a16z Podcast: Big Data Goes Really Big
Big Data is evolving. It’s moving from the sole domain of the high priests of data science, to something that practically every organization -- big and small -- and every group within that organizatio...
24 Jul 201526min
a16z Podcast: Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?
Regulation always lags behind technology, but by 80-plus years?! U.S. Representatives Fred Upton and Greg Walden -- of the Energy and Commerce Committee including the subcommittee on Communications an...
22 Jul 201517min
a16z Podcast: It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It -- When Language Meets Big Data
When most people think of big data they think of numbers, but it turns out that a lot of big data -- a lot of the output of our work and activity as humans in fact -- is in the form of words. So what ...
16 Jul 201534min
a16z Podcast: Bitcoin's Growing Pains -- and Possibilities
Bitcoin has had more than its share of drama. There is, of course, the mystery surrounding its anonymous founder (or perhaps, founders) Satoshi Nakamoto. More recently, there's been a battle over whet...
10 Jul 201521min
a16z Podcast: The Changing Relationship Between Tech and Government
Just a few years ago if you were mayor of Washington D.C. –- or any other city -- you didn’t have to wrap your head around the likes of Airbnb, Lyft, and other companies in the fast-growing 'sharing e...
10 Jul 201517min
a16z Podcast: Latinos and the Tech Economy -- U.S. Reps. Sanchez and Gallego Talk Bridging the Gaps
There is a gap between the technology industry and the fastest growing portion of today’s workforce and the workforce of the future: Latinos -- argue U.S. Representatives Loretta Sanchez (California) ...
9 Jul 201524min
a16z Podcast: Is Entrepreneurship a Universal Language?
In this special international edition of the a16z Podcast, Mohsen Malayeri, co-founder of Avatech -- one of the more prominent startup accelerators in Iran among many (much like Y Combinator in the U....
1 Jul 201542min
a16z Podcast: Layering Tech and Culture in Iran
In this special international edition of the a16z Podcast, Nazanin Daneshvar, co-founder and CEO of Takhfifan, the "Groupon of Iran", shares her experiences and broader observations about the startup ...
30 Jun 201519min
