Welcome to The Flux - where we talk data, decisions, and stories of people asking the what-if questions to create an intentional impact on the future.
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The a16z Podcast discusses tech and culture trends, news, and the future – especially as ‘software eats the world’. It features industry experts, business leaders, and other interesting thinkers and voices from around the world. This podcast is produced by Andreessen Horowitz (aka “a16z”), a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm. Multiple episodes are released every week; visit a16z.com for more details and to sign up for our newsletters and other content as well!
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KONZE Enterprise is an Australian-based Tech Startup company operating in Melbourne.
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A show where a Forensic Psychology Professor and a Retired FBI Profiler join together to better understand the criminal mind. The BSU, LLC uses evidence-based techniques and processes developed at the FBI's famed Behavioral Science Unit and Crisis Management Unit to improve behavioral intelligence and improve sway, influence, and decision making. Train your workforce in de-escalation through human profiling, learn the elicitation (pre-suasion), solicitation (persuasion), and consummation (po ...
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The MRR Institute provides industry-leading training and coaching to accounting and tax professionals who are committed to a healthy, profitable, and balanced life. Our commitment and focus are centered around teaching business processes that allow members to implement and grow a membership-based subscription business model focused on value pricing.
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You got into real estate for freedom, flexibility, income, wealth, family time, and even FUN…. and you can still have everything you wanted! But there are some critical things that have been kept from you. --Everything you want in real estate starts with the right TEAM model.
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Join us as we interview CEOs and CMOs of fast-growing SaaS firms to reveal what they are doing that’s working, and lessons learned from things that didn’t work as planned. These deep conversations dive into the dynamic world of SaaS B2B marketing, go-to-market strategies, and the SaaS business model. Content focuses on the pragmatic as well as strategic, providing a well-rounded diet for those running SaaS firms today. Hosted by Ken Lempit, Austin Lawrence Group’s president and chief busines ...
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Work Shop is an evolving discussion dedicated to the considerations, developments and challenges around implementing a second source of intelligent labor for knowledge or office work. For the first time in human history, there is now a second pool of labor that is able to accomplish work in an office setting, freeing up human workers to do the higher value add work that only humans can do. Sometimes called digital labor, synthetic labor, RPA or AI based labor, it is all the things to be cons ...
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"Real Deal Investing" is a captivating Podcast helmed by Jerron Kelley, a savvy real estate attorney, and Larry Mastropieri, a highly experienced broker and agent, both based in sunny South Florida.
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Join Dan Vega and DaShaun Carter as they explore what’s new in the world of Spring. This is your chance to stay connected to what’s happening with the Spring Framework, related projects, and the community.
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The Industrial AI Podcast reports weekly on the latest developments in AI and machine learning for the engineering, robotics, automotive, process and automation industries. The podcast features industrial users, scientists, vendors and startups in the field of Industrial AI and machine learning. The podcast is hosted by Peter Seeberg, Industrial AI consultant and Robert Weber, tech journalist.Their mission: Demystify Industrial AI and machine learning, inspire industrial users. The hosts: Pe ...
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I have a deep belief that all lasting change begins on the inside and works its way out. I believe that lasting success is a combination of doing the deep personal work and having a business philosophy that is in alignment with your core values. I believe that, ultimately, the business that will give you the most joy and profitability is the one that is based on referrals and repeat business. I believe that becoming a referable person may be one of the most rewarding and challenging quests t ...
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Each episode of The Thesis Review is a conversation centered around a researcher's PhD thesis, giving insight into their history, revisiting older ideas, and providing a valuable perspective on how their research has evolved (or stayed the same) since.
