Best software Eats The World Podcasts (2025)

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All the Cool Things People are Vibe Coding 23:00

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Vibe coding is exploding in 2025, and it's way more than just a tech trend – it's revolutionizing how we build software. From a recent study showing 88% satisfaction rates among users to real-world examples of people creating everything from custom drug molecule catalogs to Airbnb photo enhancement tools, vibe coding is democratizing app developmen…

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Marc Andreessen and Joe Lonsdale on Tariffs and Trade 30:47

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Today we’re sharing an episode from American Optimist featuring Marc Andreessen in conversation with Joe Lonsdale, recorded live at the inaugural Ronald Reagan Economic Forum. They explore one of the most urgent and complex questions of our time: Can AI and robotics catalyze a new era of American industrial strength—and how do we ensure the entire …

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5 Uses for the New ChatGPT Agent 22:20

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ChatGPT Agent just launched, and it's already showing impressive results - beating humans on about half of knowledge work tasks according to OpenAI's internal benchmarks. In this video, we break down 5 practical use cases people are already getting value from: from analyzing customer feedback to handling multi-step planning tasks like wedding prepa…

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Ex‑DeepMind Researcher Misha Laskin on Enterprise Super‑Intelligence | Reflection AI 1:06:29

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What if your company had a digital brain that never forgot, always knew the answer, and could instantly tap the knowledge of your best engineers, even after they left? Superintelligence can feel like a hand‑wavy pipe‑dream— yet, as Misha Laskin argues, it becomes a tractable engineering problem once you scope it to the enterprise level. Former Deep…

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These 5 Simple Questions Beat Your Spreadsheet 7:30

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For some reason when the topic of money comes up, many people immediately want to jump into Excel and start exercising the so-called rational part of their brain. Money seems to demand sober, quantitative analysis, devoid of emotion which obfuscates the mathematical truth of the situation. Yet we rarely make decisions in a purely rational manner; e…

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How Much AI Do Workers Actually Want? 21:08

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NLW explores a groundbreaking Stanford study of 15,000+ workers across 100+ occupations that reveals what employees actually want from AI. While 69% welcome AI automation, it’s only for specific tasks—just 2% support full automation. Nearly half want AI to reduce repetitive work, but 41% of startups are building in the “red zone,” where workers rej…

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America's Energy Problem: The Grid That Built America Can’t Power Its Future 44:45

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U.S. per capita energy usage peaked in 1973. Since then? Flat. Meanwhile, China’s per capita energy use has grown 9x. Today, AI, EVs, manufacturing, and data centers are driving demand for more electricity than ever—and our grid can’t keep up. In this episode, a16z general partners David Ulevitch and Erin Price-Wright, along with investing partner …

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Does AI Secretly Slow Developers Down? 26:01

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Are AI coding tools actually making developers less productive? A new study from Meta’s AI research nonprofit, METR, claims that developers using AI were 19% slower, even though they believed they were 20% faster. In this episode of the AI Daily Brief, we break down the study’s design, explore criticisms from Emmett Shear and other AI leaders, and …

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Are AI Acquihires Screwing Up Startups? 22:56

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Google just pulled off a $2.4 billion acquihire of AI coding startup Windsurf—but the way it happened is shaking up the startup world. What began as a $3B OpenAI acquisition quietly fell apart after Microsoft intervened, paving the way for Google to license Windsurf’s IP and hire its top talent. The catch? Most employees are getting nothing, even s…

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Aaron Levie on AI's Enterprise Adoption 53:03

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In this episode, a16z General Partner Martin Casado sits down with Box cofounder and CEO Aaron Levie to talk about how AI is changing not just software, but the structure and speed of work itself. They unpack how enterprise adoption of AI is different from the consumer wave, why incumbents may be better positioned than people think, and how the rol…

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15 Ways I Use AI (And the Models I Use for Each) 22:23

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In this episode of the AI Daily Brief, Nathaniel Whittemore walks through 15 practical ways he uses AI—and exactly which models power each task. From podcast editing and enterprise agent audits to deep research, strategic pitching, and creative writing, Nathaniel shares insights into his favorite tools, and discusses AI's surprising limitations (es…

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Are AI Browsers the Next Big AI Trend? 22:42

5d ago22:42

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AI browsers could be the next transformative trend in how we interact with the internet. This week, Perplexity launched its new agentic browser, Comet; OpenAI is reportedly preparing its own AI browser; and Arc Browser continues beta testing its inline browsing tool, Dia. Unlike traditional browsers with basic AI add-ons, these tools integrate AI a…

