Apps team outlines how they are thinking about the AI application cycle and why they believe it represents the largest and fastest product shift in software to date. The conversation places AI in the context of prior platform waves from PCs to cloud to mobile and examines where adoption is already translating into real enterprise usage and revenue. They walk through three core investment themes: existing software categories becoming AI-native new categories where software directly replaces labor and applications built around proprietary"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3XVDtPU8xKE)  2026-01-19T16:17Z 248K followers, 52.2K engagements


"How Truemed Is Incentivizing Americans to Invest in Prevention a16z general partner Erik Torenberg speaks with Justin Mares founder and CEO of Truemed. They discuss why American health outcomes are so poor compared to the rest of the developed world how crop subsidies created a food system that "systematically outputs unhealthy people" and what it would take to treat the chronic disease crisis as a national security issue. Mares explains how Truemed allows people to spend tax-free HSA and FSA dollars on lifestyle interventions like gym memberships sleep aids and healthier foodand why he"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=70ec37XHGIg)  2026-02-04T16:11Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"Building Cluely: The Viral AI Startup that raised $15M in [--] Weeks w/ Roy Lee What if virality wasnt a tactic but the entire product In this episode a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg and Bryan Kim sit down with Roy Lee cofounder and CEO of Cluely one of the most talked-about consumer AI startups of [----]. Cluely didnt raise a mega round or drop a feature suite to get traction - it broke through by turning distribution into design: launching viral short-form videos pushing polarizing product drops and building in public with speed and spectacle. We cover: Why virality is Cluelys moat"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BR1-JrGbwxY)  2025-06-25T14:02Z 248K followers, 74.1K engagements


"AI Is Coming For These [--] Industries In [----] (a16z Big Ideas) AI is reshaping the foundations of industry finance and enterprise software. In part two of Big Ideas [----] we explore three shifts redefining how systems scale. Ryan McEntush breaks down the rise of the electro-industrial stack and the challenge of building a U.S. ecosystem to power modern industry. Angela Strange explains why financial services and insurance are reaching a tipping point where replacing legacy systems unlocks unified data parallel workflows and major margin gains. Sarah Wang looks ahead to a dynamic agent layer that"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BkJyVjq457w)  2025-12-26T17:00Z 248K followers, 35.3K engagements


"Any Company Can Offer Financial Services Download the slide presentation from Angel's talk here: http://bit.ly/39NSOzd The first wave of fintech companies a decade ago proved that we dont need physical locations for banking. Now the next wave is unlocking the remaining infrastructure for building better financial services: banking licenses payment processors regulatory compliance and so on. Because startups (and incumbents) can now draw on these APIs and more they can create better products that help many many more people. It also means that any company could become a financial services"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DjUMfhT0o64)  2020-01-21T16:00Z 248K followers, 133.9K engagements


"Adam Neumann: This is How You Build Iconic Companies On this episode of The Ben & Marc Show a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz sit down with Adam Neumannfounder of WeWork and now Flowto unpack one of the most unlikely comeback stories in tech. What began as a personal reckoning after a very public fall has become a bold new vision for how we live and belong. Flow isnt just a real estate companyits an operating system for community built on first-principles software design and soul. Joined by a16z General Partner Erik Torenberg the group goes deep on: - Why Adams childhood"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=I54nl2LkigA)  2025-06-12T17:36Z 248K followers, 94K engagements


"AI in 2026: [--] Predictions For Whats To Come (a16z Big Ideas) AI is reshaping how discovery connection and business advantage are created. In part three of Big Ideas [----] we explore three shifts defining where AI goes next when the stakes are real and the impact compounds. Oliver Hsu explains how advances in AI reasoning and robotics are moving science toward autonomous labs accelerating discovery while making interpretability essential. Bryan Kim explores how consumer AI is evolving beyond productivity toward connection identity and helping people feel seen. David Haber breaks down why the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=J6_nNjy3al8)  2025-12-31T14:00Z 248K followers, 32.1K engagements


"Ben & Marc: Why Everything Is About to Get 10x Bigger a16z cofounders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz join a16z general partner Erik Torenberg and Not Boring founder Packy McCormick for a conversation on how the media and information ecosystem has changed over the past decade. The discussion breaks down the shift toward a more open and decentralized speech environment the rise of writer- and creator-led platforms like Substack and the erosion of centralized media gatekeepers. Marc and Ben also tie these dynamics to their investing worldview outlining how supply-driven markets major"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kdql4I-NJ0M)  2026-01-15T17:39Z 248K followers, 76.3K engagements


"How AI Will Transform Accounting: A $100B Opportunity Explained Seventy-five percent of accountants are set to retire in the next [--] years according to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Who will fill these roles and how In this discussion a16z investors Seema Amble and Marc Andrusko explore the dramatic transformation of the accounting industry with host Michelle Kung. Despite being a $100+ billion market with over [--] million accounting professionals the industry still runs on Reagan-era software. Today the accounting industry remains slow to adopt AI alluding to"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OPRJI8Djfq8)  2024-12-17T20:26Z 248K followers, 146.4K engagements


