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How Marc Andreessen Actually Uses AI

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How Marc Andreessen Actually Uses AI

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a16z Podcast

a16z Podcast

5 DAYS AGO
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Half a billion people can access the world’s best AI on their phone. So why are most using it to write emails while only some are using it to build empires? In this conversation with Mark Halperin from Next Up, Marc Andreessen reveals why small bakeries a...

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Artificial intelligence is no longer confined to elite labs or corporate boardrooms—it's in the hands of billions, reshaping how people and businesses think, create, and compete. Yet access alone doesn’t guarantee transformation. What separates those who use AI for mundane tasks from those building revolutionary ventures?
02:58
The best AI is available to anyone with a smartphone app
14:51
AI has learned patterns of jokes and what makes people laugh, making it a world-class expert in humor
22:12
China's command economy allows efficient execution of national AI and industrial priorities
26:53
If you want to build leading-edge technology from scratch, consider being in Silicon Valley.
29:03
Almost all interesting AI companies in the West are in Silicon Valley

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Why are small bakeries adopting AI faster than big corporations?
00:00
How can AI become your most creative business advisor?
10:28
Is the U.S. winning the AI race against China?
19:27
Does location still matter in the age of global AI access?
26:53
Why did Silicon Valley pull innovation back after the remote work era?
29:03

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Marc Andreessen: This is already probably the most democratic, you know. Small d technology of all time, in the sense of the very best AI in the world, is fully available on the apps that anybody can download. This is just a completely different kind of co...