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Ben Horowitz: What Founders Must Know About AI and Crypto 1:22:32

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This week on the a16z Podcast, we're sharing a feed drop from Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, featuring a wide-ranging conversation with a16z cofounder Ben Horowitz. Artificial intelligence isn't just a tool — it's a tectonic shift. In this episode, Ben joins Tom to break down what AI really is (and isn't), where it's taking us, and why it matters. …

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Is Grok 4 the Best LLM Yet? 22:11

6d ago22:11

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Elon Musk's XAI has dropped Grok 4, and early benchmarks are raising eyebrows across the AI world. In today’s episode, we break down the bombastic midnight launch event, the key performance claims—including a top score on the notoriously hard ARC-AGI test—and why even Grok skeptics are starting to take it seriously. Is Grok 4 really state of the ar…

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The Rise of Agentic Commerce — Emily Glassberg Sands (Stripe) 1:15:14

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Agentic commerce is no longer science fiction — it’s arriving in your browser, your development IDE, and soon, your bank statement. In this episode of The MAD Podcast, Matt Turck sits down with Emily Glassberg Sands, Stripe’s Head of Information, to explore how autonomous “buying bots” and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) are reshaping the very mec…

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You Can Stop Second Guessing with Money 6:18

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We talk about how YNAB is the ultimate weapon against money stressors -- as you gain control over your spending, learn to give every dollar a job, and bring your spending in line with your priorities, the stresses decrease and are replaced by a growing confidence. There are other psychological "costs" of money, such as the anxiety and mental overhe…

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Everything We Know About GPT-5 So Far 23:53

7d ago23:53

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After a year of speculation and shifting narratives, GPT-5 appears to be nearing release—and it could be OpenAI’s most ambitious model yet. In this episode, NLW breaks down everything we know about GPT-5: how it integrates OpenAI’s reasoning and multimodal capabilities into a single, unified model; what rumors are swirling around features like long…

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Stablecoins & the Future Financial System 37:52

7d ago37:52

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a16z Crypto General Partners Ali Yahya, Arianna Simpson, and Erik Torenberg break down what’s actually working in crypto today - starting with the rise of stablecoins as a real-world payments layer. They discuss how stablecoins are being adopted by companies like Stripe and SpaceX, why regulatory shifts are opening new doors for crypto startups, an…

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The 7 Types of AI Agents 27:23

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NLW looks at two different ways to categories agents -- by functioning and by focus -- both of which have seven subcategories. Understanding how to organize different types of agents can help you better plan your agentic strategy. Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.c…

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The Latest AI Job Loss Predictions 18:03

9d ago18:03

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In today's episode, we dive into the latest predictions around AI-driven job displacement, highlighted by Ford CEO Jim Farley's blunt warning that AI could eliminate half of all white-collar jobs in the U.S. Farley's remarks at the Aspen Ideas Festival, echoed in a pointed Wall Street Journal article, underscore an emerging trend: executives outsid…

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How Andreessen Horowitz Disrupted VC & What’s Coming Next 1:23:01

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On this episode, taken from The Ben & Marc Show, a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz dive deep into the unfiltered story behind the founding of Andreessen Horowitz—and how they set out to reinvent venture capital itself. For the first time, Marc and Ben walk through the origins, strategy, and philosophy behind building a world-class v…

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The State of AI - Mid-2025 16:08

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At the midpoint of 2025, private markets dominate AI growth, reasoning models spark rapid adoption, and consumer AI reaches unprecedented penetration. NLW analyzes recent reports from Coatue and Menlo, highlighting accelerated IPOs, surging AI coding revenues, shifting public market leaders, and emerging consumer behaviors reshaping the future AI l…

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Enabling Agents and Battling Bots on an AI-Centric Web 26:24

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Taken from the AI + a16z podcast, Arcjet CEO David Mytton sits down with a16z partner Joel de la Garza to discuss the increasing complexity of managing who can access websites, and other web apps, and what they can do there. A primary challenge is determining whether automated traffic is coming from bad actors and troublesome bots, or perhaps AI ag…

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Velvet Sundown, or, How Scared Should We Be of AI Music? 23:41

13d ago23:41

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A new band called Velvet Sundown appeared on Spotify with two albums and hundreds of thousands of listeners, but has no evidence of real members or a history online. Music sites note that the music sounds like it could be generated by AI tools, while the band insists it is real. NLW explores the big question: does it matter if it IS AI? Get Ad Free…