"Ben Horowitz & Marc Andreessen: Why Silicon Valley Turned Against Defense (And How We're Fixing It) Palmer Luckey got fired from Meta for backing the wrong candidatenow he's the hero saving American defense and that shift tells you everything about how fast the ground moved beneath Silicon Valley's feet. For decades tech and defense were allies then came [--] years of hostility so visceral that Google employees revolted over a Pentagon AI contract and when leadership caved only three people showed up to hear what border security actually involves. But something broke: COVID exposed our"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OqYUH7r96i4)  2025-11-19T14:00Z 248K followers, 27.1K engagements


"AI Eats the World: Benedict Evans on the Next Platform Shift AI is reshaping the tech landscape but a big question remains: is this just another platform shift or something closer to electricity or computing in scale and impact Some industries may be transformed. Others may barely feel it. Tech giants are racing to reorient their strategies yet most people still struggle to find an everyday use case. That tension tells us something important about where we actually are. In this episode technology analyst and former a16z partner Benedict Evans joins General Partner Erik Torenberg to break down"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RH9vJNxFKDA)  2025-12-12T17:16Z 248K followers, 46.6K engagements


"Ben Horowitz on a Founding Team Ben Horowitz explains that every great founding team needs two roles: an inventor and an entrepreneur. The inventor creates the product and the entrepreneur builds the business around it. a16z andreessen horowitz a16z andreessen horowitz"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=W0u0J99wTgw)  2025-12-06T15:00Z 248K followers, 52.1K engagements


"Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz on the State of AI In this closing keynote from a16zs Runtime conference General Partner Erik Torenberg speaks with our firms cofounders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz on highlights from throughout the conference the current state of LLM capabilities and why despite huge capex AI is not a bubble. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:00 Can AI Truly Create Intelligence vs. Invention 03:32 Remix Originality and the Nature of Human Creativity 06:20 Ben on Hip-Hop Innovation and Creative Genius 09:10 Intelligence Power and Who Really Leads 12:20 Beyond IQ: Leadership"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y7dwbJ0AtUA)  2025-10-31T13:32Z 248K followers, 102.3K engagements


"Mark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan: How AI Will Cure All Disease Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg join a16zs Ben Horowitz Erik Torenberg and Vineeta Agarwala to share how the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is building the computational tools that will accelerate the cure prevention and management of all disease by century's end. They explain why basic science needs $100 million-scale projects that traditional NIH grants can't fund how their Cell Atlas became biology's missing periodic table with millions of cells catalogued in open-source format and why their new virtual cell models will let"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YnV8pgHtO5Y)  2025-11-06T14:45Z 248K followers, 102.9K engagements


"ElevenLabs CEO: Why Voice is the Next AI Interface ElevenLabs CEO and cofounder Mati Staniszewski joins Jennifer Li to explain how the team ships researchgrade AI at lightning speedfrom texttospeech and fully licensed AI music to realtime voice agents and why voice is the next interface for humancomputer interaction. He shares the small autonomous team model global hiring approach and how the Voice Marketplace has paid creators over $10M while evolving into an enterprise platform. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:20 Lucky Number Eleven 02:50 Early Research and Product Work with Piotr 03:35 Shipping"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZqCEHR4wjxg)  2025-11-04T11:01Z 248K followers, 12.7K engagements


"Ben Horowitz breaks down the a16z structure Ben Horowitz cofounder of a16z explains how the tech industrys growth led the firm to adapt its strategy. As technology expanded into more categories a16z organized itself into distinct strategies: Infra Fintech Enterprise Consumer Bio Crypto American Dynamism Growth and Speedrun. The structure allows a16z to cover a broad market while staying focused and nimble. a16z andreessen horowitz a16z andreessen horowitz"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZqvgAzFKMgk)  2026-01-24T20:00Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"Marc Andreessen's Advice Marc Andreessen cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz and creator of Netscape has long advised founders to build something people want focus relentlessly on product-market fit and remember that software is eating the world. Here are some of his advice over the years. a16z andreessen horowitz a16z andreessen horowitz"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_OPwSw-mEK4)  2025-10-07T22:55Z 248K followers, 20.2K engagements


"From $0 to $11B: The ElevenLabs Story ElevenLabs started as a weekend project. They now have hundreds of thousands of users and crossed $330M ARR in [----]. We sat down with their team to understand how they're building the next fundamental computer interface: voice. This is the ElevenLabs story. Resources: Follow Mati on X: https://x.com/matiii Follow Piotr on X: https://x.com/dabkowski_piotr Follow Jennifer on X: https://x.com/JenniferHli Stay Updated: If you enjoyed this be sure to like subscribe and share with your friends. Find a16z on X: https://twitter.com/a16z Find a16z on LinkedIn:"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=afkFLnyrLww)  2026-02-06T16:00Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"Reid Hoffman on AI Consciousness and the Future of Labor Reid Hoffman has been at the center of every major tech shift from co-founding LinkedIn and helping build PayPal to investing early in OpenAI. In this conversation he looks ahead to the next transformation: how artificial intelligence will reshape work science and what it means to be human. In this episode Reid joins Erik Torenberg and Alex Rampell to talk about what AI means for human progress where Silicon Valleys blind spots lie and why the biggest breakthroughs will come from outside the obvious productivity apps. They discuss why"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=brjL6iyoEhI)  2025-10-20T15:09Z 248K followers, 41.3K engagements


