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The AI Opportunity that goes beyond Models Jan 19, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 23:38 Alex Rampell Um, their modes matter, in fact, more than ever, because the one thing that's happened in software is once upon a time there was a company called WordPerfect, and WordPerfect kind of like kept growing for a very, very long time, or once… 3 times in the scene

Why AI Moats Still Matter (And How They've Changed) Dec 3, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 28:03 Alex Rampell Because why is it, I, I published this graph of Visicalc versus Lotus one, two, three versus Excel. 2 times in the scene

a16z Podcast | Location, Location, Location -- and Mobile Jan 2, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 8:01 Steve Cheney So things like VisiCal came about, and other applications came about, and that was powerful.

a16z Podcast | Coding as Literacy Jan 2, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 19:47 Chris Granger You had VisiCalc, and then you had games, and the vast majority of people I know who started programming young programmed because they wanted to build games, myself included, right?
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