a16z Podcast: Pulse Check on Consumer Tech Trends 2019, CES and Beyond
Every year, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) puts the latest and greatest developments in consumer technology on display in Vegas. But beyond the excitement and the hype, what’s really here — or...
View ArticleNotes on Security in 2019
Editor’s Note: These notes — as well as information posted from the FS-ISAC newsletter (permitted to be distributed without restriction) — were shared by operating partner (and former Chief Security...
View ArticleWhat’s in the Water at the Church Lab? A Conversation Between George Church...
Editor’s note: This article is based on an episode of the a16z podcast, which you can listen to here. Renowned scientist George Church is known for his groundbreaking work and methods used for the...
View ArticleSuperhuman
I spend hours and hours in my inbox every single day. When I was CEO of OpenDNS, I would triage constantly to not block some critical path for my team. In particular I dreaded the “death spiral” of...
View Article16 Minutes on the News #3: Fortnite, Esports, Gaming, & Entertainment
This is episode #3 of our new show, 16 Minutes, where we quickly cover recent headlines of the week, the a16z way — why they’re in the news; why they matter from our vantage point in tech — … The post...
View ArticleSocial Networking in 2030: How Could Crypto Change Things?
One of the most popular applications on the internet is social media, for better… and for worse. So if we were to imagine how crypto and blockchains could transform social networking in the future,...
View Articlea16z Podcast: New Business Models for Gaming
The combination of cloud, social, and mobile took gaming beyond a small base of just console- and PC-gamers to a massive player base. But the underlying business model — the concept of “free-to-play”,...
View ArticleEngineering the Genome: Challenges and Opportunities in the Next Wave of...
Editor’s Note: For exclusive access to download this complete deck, please sign up for our a16z Bio Newsletter here. The new wave of technologies being used to rewrite our genetic code is becoming...
View Article16 Minutes on the News #11: CRISPR! Policy, Platform, Trials
This is the 11th episode of 16 Minutes, a weekly show where we quickly cover the top headlines of the week, the a16z Podcast way: why are these topics in the news; what’s real, what’s hype — from our...
View ArticleState of Play: Six Trends Revolutionizing Games
Games have come a long way since Pong. Consisting of a single white pixel bouncing across the screen—a crude simulation of table tennis—the 1972 arcade classic was the nascent gaming industry’s first...
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