"How Fei-Fei Li Is Rebuilding AI for the Real World What if the next leap in artificial intelligence isnt about better languagebut better understanding of space In this episode a16z General Partner Erik Torenberg moderates chats with Fei-Fei Li cofounder and CEO of World Labs and Martin Casado a16z General Partner and early investor in the company. Together they explore the concept of world modelsAI systems that understand and reason about the physical 3D worldnot just text. Fei-Fei often called the godmother of AI explains why spatial intelligence is a critical (and missing) component of"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fQGu016AlVo)  2025-06-04T13:58Z 248K followers, 45.1K engagements


"The Secret Marketing Strategy That Built a16z: From Zero to Legendary VC Firm Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz sit down with Margit Wennmachersthe woman who turned two unknown entrepreneurs with $300 million and zero investing track record into the most talked-about firm in venture capital. She unpacks how they weaponized transparency in an industry built on secrecy why Fortune's cover story triggered a cartel meltdown and the exact moment a casual lunch conversation became "Software Is Eating the World." This is the origin story of how A16Z broke every unwritten rule made enemies of every"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jO-SWlW6DFY)  2025-11-26T14:01Z 248K followers, 13.6K engagements


"Ben Horowitz on Winning vs Picking Ben Horowitz cofounder of a16z on what really drives venture returns: winning deals matters more than people think. If you cannot get into the winning companies picking skill does not even get a chance to work. Access gets you into the top tier. Judgment decides how far you go. Source: Uncapped with Jack Altman a16z andreessen horowitz a16z andreessen horowitz"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=opFl1RXZUSE)  2026-02-04T20:00Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"Where does consumer AI stand at the end of [----] As [----] comes to a close consumer AI is entering a new phase. A small number of products now dominate everyday use multimodal models have unlocked entirely new creative workflows and the big labs have pushed aggressively into consumer experiences. At the same time it is becoming clearer which ideas actually changed user behavior and which ones did not. In this episode a16z consumer investors Anish Acharya Olivia Moore Justine Moore and Bryan Kim look back on the biggest product and model shifts of [----] and ahead to what [----] may bring. They"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=p4-7x6QiYr0)  2025-12-29T13:58Z 248K followers, 35K engagements


"How Andreessen Horowitz Disrupted VC & Whats Coming Next On this episode of The Ben & Marc Show a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz dive deep into the unfiltered story behind the founding of Andreessen Horowitzand how they set out to reinvent venture capital itself. For the first time Marc and Ben walk through the origins strategy and philosophy behind building a world-class venture capital firm designed for the futurenot just the next fund. They reveal how they broke industry norms with a bold brand a full-stack support model and a long-term commitment to backing exceptional"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qpBDB2NjaWY)  2025-04-29T13:01Z 248K followers, 67.4K engagements


"Ben Horowitz on Investing in AI: AI Bubbles Economic Impact and VC Acceleration AI is changing how companies are built and how venture firms operate forcing faster decisions clearer judgment and new ways of working. In this exclusive conversation Ben Horowitz shares how Andreessen Horowitz adapts to that shift. He explains why managing GPs is different from running a company how investors are evaluated at the moment of decision rather than years later and why verticalized teams help the firm scale without internal politics. Ben also breaks down the current AI cycle from treating AI as a new"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=r8_2CSpcmls)  2026-01-13T14:01Z 248K followers, 27.8K engagements


"The Electric Grid Explained Everyone talks about the grid but how many people actually understand how it works In this explainer a16z Partner Ryan McEntush breaks down this increasingly complex system including its often outdated infrastructure surging demands due to exponential technologies and the roles that each part of the energy mix can play now and into the future from nuclear to renewables to natural gas and storage mechanisms like hydro and batteries. Topics Covered: 00:00 - Decentralizing the Electric Grid 02:18 - The Need for Modernization 04:21 - Understanding the Grid's Operation"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xgf2FD62j3g)  2024-03-27T19:06Z 248K followers, 29.9K engagements


"How AI is Powering Payments with Greg Ulrich of Mastercard How does a company as massive as Mastercard decide where to deploy AI Instead of centralizing every AI initiative Mastercard operates under a hub and spoke model balancing centralized AI leadership with decentralized innovation across business units. In this episode a16z Partner Marc Andrusko chats with Mastercards Chief AI and Data Officer Greg Ulrich about Mastercards long history of using AI the opportunities (and potential risks) associated with integrating generative AI into fraud detection determining what tech to employ based"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4j5vN0gCX90)  2025-02-05T22:48Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"How AI Is Changing Warfare with Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf Anduril reimagined how startups can build software and hardware for the defense sector. Now they're using AI to reimagine 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 from modern battlefields. Brian also discusses navigating the US governments complex procurement processes using commercial technologies to kickstart their own product development and the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5gd4WiER8o0)  2025-01-28T16:00Z 248K followers, 19.7K engagements


"The Future of AI Video: How Fal.ai is Making AI Video Faster & Easier Fal co-ounder and CEO Burkay Gur and head of engineering Batuhan Taskaya join a16z general partner Jennifer Li to discuss how they built a generative AI inference platform that's optimized for speed performance and user experience. If you've been experimenting with image video and audio models the chances are you've been both blown away by how good they're becoming and also a little perturbed by how long they can take to generate. If you've been using a platform like Fal however your experience on the latter point might be"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NKNYKYoDSNA)  2025-08-01T16:00Z 247K followers, [----] engagements


