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Tokens Are the New Dollars | Stripe's Will Gaybrick & David George

Travis Kalanick: How AI Will Transform the Physical World

Travis Kalanick is building "Atoms," a company focused on industrial AI that digitizes physical operations across sectors like food production, mining, and logistics. By treating physical infrastructure as "atoms-based computers," the firm aims to automate manufacturing, real estate, and transportation to achieve massi...

Lighthouse or Landgrab? How to Pick Your AI Sales Strategy

Garry Tan: New Rules for Founders

Founder psychology, technological disruption, and civic responsibility define the modern startup landscape. Success requires moving beyond superficial trends to embrace earnestness and first-principles thinking, as evidenced by the shift from traditional SaaS models to agentic workflows. By leveraging AI to automate co...

Kavak's Playbook for Rebuilding a Company Around AI

AI Is Learning to Hack. Faster Than We Expected.

How Open Source Became AI's Backbone | Inferact with a16z

The Ocean Company - Ulysses | a16z American Dynamism

The Future is Metal - Mariana Minerals | a16z American Dynamism

The Nuclear Renaissance - Radiant |  a16z American Dynamism

How Decagon Runs 90% of Its Agents on Open-Source Models

“Every small business should run itself” | Lassie with a16z

Fei-Fei Li is Solving the Hardest Problem in Robotics | World Labs with a16z

Building a Company in Stealth | Travis Kalanick with a16z

Why Physical AI Is the Next Frontier | Applied Intuition with a16z

"Meme Your Dream into Reality" | Replit CEO with a16z

Software in the Age of Agents | The a16z Show

Headless software architecture decouples data and logic from user interfaces, enabling AI agents to interact directly with systems of record. While traditional enterprise software like SAP or Salesforce remains sticky due to deeply embedded regulatory compliance and complex, codified business rules, AI agents provide a...

Ben Horowitz on the Global Race for Tech, Power, and Influence

Technological leadership is central to maintaining national security and economic stability in an era where AI serves as the primary interface for global systems. Because AI models embed specific cultural values and historical perspectives, the widespread adoption of Western-built technology is essential to preserve de...

Why Attention is Becoming a Competitive Advantage | a16z

Jake Paul and venture capitalist Geoff Woo announce a $100 million growth fund, marking a strategic pivot for the former YouTube star into high-stakes tech investing. The conversation centers on the intersection of cultural influence and capital, with Paul leveraging his massive audience and resilience to identify and ...

The Media Game Has Changed