a16z’s Martin Casado - building with AI
Apr 08, 2025•50 min•Ep. 190
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Episode description
Martin Casado is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where he focuses on AI and infrastructure investments. He previously co-founded Nicira which was acquired by VMware for $1.2 billion in 2012.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Martin and Auren discuss:
- Economics of open source AI
- Chinese AI innovation with DeepSeek
- Model collapse and data moats
- Regulatory challenges in AI
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Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com)
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