Andrew Chen (a16z speedrun) on the Future of AI Startups, Speedrun & Why Coding Will Be as Easy as Making Videos

About this episode

Andrew Chen discusses the future of AI startups and the ease of coding in the context of technological advancements.

Andrew Chen, General Partner at a16z speedrun, joins us on Agentic to discuss what actually gets founders accepted into speedrun and why AI might be bigger than mobile, internet, and cloud combined.

People in this episode

Host: George Bandarian

Guest: Andrew Chen

Topics covered

• AI startups
• founder acceptance
• technology trends
• coding
• future of AI

Keywords

• AI
• startups
• coding
• technology
• a16z
• speedrun
• founders

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Organizations: a16z speedrun, Agentic

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