a16z Podcast: AI, from ‘Toy’ Problems to Practical Application
When you have “a really hot, frothy space” like AI, even the most basic questions — like what is it good for, how do you make sure your data is in shape, and so on — aren’t answered. This is …
View ArticleThe World Through an API
watch time: 18 minutes As the API or “application programming interface” becomes the primary interface for business (in much the same way physical storefronts gave way to applications and websites),...
View Articlea16z Podcast: Scaling Companies (and Tech Trends)
There’s a lot of knowledge out there — and networks of talent (especially in Silicon Valley) — on what to do in the early stages of a company, going from 0 to 1, and even in going from 1 to …
View Articlea16z Podcast: When Organic Growth Goes Enterprise
What happens when the bottoms up, organic growth usually associated with consumer companies starts to go…. enterprise? Part of our continuing podcast series (you can listen to part one on user...
View ArticleAligning Startup Metrics with Stage of Maturity (Beyond Labels for...
1/ My experience is that most pitches go sideways because the investor is lead to believe there is more maturity in a company than their is. And then they leave unsatisfied because there wasn’t...
View Articlea16z Podcast: Technological Trends, Financial Capital, and the Dynamics of...
There’s all sorts of interesting tech trends happening right now, including AI, VR/AR, self-driving cars and drones (as well as interesting stuff happening in verticals like healthcare and finance) —...
View Articlea16z Podcast: Product-Market Sales Fit (What Comes First?)
One of the toughest challenges for founders — and especially technical founders who are used to focusing so much on product features over sales — is striking “product-market fit”. The concept can be...
View ArticleHumanity + AI: Better Together
This is a written version of a presentation I gave live at the a16z Summit in November 2018. You can watch a video version on YouTube. Skynet is coming for your children — or is it? In July …
View ArticleRe-tooling How Organizations Make Decisions
In this conversation, which you can also find on the a16z YouTube channel, a16z Enterprise Deal Partner Jad Naous talks with Operating Partner Frank Chen about how decision-making is changing across...
View Articlea16z Podcast: The Future of Decision-Making—3 Startup Opportunities
As companies digitize, they change the way they make decisions: decisions are made lower in the organization, based on data, and increasingly automated. This creates opportunities for startups...
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