a16z Podcast

Marc Andreessen & Jack Altman: Venture Capital, AI, & Media

Marc Andreessen and Jack Altman

Posted June 11, 2025

In 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 missing a great company matters more than backing a bad one
  • The power law math behind fund size and asymmetric returns
  • AI as the next computing platform — and a test for Western civilization
  • Preference falsification, media power, and what founders can’t say out loud

This is a conversation about ambition at scale, the structure of modern venture, and the deep forces reshaping startups, innovation, and power.

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