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AI Engineering Revolution: Winners, Chaos & What’s Next | FirstMark 49:53

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Welcome to a special FirstMark Deep Dive edition of the MAD Podcast. In this episode, Matt Turck and David Waltcher unpack the explosive impact of generative AI on engineering — hands-down the biggest shift the field has seen in decades. You’ll get a front-row seat to the real numbers and stories behind the AI code revolution, including how compani…

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How AI Companies Are Using AI 18:36

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This episode explores a recent report on how AI companies themselves are utilizing AI. The discussion highlights key trends, including popular AI models, common deployment challenges like hallucinations, and the rapid rise of AI agents. It also examines prominent AI use cases delivering significant productivity gains—especially coding assistance—an…

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Fan Fest Reflections: Spendfulness Is About More Than Just Stuff 4:53

14d ago4:53

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Jesse reflects on his interactions with YNAB'ers at the recent Fan Fest in Minneapolis, and how spendfulness manifested in many different ways. One important takeaway for Jesse was that while practicing spendfulness could mean taking a cool international vacation, or buying something fun and interesting (and those are totally valid things to spend …

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Marc Andreessen on Startup Timing 18:16

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What if now is the best time in decades to start a company? In this episode, taken from Speedrun, a16z’s accelerator for early-stage founders, Marc Andreessen joins games General Partner Jonathan Lai to make the case that we’re entering a once-in-a-generation window for innovation. From the rise of AI to the cultural and policy shifts reshaping the…

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How AI Eats Consulting 25:46

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OpenAI is hiring forward deployed engineers and building services that overlap with Palantir, Accenture, and McKinsey. The role focuses on embedding technical staff with clients to fine tune models and develop apps, often backed by $10 million deals. Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ht…

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How the War for Talent Will Shape AI 22:53

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The talent war between Meta and OpenAI is intensifying. Meta is handing out massive offers, some rumored at $100 million, as Mark Zuckerberg tries to build a superintelligence team. In this episode NLW talks about why the rest of us who don't work for these two companies should care. Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

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Katherine Boyle: How Tech Can Rebuild America 52:37

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Why does seriousness feel radical today? a16z General Partner Katherine Boyle joins The LaBossiere Podcast to explore what it means to build for the national interest—and why that starts with purpose. Katherine, part of the American Dynamism team at a16z, shares how we got to a place where public service became uncool, how tech can help rebuild tru…

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AI, Agents and Software 3.0 14:26

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Andrej Karpathy's Software 3.0 talk reframes LLMs as a new kind of software—programmable, agent-native, and fundamentally different from past computing models. This episode breaks down his key ideas, from autonomy sliders to the need for new infrastructure designed for AI-first users. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCEmiRjPEtQ Get Ad Free …

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Agent Deployments Tripled Last Quarter 20:33

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Enterprise AI agents are moving past experiments and into real use at a record pace. KPMG’s latest survey of over 130 executives at billion-dollar companies shows full deployments of AI agents tripled from Q1 to Q2. Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/AIDailyBrief⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

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Where We Are in the AI Cycle 30:26

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In this episode of ‘This Week in Consumer’, a16z General Partners Anish Acharya and Erik Torenberg are joined by Steven Sinofsky - Board Partner at a16z and former President of Microsoft’s Windows division - for a deep dive on how today’s AI moment mirrors (and diverges from) past computing transitions. They explore whether we’re at the “Windows 3.…

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Everything is Now a Vibe Coding App 20:15

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Vibe coding has taken over. Google’s Gemini CLI and Anthropic’s latest Claude update are making text-to-code workflows easy for everyone. Big platforms like Airtable and Asana are rebuilding around these tools. Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/AIDailyBrief⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

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Guillermo Rauch: Why Software Development Will Never Be the Same 1:45:40

21d ago1:45:40

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In this episode, Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch goes deep on how V0, their text-to-app platform, has already generated over 100 million applications and doubled Vercel’s user base in under a year. Guillermo reveals how a tiny SWAT team inside Vercel built V0 from scratch, why “vibe coding” is making software creation accessible to everyone (not just en…

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We Stopped Eating Out for Three Months. The Result Was Interesting... 9:53

22d ago9:53

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In 2017 the Mecham family decided to live in Manhattan for three months to experience the city, soak up the food and culture, and just have fun doing something different. While they were there they chose to maximize their opportunity to eat out -- Jesse went back and counted over 140 different establishments during that 90 day stay! After that expe…

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Context Engineering: What It Is and Why It Matters 23:39

