# a16z Podcast Markdown copy of https://realalpha.app/shows/a16z/ on Real Alpha, the best minutes from long interviews with the people building AI. Cite and link the page, not this copy. [Best AI podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/ai-podcasts/) Investing and business · [No. 4 of 37 AI podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/ai-podcasts/#a16z) a16z Podcast is an investing and business show, hosted by Erik Torenberg, with a new episode every day. 22 moments cut from 9 episodes, 11 with an AI builder talking, mostly on AI agents and chips & GPUs. Also [No. 3 of 18 tech podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/tech-podcasts/#a16z) and [No. 2 of 17 business podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/business-podcasts/#a16z). - [Erik Torenberg](https://realalpha.app/hosts/) **New episodes** Daily **Latest** Oct 22, 2026 **Moments cut** 22 **Episodes cut** 9 What its moments are about - AI agents 4 - Chips & GPUs 4 - AI startups 3 - Open-weight models 3 - Inference & cost 3 - Cybersecurity 3 ## Best moments from a16z Podcast From its most-watched episodes, best first. Each plays right here. 1. a16z Podcast · Mar 12, 2026 · 5 min **[Military technology helps deter attacks and bring warfighters home](https://realalpha.app/s/military-technology-helps-deter-attacks-and-bring/)** > “And if you look what happened in Operation Midnight Hammer, what happened in Venezuela, what's so far happening in Iran, you see one society just totally dominating.” a16z Podcast [7:08](https://realalpha.app/v/Wj6ttdIeBnE/?t=428) 2. a16z Podcast · Sep 30, 2026 · 5 min **[AI adoption looks broad but is shallow, with power users far ahead](https://realalpha.app/s/ai-adoption-looks-broad-but-is-shallow-with-power-users-far/)** > “if you think about live deployments at S&P 500 companies, that's at 69 percent.” a16z Podcast [18:14](https://realalpha.app/v/lr3hNhA0IfQ/?t=1094) 3. a16z Podcast · Oct 14, 2026 · 5 min **[Why distillation explains less of China's AI progress than assumed](https://realalpha.app/s/why-distillation-explains-less-of-chinas-ai-progress-than/)** > “And distillation is a way to effectively spend more money to get what is compute equivalent. Like outputs from a language model are a function of compute.” a16z Podcast [9:37](https://realalpha.app/v/BKuK0M6oDTI/?t=577) 4. a16z Podcast · Oct 12, 2026 · 3 min **[RSI means the improver is the thing being improved](https://realalpha.app/s/rsi-means-the-improver-is-the-thing-being-improved/)** > “if you have a system where the improvee, the things being improved, is also the thing that's doing the improvement, you now have a new way to think about it.” a16z Podcast [5:51](https://realalpha.app/v/3Q1mdn5ZGvM/?t=351) 5. a16z Podcast · Oct 9, 2026 · 5 min **[AI speeds chip design, but fab, memory and power still bind](https://realalpha.app/s/ai-speeds-chip-design-but-fab-memory-and-power-still-bind/)** > “I can design the thing in three months, but I can't actually get it into real silicon at scale for nine months.” a16z Podcast [9:49](https://realalpha.app/v/1Q_7yU7FZ1k/?t=589) 6. a16z Podcast · Oct 8, 2026 · 4 min **[AWS reserves GPU capacity to support startups](https://realalpha.app/s/aws-reserves-gpu-capacity-to-support-startups/)** > “We choose not to do that because we actually want to keep growing the full ecosystem.” a16z Podcast [18:50](https://realalpha.app/v/rn_afJaPldg/?t=1130) ## The best a16z Podcast episodes Ranked as our lists rank shows: a point for each best minute we cut from it, one more when an AI builder is talking, and one more when it cleared our views bar. 1. 