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AI + a16z

Artificial intelligence is changing everything from art to enterprise IT, and a16z is watching all of it with a close eye. This podcast features discussions with leading AI engineers, founders, and experts, as well as our general partners, about where the technology and industry are heading.

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Tigris Data CEO on Building Your Own Datacenters

07 Nov 2025
38m
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In this episode of the a16z podcast, Martin Casado interviews Ovais Tariq, co-founder and CEO of Tigris Data, about the challenges of independent storage, operating datacenters, and the future of cloud computing. Ovais shares his background in building global storage infrastructure at Uber and explains how Tigris Data ...

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Pylon: Reimagining B2B Customer Support

31 Oct 2025
47m
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In this interview podcast, Jennifer Li interviews Marty Kausas, Advith Chelikani, and Robert Eng, the co-founders of Pylon, a B2B customer support platform. They discuss the origins of Pylon, their unique co-founding dynamic of living and working together, and the company culture, which they describe as "happy grinders...

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Keycard: 2026 is the Year of Agents

22 Oct 2025
32m
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In this a16z podcast episode, Joel de la Garza interviews Ian Livingstone, co-founder and CEO of Keycard, about the emerging challenges of security and identity in the age of AI agents. They discuss the evolution from co-pilots to autonomous agents and the associated security risks, including unauthorized data access a...

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The Trillion Dollar AI Software Development Stack

10 Oct 2025
38m
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The podcast features a discussion between two speakers, Yoko Li and another speaker, about the disruption of the software development ecosystem by AI coding. They explore the potential economic value of AI in coding, estimating it could be as large as the GDP of France. The conversation covers how AI is changing the de...

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Material Security CEO: How To Find Your Ideal Customer

06 Oct 2025
34m
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In this episode of the a16z podcast, Martin Casado interviews Abhishek Agrawal, co-founder and CEO of Material Security, about identifying and refining an ideal customer profile (ICP). Agrawal shares his experiences at Material Security, including the challenges of early success in a frothy market, the importance of al...

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When Deepfakes Steal $30M: The New Edge of Cybercrime

26 Sep 2025
22m
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In this interview podcast, a16z partner Joel de la Garza interviews Kevin Tian, CEO and co-founder of Dopple Security, about the evolving landscape of AI and cybersecurity, particularly social engineering attacks. They discuss how generative AI is changing the threat landscape, the advantages of non-security founders i...

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How AI Will Change Photography Forever

17 Sep 2025
51m
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This podcast episode features a discussion on the evolution and future of computational photography. The conversation begins with the history of computational photography, including the development of Lytro Camera and camera arrays. It then transitions to the impact of generative AI on photography, exploring the shift ...

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How OpenAI Built Its Coding Agent

29 Aug 2025
1h 19m
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In this episode of the AI plus a16z podcast, Anjney Midha interviews Alexander Embiricos, product lead for Codex at OpenAI, about the origin, development, and future of Codex, OpenAI's coding agent. They discuss how Codex evolved from a code completion model to a cloud-based agent capable of writing and merging PRs, em...

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Models, Modalities, and Memes: Creating Compelling AI Characters

14 Aug 2025
47m
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In this episode of the a16z AI podcast, Hedra CEO and co-founder Michael Lingelbach joins a16z partners Justine Moore and Matt Bornstein to discuss Hedra's role in creating viral video clips and the company's approach to building video models that feel alive. They explore the shift from prosumer creativity to enterpris...

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Performance and Passion: Fal's Approach to AI Inference

01 Aug 2025
40m
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In this episode of the a16z AI podcast, Fal co-founder and CEO Burkay Gur and head of engineering Batuhan Taskaya discuss with a16z general partner Jennifer Li how they built Fal, a generative media cloud optimized for speed, performance, and user experience. They delve into Fal's origin story, pivoting to generative m...

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How to Vibe Code Securely

25 Jul 2025
26m
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In this episode of the a16z AI podcast, Socket founder and CEO Feross Aboukhadijeh and a16z partner Joel de la Garza discuss the intersection of AI and security, focusing on the opportunities and threats presented by AI-driven coding tools. They explore the productivity gains from using tools like Copilot and Cursor, t...

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AI Is Upending SaaS Pricing

18 Jul 2025
42m
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This podcast episode explores the shift towards usage-based pricing in enterprise software, driven by the rise of AI and its impact on how software delivers value. Scott Woody, CEO of Metronome, and Martin Casado, a16z general partner, discuss the evolution from on-prem perpetual licenses to cloud-based seat subscripti...

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The AI Infrastructure Stack with Jennifer Li

11 Jul 2025
45m
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In this episode of the Complex Systems podcast, Jennifer Li, a general partner at a16z, discusses with host Patrick McKenzie the infrastructure changes driven by AI. They explore the evolving application stack, the role of middleware, and the increasing importance of diffusion models. The conversation covers the shift ...

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AI's Unsung Hero: Data Labeling and Expert Evals

27 Jun 2025
46m
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In this episode of the a16z AI podcast, Matt Bornstein interviews Manu Sharma, the co-founder and CEO of Labelbox, about the evolution and importance of data labeling and evaluation in the AI industry. Sharma discusses how Labelbox has adapted from focusing on computer vision and supervised learning to addressing the n...

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AI, Data Engineering, and the Modern Data Stack

20 Jun 2025
35m
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In this panel discussion, Tristan Handy, Jennifer Li, and Yoko Li explore the impact of AI on data analytics and data engineering, the evolution of the modern data stack, and the lessons data engineers can learn from software engineers. They discuss the potential for AI to automate data engineering tasks, the importanc...

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Enabling Agents and Battling Bots on an AI-Centric Web

13 Jun 2025
26m
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In this a16z AI podcast episode, Joel de la Garza interviews David Mytton, CEO of ArcJet, about the challenges and opportunities presented by AI agents interacting with websites. They discuss how traditional bot detection methods are too imprecise for the new landscape where AI bots act on behalf of users, potentially ...

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Giving New Life to Unstructured Data with LLMs and Agents

06 Jun 2025
35m
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In this episode of the a16z AI podcast, Instabase founder and CEO Anant Bhardwaj discusses with a16z Infra partner Guido Appenzeller the challenges and advancements in managing unstructured data. Anant shares Instabase's journey, from his early research at MIT to leveraging large language models for automating unstruct...

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Beyond Leaderboards: LMArena’s Mission to Make AI Reliable

30 May 2025
1h 41m
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In this a16z AI podcast, LMArena founders Anastasios N. Angelopoulos, Wei-Lin Chiang, and Ion Stoica discuss the current state and future directions of AI evaluation with a16z general partner Anjney Midha. The conversation highlights the shift from static benchmarks to real-time, real-world evaluations, emphasizing the...

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Building AI Systems You Can Trust

23 May 2025
47m
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In this episode of the a16z AI podcast, Derrick Harris and Matt Bornstein interview Scott Clark, co-founder and CEO of Distributional, about deploying and testing AI systems, especially LLMs, in enterprise settings. The discussion revolves around establishing trust in AI for enterprise adoption, controlling usage, moni...

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Who's Coding Now? AI and the Future of Software Development

16 May 2025
44m
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This episode explores the transformative impact of AI coding tools on software development, extending beyond mere code generation to fundamentally alter developer workflows and the future of computer science education. Against the backdrop of AI's growing presence in coding, the discussion highlights its potential to s...

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