a16z Podcast

2023 Big Ideas in Technology (Part 1)

Connie Chan, Anne Lee Skates, Jack Soslow, Doug McCracken, Sarah Wang, and Sumeet Singh

Posted January 24, 2023

At the end of 2022, our team at a16z asked dozens of partners across the firm to spotlight one big idea that startups in their fields could tackle in 2023.

Emerging from this exercise came 40+ builder-worthy pursuits for the year, ranging from entertainment franchise games to precision delivery of medicine to small modular reactors, and of course loads of AI applications.

In our 2-part series, we’ll be covering 12 of these big ideas with the partners that shared them. Here in part 1, we’ll cover Consumer, Games, and Enterprise, with a little Fintech sprinkled in.

Listen in as we chat with Connie Chan, Anne Lee Skates, Jack Soslow, Doug McCracken, Sarah Wang, and Sumeet Singh.

And for the full list of 40+ ideas, check out the full article: https://a16z.com/2022/12/15/big-ideas-in-tech-2023/

Show Notes

(1:30) Breakthroughs in Buying (Finally!) – Connie Chan

(16:40) Unlocking the “Third Place” – Anne Lee Skates

(30:14) Games as a Neverending Turing Test – Jack Soslow

(46:09) The Metaverse Goes Fashion Forward – Doug McCracken

(59:24) Generative AI Advances Beyond “Text to Image” to Complex Workflows – Sarah Wang

(1:12:23) Embracing Large Language Models and Maintaining Trust – Sumeet Singh

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The a16z Podcast discusses the most important ideas within technology with the people building it. Each episode aims to put listeners ahead of the curve, covering topics like AI, energy, genomics, space, and more.

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