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Tokens Are the New Dollars | Stripe's Will Gaybrick & David George
- ▶ 34:08 David George And by the way, you know, the, the quality is actually pretty good and he's, you know, he posts them on Spotify.
The Economics of AI Usage and What's Next For SaaS | Benedict Evans on a16z
- ▶ 31:04 Benedict Evans Um, much more contemporary example would be to point to something like YouTube, or indeed point to Spotify. 2 times in the scene
How Bots, Deepfakes and AI Agents Are Forcing a New Internet Identity Layer | Alex Blania on a16z
- ▶ 21:18 Erik Torenberg Well, the whole sort of the creator economy platforms of the last decade, you know, Substack, Spotify, and all the people who support artists or, you know, Patreon, et cetera, creators, YouTubers, they have a personal relationship with,…
The Biggest Bottlenecks For AI: Energy & Cooling
- ▶ 28:12 unnamed speaker But also people are paying for this, and it's an interesting juxtaposition when you think about the last cycle of things we paid for, so to speak, like a Spotify, you know, subscription or a Netflix subscription, where as soon as, you…
Ben Horowitz on Investing in AI: AI Bubbles, Economic Impact, and VC Acceleration
How AI Will Transform Fintech In 2026
- ▶ 22:41 unnamed speaker I think, um, you know, in some markets, people were entering the formal financial economy for the first time, and so offering a fee-free mobile first, you know, bank account and a, and a debit card, you know, literally gave them access to,…
Why Creativity Will Matter More Than Code | Kevin Rose and Anish Acharya
- ▶ 1:02:42 Kevin Rose Prompt to album artwork, to publish song, like on Spotify, like in like a few hours.
- ▶ 1:08:25 Kevin Rose Then I'm going to tie it into the Spotify API.
Chris Dixon on How to Build Networks, Movements, and AI-Native Products
- ▶ 36:44 Anish Acharya Oh, I mean, even in the media case, you know, like my Spotify library is probably much more useful for generating music that I like versus my articulation of it.
Hey Tech, Come to Healthcare
- ▶ 4:55 Steph Smith And we're seeing founders from Instacart, Spotify, and Coinbase.
- ▶ 23:13 Vijay Pande So like in streaming music, it's something like Spotify
- ▶ 36:05 Vijay Pande Kind of like the Spotify in my pockets, the same Spotify, um, Elon Musk has, you know, the same Spotify billionaires have. 3 times in the scene
What Comes After Mobile? Meta’s Andrew Bosworth on AI and Consumer Tech
- ▶ 15:32 Andrew Bosworth And the first thing I think of is like, who is my provider that going to be?
Vibe Coding is Here - How AI is Changing How We Build Online
- ▶ 31:40 unnamed speaker But I think especially, um, for more, like, aesthetically oriented, um, people, or just everyday consumers thinking about it, it's like, wouldn't it be cool if I could, like, upload a screenshot of my Instagram page, or if I could upload…
7 Ways to Boost Retention (Both Pre- and Post-AI)
Politics & the Future of Tech
- ▶ 24:52 Ben Horowitz You know, particularly, uh, with Apple, I think the, um, kind of the Epic case and the, uh, Spotify cases are really great examples of that where, you know, I am, I am fielding, you know, a product that's competitive with Spotify and, um,… 3 times in the scene
Future of Crypto, Blockchain & Web3 w/ Chris Dixon
- ▶ 27:09 Chris Dixon For, um, Vision Pro because they're, you know, the Spotify's of the world because they'd been so screwed over.
What is the Future of Hollywood?
- ▶ 9:57 Ben Horowitz So I'm getting into that distribution business as opposed to I'm going to look at the content side of the business and make any changes.
- ▶ 11:29 Marc Andreessen So one is there's an interesting difference between the streaming music business and the streaming video business, which, and I forget who said this, but somebody came up with this, this idea years ago when these, these, these companies… 7 times in the scene
Are Autonomous Vehicles Finally Here? Buckle up!
- ▶ 57:32 unnamed speaker I imagine like this being personalized as well in the future, you know, the climate control, the music, hooking up to Spotify.
Evolve or Die: The Future of the Creative Process, Artist Authenticity, and the Value of the Music
- ▶ 54:53 Piff Marti And the goal of all of these platforms, like Instagram, TikTok, Spotify, uh, Apple Music, is to have users use their app as long as possible.