"Marc Andreessen on Timing Marc Andreessen says the great founders are early but feel like they're too late. The iPad was a breakthrough in [----]. But twenty years before that Apple launched the Newton which was basically the same product. The world just wasn't ready. When you're too early it's not always because you're wrong. Sometimes it's because the problem feels so obvious to you that you can't believe the world doesn't already work a certain way. Source: Marc Andreessen at Startup School SV [----] a16z andreessen horowitz a16z andreessen horowitz"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hcVVV4dDl_U)  2025-12-04T23:26Z 248K followers, 14.6K engagements


"Anish Acharya on the [--] traps founders fall into Every generation of founders think they missed the window but in reality they're more likely to be too early. Here are the [--] traps Anish Acharya often sees founders fall into. a16z andreessen horowitz a16z andreessen horowitz"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tnNKfn6k-Fs)  2025-12-28T20:00Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz on the worldview behind a16z What a16z aims to do is provide legitimacy and power for entrepreneurs. That idea has shaped how Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have built the firm for nearly two decades. In a recent conversation with Packy McCormick and a16z GP Erik Torenberg they discuss the worldview behind a16z and how its evolved alongside technology media and entrepreneurship. a16z andreessen horowitz a16z andreessen horowitz"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0F4RpMEhk60)  2026-01-20T21:23Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"Aaron Levie and Steven Sinofsky on the AI-Worker Future What exactly is an AI agent and how will agents change the way we work In this episode a16z general partners Erik Torenberg and Martin Casado sit down with Aaron Levie (CEO Box) and Steven Sinofsky (a16z board partner; former Microsoft exec) to unpack one of the hottest debates in AI right now. They cover: - Competing definitions of an agent from background tasks to autonomous interns - Why todays agents look less like a single AGI and more like networks of specialized sub-agents - The technical challenges of long-running self-improving"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1z1xZF7X2cQ)  2025-08-25T13:00Z 248K followers, 19.9K engagements


"The a16z Pitch Room: Sandbox VR Have you ever wished you could be in the room when founders present to the a16z investing team Even better do you wish you could stay to hear the discussion after the pitch We hear you and are thrilled to launch our latest series of videos called "The a16z Pitch Room". This inaugural episode features the Sandbox VR team Steve Zhao and Siqi Chen pitching to General Partner Andrew Chen. Steve and Siqi present a lightly edited version of their pitch deck. Then Andrew will join them on screen and provide the directors commentary: a slide-by-slide walkthrough of the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4T_YP1n7kSE)  2019-05-03T18:15Z 248K followers, 37.3K engagements


"Jack Altman & Martin Casado on the Future of Venture Capital Jack Altman sits down with Martin Casado General Partner at a16z to unpack the shifting dynamics of venture capital and why media matters more than ever. They cover a16zs evolution from generalists to specialized platforms the rise of AI infrastructure and why todays fiercest battles are often for talent not market share. Timecodes: 00:00 Introduction 00:27 Importance of Media for VC 03:50 Evolution of a16z 07:00 Specialization 10:32 Value of Distribution 13:16 Staying Power in Infrastructure 19:49 The Conflicts Dynamic 26:32 State"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4XgSfhj-LQU)  2025-09-03T15:30Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"Two Futures Runtime [----] Two paths. Two futures. Teaching sand to think or being left in the dust. The biggest infrastructure supercycle in history is here. We are building the foundation of intelligence itself with tools models silicon and light. This is our moonshot. This is an a16z Original produced for the [----] Runtime Summit by the New Media team and presented by a16z AI x Infra. a16z andreessen horowitz a16z andreessen horowitz"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4bJOe2tuLb8)  2025-12-18T00:25Z 248K followers, 10.7K engagements


"The Biggest Bottlenecks For AI: Energy & Cooling In this episode Jen Kha Head of Investor Relations and David George General Partner discuss how late-stage private markets are evolving as AI reshapes scale capital intensity and growth timelines. They explain why AI-driven companies are staying private longer how infrastructure spending is changing return profiles and what this moment means for durability value creation and long-term outcomes in private markets. Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (04:21) The Market Opportunity for AI (26:48) Pricing Monetization and Cash Burn (43:15) Companies"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6HxT4nQmtvc)  2026-01-26T16:49Z 248K followers, 19K engagements


"The Death of Search: How Shopping Will Work In The Age of AI The web is unhealthy and AI agents are about to rewrite how we shop. In this episode a16z General Partner Alex Rampell and Partner Justine Moore explore how AI agents will change commerce and the implications for Googles business model affiliate marketing online shopping and more. Timecodes: 0:00 Introduction 0:36 Affiliate Marketing and the Evolution of Online Purchases 1:59 Impulse Buys vs. Considered Purchases 2:51 Observing Consumer Behavior and Viral Trends 6:09 Dynamic Pricing and Consumer Surplus 7:14 E-commerce vs. In-Person"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=74Yk7mbbQ0g)  2025-09-17T13:00Z 248K followers, 13.7K engagements


"Rick Rubin: Vibe Coding is the Punk Rock of Software On this episode of "The Ben & Marc Show" a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz sit down with legendary music producer and bestselling author Rick Rubin to explore the origin of his unexpected new creation: "The Way of Code"* Blending ancient philosophy and modern AI The Way of Code reimagines the 3000-year-old Tao Te Ching for the age of artificial intelligence software and vibe coding. What began as a viral tweet quickly evolved into a creative manifestopart book part tool part spiritual operating system for the future. Joined"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7s9C92Pkcc0)  2025-05-28T12:00Z 248K followers, 81.3K engagements


