a16z
13 things a16z uses or recommends, from 14 episodes.
a16z's top picks
What a16z uses or recommends most, ranked by how often and how strongly. Paid ads are left out.
Uses and recommends it · talked about in 2 episodes
"So I had ChatGPT rewrite her dissertation that she wrote 20-something years ago, but everything is now current... She was like, 'This is amazing. What AI is this?' And I'm like, 'It's ChatGPT.'"
Uses it · talked about in 2 episodes
"I was having some trouble with Wells Fargo and I'm like, you know what, I've tried for four hours to do this. I'm just going to sue them. So I went to Codex, you know, ChatGPT. I was like, sue Wells Fargo. Four hours later, it had sued Wells Fargo. It actually found a process server."
Uses and recommends it · 1 episode
"I actually had Astra and 5.5 go head-to-head in animating some stuff for me and it was just like it knew exactly what to do."
Uses and recommends it · 1 episode
"I am an incredibly happy DoxxNet user. And thank you for building it. It's good to get that old internet vibe back."
Uses and recommends it · 1 episode
"I'm on the board of Flock Safety. I'm the recipient of constant notifications from you guys, 'Hey, we found a kidnapped child. We used the technology in this way. We were able to de-escalate a situation.'"
Recommends it · 1 episode
"I'm a big Crusader Kings 3 fan... I describe it to people who don't know about it as like the Sims mixed with Age of Empires... you have to manage schemes and different people's personalities and their opinion of you... it actually feels the closest to me to a kind of never-ending and endless game... So yeah, you should definitely check it out."
What a16z warns against
Things a16z says to avoid or be careful with. Other experts don't always agree.
"It was an app. It was like the ugliest thing in the history of the world. Yes, I used to use it."
"I was so adamant about not paying $85 a month for Salesforce that I used this thing called Sugar CRM, which was free. And finally I gave up. I finally started paying for Salesforce — not because of product gaps or anything, but I hired this VP of sales and he was like, 'I'm not using that.'"
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All 13 of a16z's picks
- ChatGPT Uses and recommends it 2 episodes "So I had ChatGPT rewrite her dissertation that she wrote 20-something years ago, but everything is now current... She was like, 'This is amazing. What AI is this?' And I'm like, 'It's ChatGPT.'" +159 others
- Codex Uses it 2 episodes "I was having some trouble with Wells Fargo and I'm like, you know what, I've tried for four hours to do this. I'm just going to sue them. So I went to Codex, you know, ChatGPT. I was like, sue Wells Fargo. Four hours later, it had sued Wells Fargo. It actually found a process server." +97 others
- Astral Uses and recommends it "I actually had Astra and 5.5 go head-to-head in animating some stuff for me and it was just like it knew exactly what to do." +2 others
- DoxxNet Uses and recommends it "I am an incredibly happy DoxxNet user. And thank you for building it. It's good to get that old internet vibe back." Only a16z
- Flock Safety Uses and recommends it "I'm on the board of Flock Safety. I'm the recipient of constant notifications from you guys, 'Hey, we found a kidnapped child. We used the technology in this way. We were able to de-escalate a situation.'" Only a16z
- Crusader Kings III Recommends it "I'm a big Crusader Kings 3 fan... I describe it to people who don't know about it as like the Sims mixed with Age of Empires... you have to manage schemes and different people's personalities and their opinion of you... it actually feels the closest to me to a kind of never-ending and endless game... So yeah, you should definitely check it out." Only a16z
- Listen Labs Uses it "We're happy Listen Labs customers ourselves and use it as a diligence tool as well." +2 others
- Slack Uses it "Another product that, you know, I use every day, certainly you do, is Slack." +54 others
- Excel Uses it "I also grew up in Excel and I still use Excel to organize my thoughts. If I'm trying to run an analysis... it's just even the spatial organization of it." +7 others
- Glass water bottles Uses it "I just wanted to demo that we only have glass water bottles at the A16Z office. And yeah, I make a point to only drink out of glass." Only a16z
- Claude Code Uses it "I was trying the other day — I was using Claude Code to try to compose a song for my niece's birthday. It was pretty cool. In the past without a pseudo I just definitely wouldn't have done that." +109 others
- NanoClaw Uses it "I spent all weekend implementing my nano cloud bot" Only a16z
- Claude Recommends it "It feels artisan. It feels like it's got a soul, whereas I think in some sense the other models feel a little bit more robotic, a little bit more utilitarian" +248 others