Best software Eats The World Podcasts (2025)

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Software Isn’t Eating the World—Services Are with Sangram Vajre 46:27

7d ago46:27

46:27

Welcome to 'Playbook Broken,' the show where we investigate what's no longer working in marketing and sales, and what might work next. Our guest is Sangram Vajre, co-founder of Terminus and GTM Partners, who provides sharp, unapologetic insights into modern go-to-market (GTM) strategies. Sangram discusses why the traditional sales funnel is outdate…

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What’s keeping businesses from succeeding with first-party data? 14:58

4h ago14:58

14:58

What’s keeping businesses from succeeding with first-party data? What’s keeping your business from succeeding with first-party data? Is it silos in your tech? Silos in your organizational structure? What about internal politics? With the demise of cookies and an always shifting privacy landscape, marketing organizations continue to hear about the v…

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The Top 100 Most Used AI Apps in 2025 25:54

8h ago25:54

25:54

What are real consumers actually doing with AI today? In this episode, a16z consumer investors Olivia Moore and Justine Moore break down the fifth edition of our Consumer AI 100, a biannual ranking of the most used AI-native web and mobile products across the globe. Timecodes: 0:00 Introduction 1:45 New Companies & Trends 3:32 Companionship & Creat…

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Aaron Levie and Steven Sinofsky on the AI-Worker Future 55:56

2d ago55:56

55:56

What exactly is an AI agent, and how will agents change the way we work? In this episode, a16z general partners Erik Torenberg and Martin Casado sit down with Aaron Levie (CEO, Box) and Steven Sinofsky (a16z board partner; former Microsoft exec) to unpack one of the hottest debates in AI right now. They cover: Competing definitions of an “agent,” f…

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Ben Horowitz on How a16z Was Built 43:34

4d ago43:34

43:34

Erik Torenberg sits down with Ben Horowitz, Cofounder of a16z, for a candid conversation on venture capital, leadership, and the future of innovation. Recorded live at a16z’s Menlo Park offices in 2023, Ben shares practical wisdom and hard-earned lessons on navigating market cycles, building resilient companies, and why culture is a lasting competi…

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AI and Accelerationism with Marc Andreessen 1:09:03

5d ago1:09:03

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Marc Andreessen, cofounder Andreessen Horowitz, joins the Hermitix podcast for a conversation on AI, accelerationism, energy, and the future. From the thermodynamic roots of effective accelerationism (E/acc) to the cultural cycles of optimism and fear around new technologies, Marc shares why AI is best understood as code, how nuclear debates mirror…

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Can AI Fix Housing and Healthcare Affordability? 39:22

6d ago39:22

39:22

Housing and healthcare make up nearly half of household spending, yet both sectors are riddled with inefficiency and rising costs. In this episode, Erik Torenberg is joined by a16z Growth partner Alex Immerman and Minna Song and Tony Stoyanov, cofounders of EliseAI, to discuss why they’re tackling these critical industries and how AI can transform …

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Why Is It So Freaking Hard to Save Money? (And How to Make It Easier) 6:38

7d ago6:38

6:38

Saving vs spending... there's no question which one is more fun, right? Obviously, spending! By comparison, saving feels like a chore, something you ought to do, the responsible thing to do, but is definitely less fun. After all, you get something when you spend -- an item, an experience, a service. With saving you get, well, just more money in a p…

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A double episode: AI differentiation, and Apple does F1 46:06

7d ago46:06

46:06

How can billion dollar chatbots differentiate when they're all doing the same thing in the same way? - and - Why is tech into F1, and why is F1 into tech?By Toni Cowan-Brown, Benedict Evans

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Oren Cass & Noah Smith Debate the True Impact of Tariffs 1:12:33

7d ago1:12:33

1:12:33

Do tariffs help rebuild American manufacturing or hold it back? In this episode, American Compass founder and chief economist Oren Cass sits down with commentator and author Noah Smith and a16z General Partner Erik Torenberg for a lively debate on the future of U.S. industry. They discuss the case for tariff-driven re-industrialization versus free-…

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Dylan Patel: GPT-5, NVIDIA, Intel, Meta, Apple 1:04:59

9d ago1:04:59

1:04:59

The AI hardware race is heating up, and NVIDIA is still far ahead. What will it take to close the gap? In this episode, Dylan Patel (Founder & CEO, SemiAnalysis) joins Erin Price-Wright (General Partner, a16z), Guido Appenzeller (Partner, a16z), and host Erik Torenberg to break down the state of AI chips, data centers, and infrastructure strategy. …

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Google DeepMind Lead Researchers on Genie 3 & the Future of World-Building 41:28

11d ago41:28

41:28

Genie 3 can generate fully interactive, persistent worlds from just text, in real time. In this episode, Google DeepMind’s Jack Parker-Holder (Research Scientist) and Shlomi Fruchter (Research Director) join Anjney Midha, Marco Mascorro, and Justine Moore of a16z, with host Erik Torenberg, to discuss how they built it, the breakthrough “special mem…