"Zach Perret (Plaid) & Simon Khalaf (Marqeta): New Applications in Fintech In this conversation from 16z's Connect Fintech event a16z General Partner Angela Strange Plaid CEO and cofounder Zach Perret and Marqeta CEO Simon Khalaf discuss how AI will shape the future of banking the battle between payment rails in the U.S. and how there's still opportunity to transform the basic credit card into a fully digital product. In the Vault is a new audio podcast series by the a16z Fintech team where we sit down with the most influential figures in financial services to explore key trends impacting the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8CVBEk0PnVI)  2024-06-20T15:00Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"Marc & Ben on the Collapse of Traditional Media - Podcasts Politics & the New Media Playbook On this episode of The Ben & Marc Show a16z cofounders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz sit down with Erik Torenberg General Partner at a16z and founder of the media company Turpentineto unpack how the internet shattered the old media order and reshaped the way power works in America. What begins as a look at the evolution of media quickly becomes something bigger: a conversation about truth trust and the collapse of institutional authority. They explore how social media became both an x-ray and an"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8qtI1sVfNT0)  2025-07-25T13:00Z 248K followers, 23.4K engagements


"The State of AI: Growth Fragmentation and the Next Wave AIs breakout moment is here but where is the real value accruing and whats just hype Recorded live at a16zs annual LP Summit General Partners Erik Torenberg Martin Casado and Sarah Wang unpack the current state of play in AI. From the myth of the GPT wrapper to the rapid rise of apps like Cursor the conversation explores where defensibility is emerging how platform shifts mirror (and diverge from) past tech cycles and why the zero-sum mindset falls short in todays AI landscape. They also discuss the innovators dilemma facing SaaS"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CIEZAMnIVT4)  2025-08-22T13:00Z 248K followers, 10.9K engagements


"Ben Horowitz and Ali Ghodsi: How to Run a $100 Billion Business Ben Horowitz founded Loudcloud in the middle of the dot-com bust and sold it for $1.6 billion then led Andreessen Horowitz from its founding to $46 billion in committed capital. Ali Ghodsi co-founded Databricks stepped in as CEO during a crisis and led it to a valuation of over $100 billion. In this episode of Boss Talk Ben and Ali join a16z General Partners Sarah Wang and Erik Torenberg to share founder war stories how to hire and make deals how to keep culture intense without burning employees out and why founders should raise"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CWAMH9xMJfg)  2025-10-15T14:41Z 248K followers, 20.1K engagements


"The Silicon Behind AI: From GPU to TPU GPUs and TPUs have become part of the infrastructure that runs generative AI models today. So what are the differences between these circuits And what makes them uniquely suited to AI modeling On the a16z podcast former Intel CTO Guido Appenzeller sits down to talk about the technological innovations powering the current AI boom. FULL EPISODE: https://youtu.be/-s_Ui5j0Guw Please note that the content here is for informational purposes only; should NOT be taken as legal business tax or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security;"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DV1uEgQzM0E)  2023-08-12T14:46Z 248K followers, 19.5K engagements


"This is how startups quietly pull ahead Ben Horowitz shares how momentum compounds faster than product alone. In venture perception influences talent talent shapes execution and execution drives outcomes. This clip breaks down why early signals matter more than most people admit. Source: @a16zspeedrun a16z andreessen horowitz a16z andreessen horowitz"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=F5-8IMur_14)  2025-12-22T20:00Z 248K followers, 12K engagements


"Palmer Luckey on being unqualified Every breakout company starts with the same criticism: Youre not qualified. Experience is something earned in motion not something you wait for. From Oculus to Anduril the pattern is consistent. This is worth watching if youve ever felt too early to lead. Source: @BloombergTechnology a16z andreessen horowitz a16z andreessen horowitz"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=J7rr4kH8KFY)  2025-12-23T20:00Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"The Renaissance of the American Factory a16z [----] Big Ideas Americas industrial muscle is coming back. In [----] a16z General Partner Erin Price-Wright predicts that founders will tackle energy mining construction and manufacturing with a factory mindset powered by AI and autonomy. This means faster permitting quicker design cycles better coordination and deploying robots where work is dangerous or slow. Apply assembly-line thinking to the physical world and we can mass-produce nuclear reactors build the housing we need and construct data centers at record speed. Timestamps: 0:00 The"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JUAj9o6xCwg)  2025-12-15T16:47Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"From Vibe Coding to Vibe Researching: OpenAIs Mark Chen and Jakub Pachocki What comes after vibe coding Maybe vibe researching. OpenAIs Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki and Chief Research Officer Mark Chen join a16z general partners Anjney Midha and Sarah Wang to go deep on GPT-5how they fused fast replies with long-horizon reasoning how they measure progress once benchmarks saturate and why reinforcement learning keeps surprising skeptics. They explore agentic systems (and their stability tradeoffs) coding models that change how software gets made and the bigger bet: an automated researcher"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KSgPNVmZ8jQ)  2025-09-25T13:00Z 248K followers, 28.2K engagements