24d ago23:39

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Context engineering quickly becomes a core skill for anyone working with large language models (LLMs) and AI agents. Unlike prompt engineering, which is about crafting single questions or requests, context engineering focuses on providing the right background, files, and environment so LLMs can solve your task. Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

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How Startups are Fixing Healthcare Friction 23:54

25d ago23:54

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What if the biggest lever for improving U.S. healthcare isn’t clinical, but operational? In this episode, recorded live at New York Tech Week, a16z General Partner David Haber speaks with Trey Holterman (Tennr) and Christophe Rimann (Camber), two founders tackling the core infrastructure problems slowing healthcare down - from broken referral hando…

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Building Cluely: The Viral AI Startup that raised $15M in 10 Weeks 38:24

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What if virality wasn’t a tactic — but the entire product? In this episode, a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg and Bryan Kim sit down with Roy Lee, cofounder and CEO of Cluely, one of the most talked-about consumer AI startups of 2025. Cluely didn’t raise a mega round or drop a feature suite to get traction - it broke through by turning distribut…

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The Quest for the One-Person One-Billion Dollar Company 20:54

23d ago20:54

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As tiny team Base44 sells for $80m just six months after being launched by a single vibecoding founder, are we on our way to our first solocorn? Startups used to be all about big teams and heavy funding. Now, a new trend is taking over: solo founders using AI tools to build huge businesses with almost no staff. Today’s top solo founders are hitting…

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Can Buying Perplexity Save Apple on AI? 26:00

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Apple missed the early AI wave and is struggling to catch up. Could acquiring the AI search startup Perplexity be the solution? Insiders reveal Apple executives have considered buying Perplexity, which could replace Google search on iPhones and help revive Apple’s weak AI strategy. Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

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Chris Dixon & Tyler Cowen on Crypto, AI, and Philosophy 1:06:25

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In this episode, general partner Chris Dixon joins economist and author Tyler Cowen to explore the themes behind Chris’s book, Read, Write, Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet. They trace the internet’s evolution from open, decentralized beginnings to today’s consolidated platforms—and ask: how can we build something better? From stablecoins…

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3 Ways To Get Better at AI Right Now 26:39

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Although many of the formal AI learning resources are stuck 6-12 months ago, NLW argues that there are a few practical things that anyone can do to get out ahead of the curve on AI right now. Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/AIDailyBrief⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

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Why We Invested In Cluely 12:28

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In this episode, a16z general partner Bryan Kim joins TBPN hosts John Coogan and Jordi Hays to discuss the recent launch of Cluely , a consumer AI product. The conversation covers early traction, evaluating distribution and momentum, and how investors assess go-to-market strategies in emerging AI applications. Resources: Find Bryan on X: https://x.…

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10 AI Video Trends Taking Over the Internet 32:03

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Google’s Veo 3 launch changed AI video overnight. Suddenly, TikTok and Instagram are full of AI videos with synced sound, sharp effects, and wild new genres. You’ll see viral ASMR clips, Bigfoot vlogs, historical figure parodies, Harry Potter spin-offs, and Star Wars stormtrooper diaries. Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

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Inside Canva’s $3B ARR AI Design Rocketship — CTO Brendan Humphreys on Magic Studio & Canva Code 56:38

28d ago56:38

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Canva just announced $3 billion in ARR, 230 million monthly active users, and 24 million paying subscribers—including 95% of the Fortune 500. Even more impressive? They’ve been profitable for seven years while growing at 40–50% per year. In this episode, Canva’s Head of Engineering, Brendan Humphreys, reveals how he went from employee #12 to leadin…

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The State of AI & Education 29:20

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How is AI actually being used in classrooms today? Are teachers adopting it, or resisting it? And could software eventually replace traditional instruction entirely? In this episode of This Week in Consumer AI, a16z partners Justine Moore, Olivia Moore, and Zach Cohen explore one of the most rapidly evolving — and widely debated — frontiers in cons…

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There Is No Such Thing as Savings 8:18

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It seems obvious that you should save money. It's the right thing to do, after all! But even the words that we use talk about saving money have problems -- should, ought -- loaded with moral baggage. Jesse reminds us that even money earmarked for savings is still spending, just spending that has been deferred to a later date, retirement for example…

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20+ New Jobs that AI Will Create 23:04

1M ago23:04

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AI might change or even replace many existing roles, but new jobs will emerge to bridge human needs with AI capabilities. From AI auditors ensuring model transparency to AI personality directors crafting how brands interact through AI, fresh opportunities are on the horizon. Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

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