Digital Humans and the Story Behind Lil Miquela
- ▶ 7:29 Steph Smith I mean, you also worked at Spotify.
- ▶ 17:46 unnamed speaker I guess today the technology is getting better, but like, what are the technologies that are going into creating little Michaela and then not just look Michaela on Instagram, but these music videos, I think she's on Spotify.
- ▶ 24:55 Trevor McFedries Like, you know, maybe a. 10,000 people are releasing music on Spotify this Friday.
The Marketplace 100: A Glimpse Into the Future of Commerce
- ▶ 30:44 Zach Cohen There are companies like Dice, which is really helping with discovery and you plug into Spotify and you're able to recommend your artists and see shows near you.
The Art and Science of Podcasting with Sriram and Aarthi
- ▶ 32:26 Steph Smith I don't think you're gonna sell to something like Spotify, and so what is the end state of this?
Expert AI as a Healthcare Superpower
- ▶ 37:51 Vijay Pande Well, your comment about music is really interesting, because now we've got Spotify, so we've got everything in your pocket. 2 times in the scene
The Future of NFTs
- ▶ 2:21 Chris Dixon Until now you, you were, um, you know, the ways you would make money on the internet were mostly mediated through large platforms, through social networks that have algorithmic feeds and have ads, you know, through larger services that…
How Gaming is Changing the Media Landscape
- ▶ 30:50 John Riccitiello Um, the music industry and its, its way of working is transformed fundamentally around Spotify, Pandora, and other music services, Apple and others have them.
Four Trends in Consumer Tech
- ▶ 5:15 Connie Chan Spotify, a music streaming service, knows a lot about my musical interests. 6 times in the scene
What's Next for the Internet?
- ▶ 39:06 Jonah Peretti If you're Gen X, Y, or Z, or anyone actually who's, who's using the internet, you're used to being able to watch any show on the streaming services, watch, um, listen to any song on Spotify, um, you know, go to any travel destination with…
a16z Podcast | Cryptonetworks as Emerging Economies (Done Right?)
- ▶ 1:17 Sonal Chokshi And last but not least, we have two of our partners from a six and Z crypto, Jesse Walden and Dennis Nazarov, formerly co-founders of media chain, which was acquired by Spotify.
a16z Podcast | Talent, Tech Trends, and Culture -- with Ben, Marc, and Tyler Cowen
- ▶ 17:02 Marc Andreessen I'll fire up Spotify tonight.
a16z Podcast | How the Internet Happened
- ▶ 15:21 Brian McCullough And so, you know, the direct analogy is Spotify, right? 2 times in the scene
a16z Podcast | Building Crypto, from Vision to Reality
- ▶ 24:04 Chris Dixon If you look at musicians today, they make most of their money offline, because they don't get much from the labels through Spotify, and through merchandising, and so the idea with NFTs is digital merchandising.
a16z Podcast | Technological Trends, Capital, and Internet 'Disruption'
- ▶ 20:33 Fred Wilson Then there's the new enterprise companies, the Spotify's of the world, right? 3 times in the scene
a16z Podcast | Crypto And The Evolution Of Open Source
- ▶ 0:34 Sonal Chokshi Which was acquired by Spotify in 2017.
- ▶ 25:10 Jesse Walden You know, instead of having to redeploy something like Spotify or, or iTunes, you know, where everyone has to build their own library up from scratch, you just have the library, and you, you now, like, compete for 4 times in the scene
a16z Podcast | Reinventing Food
- ▶ 8:44 Ushma Garg Long term, we think about what is best for you to eat based on your genetics, your age, your background, your taste preferences, and we try to personalize food in the same way that Spotify has developed a fingerprint for music.
a16z Podcast | Addiction vs Popularity in the Age of Virality
- ▶ 25:44 Derek Thompson Spotify, when they were initially designing their incredible program, Discover Weekly, they initially wanted it to be entirely new songs.
a16z Podcast | Technology, Mobility, and the American Dream
- ▶ 2:52 Tyler Cowen You said we're beginning to see this affect the physical world, and I think that's right, but if you look at the actual trend for the last 10 or 15 years, it's that you can stay at home and be happy for a week or longer, and have…
a16z Podcast | Cars and Cities, the Autonomy Edition
- ▶ 14:45 Taggart Matheson Spotify. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 17:35 Taggart Matheson It's really more around, there's an app, there's an experience like Spotify and Netflix. 2 times in the scene
a16z Podcast | Knowledge Builds Technology and Technology Builds Knowledge -- with Joel Mokyr
- ▶ 33:34 Joel Mokyr What Spotify gives me is not only something that is extremely inexpensive or virtually free, but it also gives me a variety. 2 times in the scene
a16z Podcast | Scaling Ideas and Startups in the U.K. and Europe
- ▶ 0:51 Michael Copeland Who is a long-time entrepreneur and investor and was the man at Spotify for Daniel Ek, who sort of got everything done.