"The Top [---] Most Used AI Apps in [----] What are real consumers actually doing with AI today In this episode a16z partners Olivia Moore and Justine Moore break down the fifth edition of our Consumer AI [---] a biannual ranking of the most used AI-native web and mobile products across the globe. Timecodes: 0:00 Introduction 1:45 New Companies & Trends 3:32 Companionship & Creative Tools 4:20 Big Tech on the List: Googles Impact 6:24 Chinese AI Companies & Global Trends 10:19 Vibecoding: A New Trend 13:40 AI All-Stars: Consistent Top Performers 15:30 Network Effects & Product Experience 17:20"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PBcxfEnPU_U)  2025-08-27T13:00Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"Tech Executives: AI Has Changed SaaS Forever (Don't Fall Behind) In this episode a16z GP Martin Casado sits down with Metronome CEO Scott Woody to unpack how AI is fundamentally changing the value proposition of softwareand why that shift demands a rethink of the traditional SaaS business model. They explore how in the cloud era value scaled with the number of users accessing a shared system (think Salesforce). However in the AI era value shifts to the work the software performs on your behalf automating tasks such as writing code or resolving support tickets. As a result the old value metric"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QLvPAAvueSY)  2025-07-18T14:00Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"AI Robotics & the Future of Manufacturing Welcome back to "The Ben & Marc Show" featuring a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. In this new episode the second in a [--] part series Marc and Ben address a new round of questions regarding the "State of AI" in relation to company building. **Watch Part 1: https://youtu.be/XyrBJ0gk-is In light of recent developments at Boeing Marc and Ben commence the episode with a discussion on the real criteria boards utilize to select a CEO. Returning to the topic of AI they explore the potential for emerging chip startups the incorporation of AI in"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QyyWsr1NMt8)  2024-05-16T13:00Z 248K followers, 66.7K engagements


"Anduril CEO: China Has Scale. Can America Catch Up Ben Marc and Erik Torenberg are joined by Brian Schimpf Cofounder & CEO of Anduril and Chris Power Founder & CEO of Hadrian. Together they dig into Americas defense production gap: why the U.S. can out-innovate but not out-produce and what it will take to turn that around. They discuss why U.S. war games show we run out of munitions in a week the myth of exquisite-only systems how to rebuild industrial capacity with software-led automation financing factories like data centers and what it takes to create real deterrence in a Taiwan scenario."  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ShkxpBoObCQ)  2025-09-29T13:00Z 248K followers, 42.3K engagements


"Why Creativity Will Matter More Than Code Kevin Rose and Anish Acharya In this episode a16z's Anish Acharya joins Kevin Rose for an in-depth fast-paced conversation on the rebirth of consumer technology and how AI is reshaping what it means to build invest and create. They talk about why AI has reignited the consumer renaissance what it means to build weird and working products and how the next wave of apps will blend emotion utility and creativity in entirely new ways. From AI companions and emotional interfaces to the tools making it possible to build entire startups solo Kevin and Anish"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VOUCufY_0nA)  2025-10-22T13:57Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"Jensen Huang & Arthur Mensch: Why Every Nation Needs Its Own AI Strategy The global race for AI dominance is no longer just about companiesits about nations. AI isnt just computing infrastructure; its cultural infrastructure economic strategy and national security all rolled into one. In this episode Jensen Huang founder and CEO of NVIDIA and Arthur Mensch cofounder and CEO of Mistral sit down to discuss sovereign AI national AI strategies and why every country must take ownership of its digital intelligence. How AI will reshape global economies and GDP The full AI stackfrom chips to models"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ww9SkW0Em58)  2025-03-20T15:00Z 248K followers, 60.2K engagements


"Brian Armstrong on why action beats thinking Progress doesnt come from certainty. It comes from motion. By putting something into the world you replace assumptions with signals. Even building the wrong thing can reveal the right next step. This is a founder skill most people learn too late. Source: @lexfridman a16z andreessen horowitz a16z andreessen horowitz"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Wy0HD9Q8kl8)  2025-12-21T20:00Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"Ben Horowitz on Passion: "Don't follow your passion follow your contribution. In his commencement address at Columbia University Ben emphasized the importance of identifying one's strengths and contributing those skills and values to the world. #podcast #ai #motivation #venturecapital a16z andreessen horowitz a16z andreessen horowitz"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XLXfDIINaj4)  2025-09-24T22:03Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"It's Time to Build for America - American Dynamism Summit [----] American Dynamism attracts founders determined to solve tough problems and build a better future but they cant do it alone. a16zs American Dynamism Summit in Washington D.C. helps build bridges between companies policymakers and government buyers. It's time to build for America. a16z andreessen horowitz a16z andreessen horowitz"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yxp9SlOS5RY)  2025-03-18T17:00Z 248K followers, 13.4K engagements


"Marc Andreessen: How Movies Explain America In this episode of Monitoring the Situation Marc Andreessen Katherine Boyle and Erik Torenberg dive into the movies that best explain America from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood to Tropic Thunder to Fight Club. They explore how Tarantinos revisionist masterpiece reimagines [----] and the end of Americas cultural innocence why Tropic Thunder was the last un-cancellable comedy and how Fight Club evolved from a left-wing critique of capitalism to a right-wing prophecy about alienation and identity. Along the way they trace the parallels between the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dA70aAiSxv4)  2025-10-24T16:13Z 248K followers, 10.3K engagements