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Adam Neuman: This is How You Build Iconic Companies
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1:29:51In this recent episode of The Ben & Marc Show, a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz sit down with Adam Neumann—founder of WeWork and now Flow—to unpack one of the most unlikely comeback storie s in tech. What began as a personal reckoning after a very public fall has become a bold new vision for how we live and belong. Flow isn’t just …
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Ep. 23 | The Future of The CPA Profession
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55:13About the Guest: Bob Doyle Bob is the President and CEO of the Michigan Association of CPAs (MICPA). Before entering the accounting field, Bob worked in marketing, communications, and advocacy within the robotics and automation industry. With a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering, he holds a rich background that spans from engineering ro…
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Ep. 169 - Reviving Inbound: Why Your SaaS GTM Needs a Buyer-Centric Reboot
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25:25Guest: Google’s NotebookLM In this special episode of SaaS Backwards, we handed the mic to AI. We took our newest ebook on reviving inbound marketing—coming soon for download—and ran it through Google’s NotebookLM to see what kind of podcast it could generate. The result? A surprisingly sharp—if occasionally cheesy—take on how B2B SaaS companies ca…
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What You Missed in AI This Week (Google, Apple, ChatGPT)
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28:50Things in consumer AI are moving fast. In this episode, Justine and Olivia Moore, investing partners (and identical twins!) at a16z, break down what’s real, what’s overhyped, and what’s next across the consumer AI space. They cover: Veo 3: how Google's video model unlocked a new genre of content OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode: upgrades, realism, and.…
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In this episode of the Industrial AI Podcast we talk about MAN TruckScenes: the world's first freely available sensor and driving data for autonomous trucks. Thanks for listening. We welcome suggestions for topics, criticism and a few stars on Apple, Spotify and Co. We thank our partner SIEMENS Huggingface: https://huggingface.co/NX-AI/TiRex Leader…
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Marc Andreessen & Jack Altman: Venture Capital, AI, & Media
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1:41:22In this episode Jack Altman, CEO of Lattice and host of Uncapped, interviews Marc Andreessen on how venture capital is evolving — from small seed funds to billion-dollar barbell strategies — and why today’s most important tech companies don’t just build tools, they replace entire industries. They cover: The end of “picks and shovels” investing Why …
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S4E15 - Exposing the Interview Process with Taylor Desseyn
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57:49Join Dan Vega and DaShaun Carter as they welcome Taylor Desseyn, VP of Global Community at **torc.dev** and founder of Dads in Tech. Fresh from his presentation "Exposing the Interview Process" at Spring I/O 2025 in Barcelona, Taylor shares unfiltered insights from interviewing thousands of engineers and helping hundreds of companies scale their en…
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The Role of Sentiment and Social Dynamics in Public Health Models with Philippe Giabbanelli
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42:28In this episode of The Flux, we explore how modeling trust, belief, and social sentiment can unlock deeper insights in public health. Our guest, Philippe Giabbanelli, shares how agent-based models are evolving to capture not just behaviors, but the opinions and social dynamics that drive them like vaccine hesitancy or trust in institutions. We disc…
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Chris Dixon: Stablecoins, Startups, and the Crypto Stack
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29:26What if crypto isn’t just a speculative asset class—but the next foundational layer of the internet? In this episode, Chris Dixon, founding partner of a16z crypto and one of the earliest, most forward-thinking investors in the space, joins TBPN for a wide-ranging conversation on the real, long-term promise of crypto—and why we're still early. He un…
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WE CHAT WITH FORMER FBI AGENT ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING
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The State of Consumer Tech in the Age of AI
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47:06In this episode, a16z General Partner Erik Torenberg is joined by the a16z Consumer team—General Partner Anish Acharya and Partners Olivia Moore, Justine Moore, and Bryan Kim—for a conversation on the current state (and future) of consumer tech. They unpack why it feels like breakout consumer apps have slowed down, how AI is changing the game, and …
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xLSTM-based time series model TiRex - why is it leading the leaderboards?
