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In this episode of Zone of Genius, we explore our cultural connection to sports.

In the first episode of the Cultural Leadership Fund’s Zone of Genius series, we sit down with leaders in music, Doug E. Fresh, Dre Lyon, Nicole Wyskoarko, and Piff Marti.

Guests Julia Collins, Nyesha Arrington, and Alvin Salehi sit down with the Cultural Leadership Fund to share their insights about our ties to food. From comfort and safety to supply chain to the only way to make a proper mac n cheese, explore the many ways technology and the food industry impacts what we eat.

Hear from a16z CLF's nonprofit partners and leaders about their organizations' work and why technology represents a meaningful opportunity to advance Black wealth generation.

There’s been a false dichotomy in technology and management lore over the past decade, between “brain” and “brawn”, digital and physical, independence and interdependence, software culture v...

In just the last couple years, ransomware has grown into a multibillion dollar industry. It has evolved from taking systems and servers hostage to stealing data, and it has proven capable of shutting down global organiza...

When you hear stories about Amazon’s “invention machine” — which led to a company with not just one or two products but several successful diverse lines of business — we often hear about thi...

“In a year that left us speechless, 2020 has been filled with new words unlike any other”… so it’s unprecedented that for the first time, the Oxford English Dictionary did NOT name a word of the year....

We’re back to covering multiple items on our show 16 Minutes — which covers the news, occasional explainers, and teases apart what’s hype/ what’s real — as well as where we are on the long a...

How to moderate good, productive discussions and navigate tricky conversations is top of mind — whether doing a panel, conducting a live event, presenting a talk (or even hosting a podcast), managing (or just parti...

“The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they’re indistinguishable from it.” That quote from computer scientist Mark Weiser ...

In one of our special “2x” episodes of 16 Minutes (32ish minutes;) — our show where we quickly cover the headlines and tech trends, offering analysis, frameworks, explainers, and more — we cover t...

Insights from leaders at OpenAI, Microsoft, Anthropic, Databricks, Character.AI, Roblox, insitro, and Figma on where we are, where we're going, and the open questions for building the next wave of AI.

We’re leading a Seed investment in Proof of Play, an on-chain game studio and tech company that’s committed to building a future with composability, interoperability, and permanence at the core of gameplay.

TipTop creates tools that reduce the consumer code of owning products. They offer customers a guaranteed buyback price at the time of purchase, so they only pay for the product while they need it.

a16z will lead the Series A of Moment, a new company building infrastructure that abstracts away the complexities of embedding fixed income investments in any application.

These founders are tackling big challenges ranging from improving wellness through video games to addressing absenteeism in K-12 schools through a learn-to-earn model to delivering affordable internet service to underserved communities.

Socket monitors open source packages for the most important security issues, covering the spectrum of risk across the software supply chain.

We’re thrilled to announce Anjney Midha will be joining a16z as a general partner to lead our growing AI efforts.

As we strive to find and support the most ambitious life sciences founders, we also work to connect these founders with exceptional advisors who have traveled the journey before.

Apex’s flagship Aries platform satellite bus is being manufactured for scale, targeting both commercial and defense companies where speed is critical.