If software’s eating the world — and more specifically, bringing costs down and increasing productivity through entire industries — why have some industries, like healthcare, been so resistant? And what could the future look like once technology really gets in?
With a16z co-founder — and author of the now nearly decade-old thesis of “software eating the world” — Marc Andreessen, in conversation with a16z bio general partner Vijay Pande. This episode originally ran on our show Bio Eats World, but we’re sharing it here in the new year as it’s very relevant for ANYone interested in, well, the future of software eating the world;)
https://a16z.com/2020/12/14/cost-disease-healthcare-baumol/
Marc Andreessen is a Cofounder and General Partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
Vijay Pande is a former GP and founder of the Bio + Health team at Andreessen Horowitz, focused on the cross-section of biology and computer science.
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