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39:33Prof. Dr. Sepp Hochreiter and his team from NXAI present TiRex - a time series model for the industrial sector that outperforms competitors from Amazon, Google, Salesforce and Alibaba. Check the leaderboards. Thanks for listening. We welcome suggestions for topics, criticism and a few stars on Apple, Spotify and Co. We thank our partner SIEMENS Hug…
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Fei-Fei Li: World Models and the Multiverse
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22:56What if the next leap in artificial intelligence isn’t about better language—but better understanding of space? In this episode, a16z General Partner Erik Torenberg moderates a conversation with Fei-Fei Li, cofounder and CEO of World Labs, and a16z General Partner Martin Casado, an early investor in the company. Together, they dive into the concept…
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S4E14 - Spring AI 1.0 GA Release with Mark Pollak and Christian Tzolov
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1:05:07Join Dan Vega and DaShaun Carter as they celebrate a major milestone in the Spring ecosystem with the general availability release of Spring AI 1.0. In this episode, the hosts welcome Spring AI team members Mark Pollak and Christian Tzolov to discuss the incredible journey from conception to GA release. They'll explore the powerful features that ma…
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Marc Andreessen: What We Got Right—and Wrong—About the Future of Tech
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32:10What does it take to build a venture firm from scratch—and scale it across multiple waves of technological and cultural change? In this special episode recorded at the a16z LP Summit, Marc Andreessen joins Erik Torenberg for a conversation on the origins and evolution of Andreessen Horowitz. From raising Fund I during the depths of the 2008 financi…
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WE LOOK AT CRIMINAL MOTIVATIONS WITH THE PEPS MODEL
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Where Crypto Meets AI with Chris Dixon & David George
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33:35What happens when two of the biggest tech waves—AI and crypto—start to converge? In this LP Summit conversation, a16z General Partners Chris Dixon and David George explore how stablecoins are creating a new global financial layer, why generative AI is reshaping market structures, and how the next tech giants will be built. From network effects to n…
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Ep. 168 - How Gen AI Is Rewiring B2B SaaS Feedback
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33:24Guest: Eli Portnoy, Founder & CEO at BackEngine As B2B SaaS companies scale, they often lose touch with the customers who got them there. In this episode, Eli Portnoy, founder and CEO of BackEngine, sits down with Ken Lempit to talk about the critical breakdown in customer feedback systems—and how generative AI can help leaders hear what really mat…
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Rick Rubin: Vibe Coding is the Punk Rock of Software
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1:16:08In this episode a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz sit down with legendary music producer and bestselling author Rick Rubin to explore the origin of his unexpected new creation: "The Way of Code"* Blending ancient philosophy and modern AI, The Way of Code reimagines the 3,000-year-old Tao Te Ching for the age of artificial intelligen…
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Fighting to Stay Small: The Successful Team Model You’ve Never Heard Of w/ Melissa Ricks
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39:06The conventional real estate model is built on a “grow or die” mentality. If you’re not scaling fast, recruiting a ton of agents, and running a massive team, you’re falling behind…or so the industry says. But what if growth is the very thing that burns you out? Melissa Ricks saw the pressure to build a mega team, start a brokerage, and grow at all …
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How does an Airbus data scientist keep up to date?
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56:32In this episode, Robert Weber talks to Tom Zehle from Airbus. He explains how he stays up to date, how he analyzes papers, and what he wants from research. We thank our partner SIEMENS The Industrial AI Podcast reports weekly on the latest developments in AI and Machine Learning for the engineering, robotics, automotive, process and automation indu…
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S4E13 - Spring Boot 3.5 Release Party with Phil Webb
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51:45Spring Boot 3.5 is here—and we're throwing a release party to celebrate! Join us for a special edition of Spring Office Hours as we welcome Phil Webb, co-creator of Spring Boot, to walk us through what’s new, what’s exciting, and what it all means for developers. From enhanced observability, configuration improvements, and new dependency upgrades, …
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Where Value Will Accrue in AI: Martin Casado & Sarah Wang
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21:41AI’s breakout moment is here - but where is the real value accruing, and what’s just hype? Recorded live at a16z’s annual LP Summit, General Partners Erik Torenberg, Martin Casado, and Sarah Wang unpack the current state of play in AI. From the myth of the GPT wrapper to the rapid rise of apps like Cursor, the conversation explores where defensibil…
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What Makes a CRM Powerful for Study Abroad and Immigration Businesses?