01 [Palantir CEO on Iran, AI Weapons and American Domination | a16z American Dynamism Summit](https://realalpha.app/v/Wj6ttdIeBnE/) Mar 12, 2026 · 3 moments 2. 02 [Can Open Models Keep Up With OpenAI and Anthropic? | Nathan Lambert](https://realalpha.app/v/BKuK0M6oDTI/) Oct 14, 2026 · 3 moments 3. 03 [The Frontier Ideas a16z Wants to Fund Now | Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz & Chris Dixon](https://realalpha.app/v/-9XQMHhpypc/) Oct 22, 2026 · 3 moments 4. 04 [AI, Infrastructure, and the Next Investment Cycle](https://realalpha.app/v/lr3hNhA0IfQ/) Sep 30, 2026 · 2 moments 5. 05 [Recursive Self-Improvement and the Future of AI](https://realalpha.app/v/3Q1mdn5ZGvM/) Oct 12, 2026 · 2 moments ## The 12 guests we’ve cut - [Alex Karp](https://realalpha.app/builders/alex-karp/) Co-founder & CEO, Palantir 5 moments - [Jad Naous](https://realalpha.app/builders/jad-naous/) Founder & CEO, Grepr 4 moments - [Nathan Lambert](https://realalpha.app/builders/nathan-lambert/) Co-founder & executive director, Trillium Labs 3 moments - [Matt Garman](https://realalpha.app/builders/matt-garman/) CEO, AWS 3 moments - [Dhaval Adjodah](https://realalpha.app/builders/dhaval-adjodah/) Co-founder & CEO, MakerMaker.AI 2 moments - [Kevin Mandia](https://realalpha.app/people/kevin-mandia/) 5 moments - [Marc Andreessen](https://realalpha.app/people/marc-andreessen/) Co-founder & General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz 3 moments - [Chris Dixon](https://realalpha.app/people/chris-dixon/) 3 moments - [Pat Gelsinger](https://realalpha.app/people/pat-gelsinger/) General partner, Playground Global 3 moments - [Martin Casado](https://realalpha.app/people/martin-casado/) General partner, Andreessen Horowitz 1 moment - [Sarah Wang](https://realalpha.app/people/sarah-wang/) General partner, a16z 1 moment - [Alex Immerman](https://realalpha.app/people/alex-immerman/) 1 moment ## Recent episodes - a16z Podcast **[The Frontier Ideas a16z Wants to Fund Now | Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz & Chris Dixon](https://realalpha.app/v/-9XQMHhpypc/)** Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz & 1 more [18:13](https://realalpha.app/v/-9XQMHhpypc/?t=1093) of 1:00:35 · Oct 22 - a16z Podcast **[Should You Trust ChatGPT With Your Health?](https://realalpha.app/v/9n0MI4D7TCM/)** Karan Singhal · OpenAI 7.7K views · Oct 20 - a16z Podcast **[Why a $1M Startup Wasn’t Worth Building in the Age of AI](https://realalpha.app/v/o_5f4N6Nq80/)** Jean-Denis Greze & Alex Rampell 22.5K views · Oct 19 - a16z Podcast **[Why AI Can Write Code But Can’t Keep It Running (Yet)](https://realalpha.app/v/blkIGLlZePg/)** Jad Naous & Martin Casado [17:52](https://realalpha.app/v/blkIGLlZePg/?t=1072) of 58:58 · Oct 16 - a16z Podcast **[Can Open Models Keep Up With OpenAI and Anthropic? | Nathan Lambert](https://realalpha.app/v/BKuK0M6oDTI/)** Nathan Lambert · Founder, Trillium [8:53](https://realalpha.app/v/BKuK0M6oDTI/?t=533) of 58:49 · Oct 14 - a16z Podcast **[Recursive Self-Improvement and the Future of AI](https://realalpha.app/v/3Q1mdn5ZGvM/)** Dhaval Adjodah & Owen He · MakerMaker.AI [4:08](https://realalpha.app/v/3Q1mdn5ZGvM/?t=248) of 32:07 · Oct 12 ## Host this show? 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