Middle East
4 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Chris Schroeder · said 102 times in 49 episodes since 2019 · across every show →
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brought up most by Marc Andreessen (17), Chris Schroeder (12), Erik Torenberg (7), Ben Horowitz (7), Alex Pruden (6), Sonal Chokshi (4), Teresa Carlson (3), Brad Feld (3)
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2026 8 mentions in 6 episodes 1 per episode
- Ben Horowitz on the Global Race for Tech, Power, and Influence
- Palantir CEO on Iran, AI Weapons and American Domination | a16z American Dynamism Summit
- Why AI Demand Is Outrunning Compute Supply
- Building a Company in Stealth | Travis Kalanick with a16z
- Why Physical AI Is the Next Frontier | The a16z Show
- Goldman Sachs Chairman on Why Finance Adopts AI Differently | a16z
- every mention in 2026, scene by scene →
2025 28 mentions in 13 episodes 2 per episode
- Keith Rabois: Israel, OpenAI, Opendoor, and DOGE
- Adam Neumann: This is How You Build Iconic Companies
- Sacks, Andreessen & Horowitz: How America Wins the AI Race Against China
- Dylan Patel on the AI Chip Race - NVIDIA, Intel & the US Government vs. China
- Rick Rubin: Vibe Coding is the Punk Rock of Software
- Marc Andreessen: The US is in a AI Arms Race & It Decides The World's Future
- Tech vs. Media: Balaji Srinivasan on the Battle Shaping Our Future
- Balaji Srinivasan: How AI Will Change Politics, War, and Money
- 5 more episodes that year, every mention in 2025 →
2024 9 mentions in 6 episodes 2 per episode
2023 9 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
- Global Investing in Tech: Pattern Recognition, Founder Traits, Momentum | Field Notes by Connie Chan
- Tony Robbins on the Future of Health & Longevity
- Advancing AI, Approaching VC's & Crypto Scandals: Ask Us Anything!
- Why It's Time to Be A Techno-Optimist
- Oppenheimer & the Catastrophe of Communism
- every mention in 2023, scene by scene →
2022 2 mentions in 1 episode
2021 1 mention in 1 episode
2019 45 mentions in 17 episodes 3 per episode
- a16z Podcast | How Innovation Ecosystems Grow Around the Globe
- Blockchain in War Zones
- a16z Podcast | The Cloud and The Public Sector
- a16z Podcast | What's Next for Technology and National Security?
- a16z Podcast | Is Entrepreneurship a Universal Language?
- a16z Podcast | Security's Painful Prominence and Why There is No Turning Back
- a16z Podcast | Mobility and the Global Refugee Crisis
- a16z Podcast | Security’s Wakeup Call
- 9 more episodes that year, every mention in 2019 →
Everything said about Middle East, oldest first
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Apr 19, 2023 positive
Schroeder: Careem beat Uber in the Middle East by accepting cash payments
“One of the biggest and obvious ones was they began to offer cash payments in when you finish your ride in a Korean car, because they knew that most people in the Middle East were not comfortable yet in the safety and protection of doing a digital transaction. …”
Apr 19, 2023 negative
Schroeder: Day-one international expansion failed for most emerging market startups
“I saw companies from Africa, from the Middle East and Southeast Asia that started, you know, day one going to London and started going to Different parts of the world. And I was skeptical of it at the time. And in hindsight, I I'm proven right. Right. Because …”
Aug 5, 2025