Episode Appearances
This Week in Startups · Apr 3, 2026
AI Rebuilt Every YC W26 Startup. Should Founders Be Scared? | E2271
“Early Apple investor who wrote 1977 investment memo calling it 'leading company in hot biz'”
AI Agent Capabilities and LimitationsStartup Defensibility and Competitive MoatsAI-Generated Marketing and Regulatory Compliance
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The a16z Show · Feb 10, 2026
Marc Andreessen: Who Runs the World’s AI?
“Venture capitalist quoted for rule that 'more startups die of indigestion than starvation'”
AI Geopolitical CompetitionProductivity Growth EconomicsOpen Source vs Proprietary AI Models
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Founders · Feb 4, 2026
#411 Tortured Into Greatness: The Life of Andre Agassi
“Sequoia founder quoted on importance of storytelling in business and capital formation”
Parental influence and inherited trauma in high-performance developmentSelf-talk and mental conditioning techniques for athletes and entrepreneursPerfectionism as a limiting belief system
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Acquired · Jan 21, 2025
TSMC (Remastered)
“Early semiconductor industry veteran at Sylvania and Fairchild; founded Sequoia Capital, pioneered VC investing”
Semiconductor manufacturing and foundry business modelsCompetitive moats and process power in capital-intensive industriesHorizontal vs. vertical integration in technology value chains
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