"Michael Truell: How Cursor Builds at the Speed of AI When four MIT grads decided to build a code editor while everyone else was building AI agents they created one of the fastest-growing developer tools ever built. Cursor CEO Michael Truell joins a16zs Martin Casado to discuss the deliberate constraints that led to breakthroughs: why they rejected the "democratization" narrative to focus on power users how their 2-day work trials test for agency over credentials and the strategic decision to own the editor when conventional wisdom said it was impossible. Timecodes: 00:00 - The "Cursor for X""  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=deMrq2uzRKA)  2025-11-10T15:30Z 248K followers, 46.2K engagements


"Software is Eating Labor Software has fundamentally changed the way we record store and share information. Its next act is to fundamentally change the nature of our economy capturing trillions of dollars of value in the process. In this talk from the [----] a16z LP Summit a16z General Partner Alex Rampell discusses the history of filing cabinets and databases how SaaS pricing moved from seats to outcomes and how AI agents will accelerate the trend of the last [--] years of software progress. Timecodes: 0:00 Introduction 0:27 Historical Context: Automation and Labor 3:25 The Filing Cabinet Era:"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dhyhR4Bzc0I)  2025-10-03T13:01Z 248K followers, 56.9K engagements


"Why AI Moats Still Matter (And How They've Changed) a16z General Partners David Haber Alex Rampell and Erik Torenberg discuss why [--] out of [--] AI startups building the same thing will die - and why the survivor might charge $20000 for what used to cost $20. They expose the "janitorial services paradox" (why the most boring software is most defensible) explain why OpenAI won't compete with your orthodontic clinic software despite having [---] million weekly users and reveal how non-lawyers are building the most successful legal AI companies. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:12 - Do moats still matter"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fgzr3PhzIMk)  2025-12-03T14:01Z 248K followers, 14.4K engagements


"Ali Ghodsi on what really decides outcomes Capital talent and timing arent the bottleneck people think they are. Execution is. a16z andreessen horowitz a16z andreessen horowitz"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=j_FYmEOoWIU)  2025-12-27T20:00Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"Marc Andreessen on the State of Film and Hollywood Hollywood is going through a major cultural and creative reset and Marc Andreessen thinks its long overdue. In this episode of Monitoring the Situation Marc joins Erik Torenberg and Katherine Boyle to dissect the past decade of filmmaking from the rise of the message in every movie to the return of genuine comedy and art. They cover the post-woke shift in Hollywood the financial collapse of the streaming era and why AI could spark a renaissance for a new generation of independent filmmakers. Marc also shares his favorite recent films (and the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=m6bkPPXHWX0)  2025-10-17T13:01Z 248K followers, 19.8K engagements


"Trump Vs. Biden: Tech Policy Welcome to "The Ben & Marc Show" featuring a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. In this new episode Marc and Ben discuss their latest article The Little Tech Agenda and why the future of American innovation is at a critical juncture. In a one-on-one conversation Ben and Marc compare the policies of Donald Trump and Joe Biden regarding Little Tech explore the potential futures for blockchain crypto and AI and examine how tax policies could shape the future of startups and venture capital. They also address the recent assassination attempt on President"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=n_sNclEgQZQ)  2024-07-16T19:19Z 248K followers, 158.4K engagements


"Ben Horowitz Shares the a16z Origin Story & Plans for the Future Erik Torenberg sits down with Ben Horowitz Cofounder of a16z for a candid conversation on venture capital leadership and the future of innovation. Recorded live at a16zs Menlo Park offices in [----] Ben shares practical wisdom and hard-earned lessons on navigating market cycles building resilient companies and why culture is a lasting competitive edge. Timecodes: 00:00 Introduction 02:20 Building Multi-Generational Venture Firms 03:56 a16zs unique product-first investor-second approach 05:55 YC as a16zs closest spiritual analog"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=njfAB-oyNfY)  2025-08-23T13:01Z 248K followers, 11.6K engagements


"a16z Podcast Demystifying Venture Capital What do venture capitalists actually do all day And what is the path that leads to a career investing in startups Hummer Winblads Ann Winblad Cowboy Ventures' Aileen Lee Aspect Ventures' Theresia Gouw Intel Capital veteran and UPWARD founder Lisa Lambert and Andreessen Horowitzs Margit Wennmachers discuss VC trends the importance of technical chops and how to build the next generation of entrepreneurs and investors. And finally in front of an appreciative crowd attending the UPWARD event at a16z Ann Winblad reveals the secret to truly kicking ass"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nv2QIzSul6w)  2019-01-02T05:22Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"Chris Dixon on How to Build Networks Movements and AI-Native Products Why do some consumer products explode into networks that reshape the internet while others fade away Today on the podcast a16z general partners Anish Acharya and Chris Dixon take on that question. Anish invests in AI-native consumer products and the next wave of consumer tech. Chris is best known for his work in Web3 and network economies and hes also led some of a16zs biggest consumer bets. Together they cover the history and power of consumer networks the exponential forces that shape how they grow and what it all means"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tJdtt8n0Kgw)  2025-09-10T13:01Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"How We Can Eliminate Crime Ben Horowitz and Garrett Langley What if America tried to eliminate crime instead of just reacting to it Not with slogans but with staffing technology and strategy scaled to the problem. In this episode Erik Torenberg speaks with Garrett Langley founder and CEO of Flock Safety and Ben Horowitz cofounder of a16z about what is happening in the cities that are trying. Flock now works with over [----] communities to detect crime recover missing children and close cases faster than ever. Ben has been closely involved in Las Vegas where Flock technology drones and community"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tR6g3zrk7eM)  2025-12-17T15:45Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"Will LLMs Get Us To AGI LLMs have made tremendous progress in modeling human language. But can they go beyond that to make new discoveries and move the needle on novel scientific progress We sat down with distinguished Columbia CS professor Vishal Misra to discuss this plus why chain-of-thought reasoning works so well and what real AGI would look like. Timecodes: 0:00 Intro 0:32 How LLMs and humans reason through manifolds 4:15 Token prediction entropy & confidence 8:05 Chain-of-thought reasoning and entropy reduction 10:20 Vishals background 14:10 Inventing RAG 17:30 The rise of LLMs and the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uRuY0ozEm3Q)  2025-10-13T12:24Z 248K followers, 10.8K engagements