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9:00Explore what makes a CRM essential for study abroad and immigration consultants. From lead tracking to commission management, discover how tools like KONDESK boost productivity and streamline operations. https://konze.com/blog/what-makes-a-crm-powerful-for-study-abroad-and-immigration-businesses
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You Don't Have a Technology Problem, You Have a Labor and Operational Model Problem
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20:28Most think AI will solve all of our problems, including those in the office related to work functions that humans deliver. This is only the tip of the iceberg. The much larger consideration is how you integrate the second source of synthetic labor. First, focus must be placed on the operational model to make sure we account for a new source of non-…
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Sovereign AI: Why Nations Are Building Their Own Models
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32:11What happens when AI stops being just infrastructure—and becomes a matter of national identity and global power? In this episode, a16z’s Anjney Midha and Guido Appenzeller explore the rise of sovereign AI—the idea that countries must own their own AI models, data centers, and value systems. From Saudi Arabia’s $100B+ AI ambitions to the cultural st…
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Ep. 167 - How AI Is Changing the B2B SaaS Search and Buyer Journey
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36:46Guest: Ayse Guvencer, Fractional SaaS CMO & GTM Executive As AI changes how B2B buyers evaluate software, many marketers are missing the forest for the trees. In this episode, Ayse Guvencer, fractional CMO and GTM advisor to SaaS and MarTech startups, joins Ken Lempit to deliver a blunt reality check: AI is disrupting the search journey, pricing mo…
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What exactly is an AI agent — and does anyone actually agree? In this episode, taken from of AI + a16z, General Partner Guido Appenzeller and partners Matt Bornstein and Yoko Li break down one of the most hyped- and most hotly debated 0 concepts in AI right now: agents. Are agents just clever wrappers around LLMs? Tools that can reason and act? Or …
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Real Life Story of a Broken Model: The Cost of Chasing More Closings
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26:27In real estate, success doesn’t always lead to fulfillment - sometimes it only creates regret. So many team leaders fall into the trap of thinking that more agents, more units, and more leads are the ticket to more freedom. But what happens when the drive to be #1 leaves you exhausted, broke, and wondering why you started in the first place? That’s…
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Peter Seeberg talks to Thomas Dhollander, Co-founder & CPO at Timeseer.AI about Trusted IIoT Data as the Key to Proactive Operations. Thanks for listening. We welcome suggestions for topics, criticism and a few stars on Apple, Spotify and Co. We thank our partner SIEMENSBy Robert Weber / Peter Seeberg
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The Evolution of the Firm — with Ben and Marc
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33:14Recorded live at the 2025 a16z LP Summit, this episode is a candid conversation between a16z cofounders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz—hosted by general partner Erik Torenberg. They cover the evolution of a16z from startup firm to multi-practice platform, how the media landscape is shaped by meme-speed narratives, why reorgs—not just returns—dete…
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Glory Days of Modeling: Dan Eichelsdoerfer on Building Macrocosm
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41:25In a world full of linear thinking, Dan Eichelsdoerfer is building a company grounded in complexity. In this episode, Dan joins The Flux to discuss why agent-based models are finally ready for prime time and how Macrocosm is creating tools to simulate economic and energy systems with more nuance, flexibility, and realism than ever before. Dan talks…
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Unbundling the BPO: How AI Is Disrupting Outsourced Work
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17:06Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) is a $300 billion industry powering the back- and front-office operations of the world’s largest companies. In her article, "Unbundling the BPO: How AI Will Disrupt Outsourced Work," Kimberly Tan (Partner, a16z) explores how the rise of AI is challenging the status quo. In this episode, Kimberly unpacks the shift—…
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Ep. 166 - Rethinking SaaS Go-to-Market in the Age of AI
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42:14Guest: Jim Curry, CoFounder at BuildGroup Is AI really transforming your SaaS business—or just adding noise? In this week’s episode, Jim Curry, co-founder of BuildGroup and former Rackspace exec, discusses how AI is transforming both the products and operations of SaaS businesses—and why most companies are missing the opportunity. Jim shares how Bu…
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Marc Andreessen: Deep Vs. Broad Founders, AI in America, & the New Face of a16z
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28:22Today on the a16z Podcast, we’re sharing Marc Andreessen’s recent appearance on TBPN. Marc—cofounder and general partner at a16z—joins hosts John Coogan and Jordi Hays for a wide-ranging conversation, recorded live at the a16z’s 2025 LP Conference in Las Vegas. They cover the rise of AI, the future of open source models, and how tech is transformin…
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Ep. 22 | Skyrocket Your Tax Firm’s Growth with Value-Based Pricing
