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Founders of Lassie join a16z to discuss how AI agents can take over administrative work at small businesses, starting with dental practices spending 200 hours a month on paperwork.
Fei-Fei Li and Yunzhu Li discuss how simulation and spatial intelligence can solve robotics' biggest obstacle: the scarcity of real-world training data.
Travis Kalanick joins a16z to talk about Atoms, his stealth company using physical AI and robotics across food, mining, and transport, and the lessons behind building it.
Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig of Applied Intuition make the case that physical AI, covering vehicles, robots, and drones, will create more economic value than digital AI.
Replit CEO Amjad Masad talks with a16z about building in public, surviving controversy, and how founders can use social media to raise money and grow their companies.
Seema Amble, Steven Sinofsky, and Elena Burger discuss how AI agents are changing enterprise software, focusing on where real opportunities lie for startups.
a16z's Ben Horowitz and guests make the case for American tech leadership globally, arguing startups must expand internationally far earlier and that AI model choices carry real geopolitical consequences.
Jake Paul and Geoff Woo join a16z to announce Anti Fund, a $100M+ growth fund backing AI and tech companies, and discuss Paul's path from YouTube to boxing to venture capital.
Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz argue that traditional media no longer works for founders and lay out a practical approach to building a personal brand through direct, new media channels.
Benedict Evans makes the case that AI coding tools are the first clear AI success story, and explores where value will actually land as the technology matures.
a16z partners break down how to spot AI winners, why OpenAI and Anthropic are growing faster than tech giants, and what separates durable startups from the 80% that will fail.
Apollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan talks with a16z about private markets, AI's effect on software valuations, and how large-scale infrastructure investments are reshaping capital allocation.
Michael Duffey and Dino Mavrookas make the case that defense manufacturing is a massive opportunity for startups willing to redesign platforms from scratch using software, autonomy, and lean production.
Flock Safety co-founder Rahul Sidhu and Arizona DPS Colonel Jeffrey Glover discuss how founders can build technology for law enforcement, from drones and AI to officer mental health tools.
Two Tesla veterans, Turner Caldwell and Drew Baglino, discuss why America's AI future depends on physical infrastructure like critical minerals, power systems, and domestic manufacturing.
Goldman Sachs chairman Lloyd Blankfein joins a16z to discuss risk management lessons from the 2008 crisis and the practical dangers of deploying AI in high-stakes financial systems.
Marc Andreessen makes the case that AI is creating a golden age of productivity and opportunity, and that resistance to it is mostly psychological and political, not technical.
Ben Horowitz makes the case that Silicon Valley founders should build for American national interest, framing the AI race as existential and challenging tech culture's reluctance to work with defense.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman explains his plan to return humans to the moon before 2030 and outlines how he is restructuring NASA to move faster and more efficiently.
Tony James, former president of Blackstone, explains how he grew the firm's assets from $14 billion to nearly $1 trillion by building multi-business platforms and a strong investment culture.