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Erik Torenberg

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11 episodes
Dec 10, 2025• a16z Podcast

How the Best CEOs Delegate

Jonathan Swanson discusses how leveraging delegation through personal assistants and AI can help founders and professionals dramatically increase their productivity, ambition, and ability to focus on high-impact work.

57:34
Dec 3, 2025• a16z Podcast

Why AI Moats Still Matter (And How They've Changed)

The podcast discusses how AI moats still matter, with the key difference being that software can now do actual work, transforming market opportunities from IT spend to labor spend, and creating trillion-dollar opportunities in unexpected spaces.

51:31
Nov 24, 2025• a16z Podcast

The 2045 Superintelligence Timeline: Epoch AI’s Data-Driven Forecast

Epoch AI researchers discuss the potential trajectory of AI development, forecasting a data-driven timeline that suggests AI could solve major mathematical problems within five years, automate 10% of current jobs in a decade, and potentially trigger significant economic transformation by 2045.

1:00:10
Nov 21, 2025• a16z Podcast

Robinhood CEO: Making Everyone An Owner

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev discusses how the company is democratizing finance by breaking Wall Street rules, tokenizing private company shares, running prediction markets, and building a platform that makes everyone an owner.

1:05:02
Nov 14, 2025• a16z Podcast

The Brutal Truth About Biotech: Why $2B Per Drug Is Killing Innovation

Two venture capitalists explore the brutal economics of biotech, revealing why the industry is struggling despite scientific advances, and how new modalities, AI, and a focus on invention could revive innovation in drug development.

1:02:23
Nov 5, 2025• a16z Podcast

Seeing The Future from AI Companions to Personal Software

In this episode, Eugenia Kuyda discusses how personal software will transform from a developer monopoly to a creative medium where anyone can create, remix, and share mini-apps as easily as posting a video, focusing on deep personalization and making AI interfaces more intuitive and accessible.

50:20
Nov 3, 2025• a16z Podcast

David Sacks: AI, Crypto, China, Dems, and SF

David Sacks discusses the Trump administration's approach to AI and crypto, emphasizing the importance of innovation, regulatory clarity, and maintaining America's technological leadership while preventing overregulation and preserving the decentralized, permissionless nature of technological development.

1:16:57
Nov 1, 2025• a16z Podcast

Why Speed, Not Size, Will Define the Next War

A deep dive into how AI, autonomy, and rapid innovation are transforming defense strategy, highlighting the need for speed over size in potential future conflicts with global adversaries like China.

39:25
Oct 31, 2025• a16z Podcast

Beyond Chatbots: Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz on AI's Future

Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz discuss the current state of AI, its potential limitations, and the evolving landscape of technological innovation, exploring topics ranging from machine intelligence and creativity to the geopolitical implications of AI development.

38:11
Oct 24, 2025• a16z Podcast

Marc Andreessen: How Movies Explain America

In this episode of the a16z Podcast, Marc Andreessen, Katherine Boyle, and Erik Torenberg discuss how iconic films like "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," "Tropic Thunder," "Oppenheimer," and "Fight Club" reveal different cultural moments and transformations in American society.

1:15:30
Oct 23, 2025• a16z Podcast

Marc Andreessen and Amjad Masad: English As the New Programming Language

Marc Andreessen and Amjad Masad discuss how AI agents powered by reinforcement learning and verification loops are enabling anyone to build complex software by simply describing it in English, while exploring whether this rapid progress in coding represents a path to true artificial general intelligence or a local maximum trap.

1:11:38