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59:35FREE CPE (1 credit) via EarMark: https://earmark.app/c/2472 About The Guest: Ivan Arroyo Ivan is a seasoned tax professional and the owner of a CPA practice in the Wenatchee Valley, Central Washington. With a focus on personalized client service, Ivan has significantly transformed his firm by adopting a subscription model, allowing for predictabili…
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The Ugly Truth About Lead-Based Recruitment and What To Do Instead w/ Lisa Ritter
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35:04Most real estate team leaders make leads their main recruitment tool. After all, what else could possibly convince someone to join your team? But there’s a catch. Building your entire recruitment model around leads is a short-term play with long-term consequences. Lisa Ritter has seen it all. With decades in the business, she’s led large teams, sca…
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MathWorks Safe AI, the Pope and Reinforcement Learning
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52:16In this episode, we talk to Lucas from MathWorks about their Safe AI Approach and how it can be used to make money, think about the Pope, and introduce our new US correspondent. Thanks for listening. We welcome suggestions for topics, criticism and a few stars on Apple, Spotify and Co. We thank our partner SIEMENS…
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What Super Agers Reveal About Preventing Disease
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42:16American healthcare is in crisis—but what if we could change the system by preventing disease before it starts? In this episode of the a16z Podcast, general partner Vijay Pande sits down with Dr. Eric Topol, founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute and one of the most cited researchers in medicine, to explore the cutting…
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Join Dan Vega as he welcomes Sergi Almar, founder and organizer of Spring I/O, one of the biggest Spring conferences in the world. In this special episode, Dan and Sergi dive into what attendees can expect at Spring I/O 2025 in Barcelona. Sergi reveals the behind-the-scenes process of how he and his team plan and run this massive developer event ye…
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Ep. 165 - Why Most SaaS Ads Fail (and What to Do Instead)
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31:55Guest: Ken Lempit, President & Chief Business Builder at Austin Lawrence Group Are your SaaS ads actually doing their job, or just burning budget? In this week’s episode of SaaS Backwards, Ken Lempit and Jason Myers of Austin Lawrence Group go deep on what GTM leaders get wrong about advertising in 2025: Why most SaaS ads look and sound the same (a…
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S4E11 - Spring Cloud with Ryan Baxter & Spencer Gibb
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1:00:19Get ready for the latest news about Spring Cloud with our guests, Ryan Baxter and Spencer Gibb! In this episode, they'll discuss all things new and exciting in Spring Cloud 2025.0.0-RC1. Join Dan Vega and DaShaun Carter as they talk Spring Cloud. Service discovery, configuration management, circuit breaking, API Gateways and more. Learn how to leve…
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Pandora’s Box: Why Buying Leads Won’t Save Your Team
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23:52In real estate, buying leads is like opening Pandora’s box. Once you start, it’s almost impossible to stop, and it could ultimately wreck your team. It starts with the best intentions. A few agents join your newly formed team, you design a cute logo, celebrate with brunches and merch, and dream of building an empire. But when the agents don’t produ…
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Multi-Agent Generative Systems (MAGS) for transforming industrial processes
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48:39Peter talks to Pieter van Schalkwyck, CEO at XMPRO about Multi-Agent Generative Systems (MAGS) for transforming industrial processes. Thanks for listening. We welcome suggestions for topics, criticism and a few stars on Apple, Spotify and Co. We thank our partner SIEMENSBy Robert Weber / Peter Seeberg
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Startups & Defense: Katherine Boyle on TBPN
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33:20In this episode of th a16z Podcast, we’re sharing Katherine Boyle’s recent interview on TBPN. Katherine—General Partner at a16z and the architect of the American Dynamism thesis—joins hosts John Coogan and Jordi Hays to discuss the state of the movement today. They cover the Department of Defense’s sweeping reform efforts, the role of startups in n…
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Do You Really Know Your ICP? Why It Matters and How to Find Out
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35:55Your ideal customer profile (ICP) is the north star for your entire company: it determines who you’re building for and selling to. Though most growth-stage founders think they know who their ICP is, very few know how to update and refine it to keep the company focused as they grow—which can lead to a lot of headaches down the road. In this debut ep…
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From Chaos to Clarity with Doyne Farmer: Why Agent-Based Models Matter Now
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47:20On this episode of The Flux, agent-based models (ABMs) have long lived on the fringes of mainstream economics but that’s changing. Doyne Farmer breaks down how advances in computing and data are fueling a new era of bottom-up modeling. He explains where ABMs outperform traditional models, why certain fields (like epidemiology and traffic systems) a…
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