- ▶ 8:30 Shaq (Shakil Khan) And there's enough room for American companies, a lot of the time, just to win the USA, because one, it's got population, but two, the revenue per user that you can get, whereas you take a market like Sweden, the reason why Spotify partly…
- ▶ 16:31 Shaq (Shakil Khan) Ended up meeting Daniel Ek when he was 22 years old with an idea of Spotify, and I put half of my net worth into the company before there was a product. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 33:21 Shaq (Shakil Khan) Who are trying to send remittances for their loved ones or their friends, et cetera, who get charged the most, and TransferWise is doing an amazing job, and I hope this goes down as, you know, one of the biggest companies ever to come out…
a16z Podcast | Building Tech Startups in a Place Where Tech Isn’t Everything
- ▶ 5:01 Nick Babayan Well, I mean, I think the list is pretty long of, you know, Spotify and Skype, and I mean, there's, yeah, there's a whole bunch of success stories.
a16z Podcast | Advertising vs. Micropayments in the Age of Ad Blockers
- ▶ 7:37 Chris Dixon Um, Spotify, in many ways, is a payment bundler. 2 times in the scene
a16z Podcast | Location, Location, Location -- and Mobile
- ▶ 18:48 Benedict Evans And everything happened inside that, and so the internet experience was a web browser and a mouse and a keyboard, and yes, there was Spotify and Skype and what have you around the edges, but basically it was a browser, and the smartphone…
a16z Podcast | Apple Gets Its Music Streaming and Gives News Another Try
- ▶ 11:07 Benedict Evans Um, and then you, as Jimmy Ivine pointed out, okay, you've got to follow them on Instagram and Facebook and Twitter and go to the website and inside Spotify or iTunes or whatever it is to get all the stuff.
- ▶ 23:44 Benedict Evans Um, how do we fundamentally, you know, create a differentiated reason to use music from Apple as opposed to, well, let's just clone Spotify, um, or buy Spotify. 2 times in the scene
a16z Podcast | Messaging is the Medium
- ▶ 23:49 Benedict Evans Obviously, you have email sitting inside a client, and then you have things like Spotify and Skype around the sides.
a16z Podcast | Searching for Mobile's Third OS
- ▶ 7:49 Kurt McMaster Um, so if you were to sit down with any product manager at Facebook or Spotify or Amazon, um,
a16z Podcast | Enough with the Old Stuff -- Time for New Questions in Mobile
- ▶ 12:26 Benedict Evans And yes, you had email and Skype and Spotify and a few things around the side, but basically the internet experience was a web browser in a kind of rectangular box on your, on your monitor.
a16z Podcast | Searching for Mobile’s Own PageRank
- ▶ 1:09 Benedict Evans And you had a few exceptions like, you know, Spotify and Skype and stuff, but basically everything happened in the browser.
a16z Podcast | Apple and Google Won the Mobile OS War, But a New War Has Already Begun
- ▶ 13:42 Benedict Evans You know, there were a few things like Spotify and Skype around the edges, but basically for 20 years, the web, the internet and the web were the same thing.
When Advertising Isn't Enough
- ▶ 2:24 Connie Chan Or take a look at Spotify, over 90% of their revenue comes from subscriptions.
- ▶ 18:49 Connie Chan Think about being able to make money when you listen to music on Spotify.
Crypto and the Evolution of Open Source
- ▶ 23:52 unnamed speaker You know, instead of having to redeploy something like Spotify or, or iTunes, you know, where everyone has to build their own library up from scratch, you just have the library, and you now, like, compete for 4 times in the scene
How 'Going Direct' Changes Everything: for Brands, Retail, Marketing, and Advertising
- ▶ 1:25 unnamed speaker Spotify and Apple Music have come in.
Mobile Is Eating the World, 2015
- ▶ 11:07 Benedict Evans Say for 20 years, the internet meant a web browser and a mouse and a keyboard, and there were a few things around the side, like email or Spotify or Skype, but fundamentally, most people's internet experience was a web browser and a mouse…