"Dylan Patel on the AI Chip Race - NVIDIA Intel & the US Government vs. China Nvidias $5 billion investment in Intel is one of the biggest surprises in semiconductors in years. Two longtime rivals are now teaming up and the ripple effects could reshape AI cloud and the global chip race. To make sense of it all Erik Torenberg is joined by Dylan Patel chief analyst at SemiAnalysis joins Sarah Wang general partner at a16z and Guido Appenzeller a16z partner and former CTO of Intels Data Center and AI business unit. Together they dig into what the deal means for Nvidia Intel AMD ARM and Huawei; the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vvlE8-MzxyA)  2025-09-22T13:01Z 248K followers, 85K engagements


"The Chip That Could Unlock AGI. Naveen Rao is cofounder and CEO of Unconventional AI an AI chip startup building analog computing systems designed specifically for intelligence. Previously Naveen led AI at Databricks and founded two successful companies: Mosaic (cloud computing) and Nervana (AI accelerators acquired by Intel). In this episode a16zs Matt Bornstein sits down with Naveen at NeurIPS to discuss why [--] years of digital computing may be the wrong substrate for AI how the brain runs on [--] watts while data centers consume 4% of the US energy grid the physics of causality and what it"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wZ4DT20OHXE)  2025-12-08T15:05Z 248K followers, 21K engagements


"How much should you raise for your startup a16z Entrepreneurship Advice How much money should you raise for your startup Should you fundraise out of the gate or try to bootstrap the company to start How do you think about your investors as part of your company strategy rather than just as a source of cash a16z General Partner Andrew Chen (@andrewchen) and serial entrepreneur Justin Kan (@justinkan) dive into these questions. Justin has founded several companies including Twitch (sold to Amazon) and now Atrium a software-powered law firm. This clip is part of a16z Entrepreneurship Advice a"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wkHFAGdW2Ao)  2019-06-26T17:09Z 248K followers, [----] engagements


"What Is an AI Agent In this episode of AI + a16z a16z Infra partners Guido Appenzeller Matt Bornstein and Yoko Li discuss and debate one of the tech industry's buzziest words right now: AI agents. The trio digs into the topic from a number of angles including: - Whether a uniform definition of agent actually exists - How to distinguish between agents LLMs and functions - How to think about pricing agents - Whether agents can actually replace humans and - The effects of data siloes on agents that can access the web. - They don't claim to have all the answers but they raise many questions and"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xGEUPLLuEIo)  2025-05-02T14:01Z 248K followers, 18.3K engagements


"The Hard Thing About Hiring with Ben Horowitz and Ali Ghodsi The most important decisions you can make as a CEO: key hires. They can make or break a function and serve as beacons for talent. Making the right decision can provide a huge boost for a company. Making the wrong one can take years to fixand can have devastating ripple effects including a loss of faith among your existing team. But how can you tell good talent from great How do you ensure they succeed Listen in as a16z cofounder Ben Horowitz and Databricks cofounder and CEO Ali Ghodsi sit down to talk about the hardest things about"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yYPFVloaI4A)  2023-06-14T19:13Z 248K followers, 15.3K engagements


"Robinhood CEO: Making Everyone An Owner Vlad Tenev built Robinhood by breaking every rule Wall Street wrote: zero commissions when competitors charged $10 mobile-first when "serious" investors demanded desktop a brand that made finance feel like rebellion instead of a club you'd never join. By [----] they'd forced every major brokerage to slash fees and attracted millions who'd never owned a stock but then GameStop happened: trading restrictions during the meme stock frenzy triggered congressional hearings user fury and a two-year brand crisis that nearly buried them despite the real culprit"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ywhugJuzcyE)  2025-11-21T14:01Z 248K followers, 15.1K engagements


"The Common Thread of All Technology: Monitoring the Situation Ep.1 Announcing our new show Monitoring the Situation hosted by a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg and Katherine Boyle with guest Eddie Lazzarin CTO of a16z crypto. In this first episode we ask how American Dynamism consumer games and crypto all fit together from Palmer/Oculus to Marc Andreessens Techno-Optimist Manifesto while also exploring crypto AD values parenting in the AI era and how internet subcultures shape the news. Timecodes: 0:00 The Coherence of a16zs Investments 2:23 The Techno-Optimist Manifesto & Founders Journey"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zqrxCx7KKLY)  2025-09-27T15:02Z 248K followers, [----] engagements

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