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The State of American AI Policy: From ‘Pause AI’ to ‘Build’ 42:01

12d ago42:01

42:01

a16z General Partners Martin Casado and Anjney Midha join Erik Torenberg to unpack one of the most dramatic shifts in tech policy in recent memory: the move from “pause AI” to “win the AI race.” They trace the evolution of U.S. AI policy—from executive orders that chilled innovation, to the recent AI Action Plan that puts scientific progress and op…

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H20s to China + 15% with Chris Miller and Lennart Heim 1:06:33

13d ago1:06:33

1:06:33

We’re sharing an episode from ChinaTalk that dives into one of the biggest recent reversals in U.S. tech policy. The U.S. banned Nvidia’s H20 AI chips to China in April. Now, just months later, they’re being sold—with a 15% export fee. What happened? Why the reversal? And what does it mean for the future of AI competition between the U.S. and China…

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It's OK to Move Your Goalposts 7:57

14d ago7:57

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You've probably heard the term "moving the goalposts," that is, a deceptive argument strategy in which you change the question, the criteria, or the standard by which you are evaluating something. The metaphor comes from sports, and it's a good metaphor for personal finance. Early in our adult lives we make a lot choices because money is scarce -- …

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Grok, Genie 3, GPT-5 & the Rise of Vibe Coding 27:44

14d ago27:44

27:44

a16z partners Olivia and Justine Moore unpack the latest in consumer AI including: - Grok’s “Imagine” and its instant, social-first creative tools - Google’s Genie 3 and the future of 3D worlds - GPT-5: what’s new, what’s missing, and why some want their old chatbot back - AI-generated music from ElevenLabs - Olivia’s vibecoded Jensen Huang selfie …

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How to lead marketing in the great big messy real world with Kathleen Schaub 22:50

14d ago22:50

22:50

You’ve probably noticed marketing has been thrown into a bit of upheaval thanks to AI, busted playbooks and new ideas about what marketing should do and how its effectiveness should be measured. We all rely on things we’ve learned in the past, but leading a marketing organization in today’s great big messy real world requires mindset shifts, and po…

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Alex Danco on Speechwriting, Blogging, and Giving Founders Power 15:00

15d ago15:00

15:00

Fresh off the announcement of his move from Shopify to a16z, Alex Danco joins TBPN to talk about the “trade deal” that brought him here and his mission to make the firm’s written content truly world class. He discusses why he believes writing still matters in the age of AI, how great prose can act as “power transfer technology” for founders, and wh…

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Steven Sinofsky & Balaji Srinivasan on the Future of AI, Tech, & the Global World Order 1:17:24

16d ago1:17:24

1:17:24

There’s been a wave of M&A deals lately - Meta and Scale, Windsurf and Google - and a lot of it points to something bigger: how regulation, capital, and innovation are colliding in 2025. In this episode Erik Torenberg brings together Steven Sinofsky, former Microsoft Executive and Balaji Srinivasan, founder of the Network School, and author of the …

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Marc Andreessen: Why Perfect Products Become Obsolete 37:16

19d ago37:16

37:16

In this episode, Marc Andreessen joins TBPN for an unfiltered conversation spanning everything from ads in LLMs to why Apple’s AI strategy may be risky for anyone not named Apple. Marc breaks down the current state of AI: why open source is resurging, how foundational research is (or isn’t) turning into product, and whether we’ve hit the moment whe…

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GPT-5 and Agents Breakdown – w/ OpenAI Researchers Isa Fulford & Christina Kim 43:54

20d ago43:54

43:54

ChatGPT-5 just launched, marking a major milestone for OpenAI and the entire AI ecosystem. Fresh off the live stream, Erik Torenberg was joined in the studio by three people who played key roles in making this model a reality: Christina Kim, Researcher at OpenAI, who leads the core models team on post-training Isa Fulford, Researcher at OpenAI, who…

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Change Your Plan, Today! 6:30

21d ago6:30

6:30

Personal finance is personal, as the saying goes, and the only constant in life is change, to employ another saying. On that note, Jesse issues a challenge in today's episode: change your plan! Add a category, put some money in it, delete a category, shuffle some dollars around... just make a change. This is a reminder to yourself that the beauty o…

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How to Build a Successful Company in an Era of Disruption 42:52

21d ago42:52

42:52

What happens when a startup becomes a giant—and then has to reinvent itself all over again? In this episode, Martin Casado sits down with Raghu Raghuram (former CEO of VMware) and Jeetu Patel (President and CPO at Cisco) for a deep, tactical conversation on scaling, disruption, and navigating transformation from the inside. They share hard-won less…

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Breaking Playbooks: AI and the New Marketing Era with Ed See 32:44

21d ago32:44

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In this episode of Playbook Broken, Marc engages with Ed See, Chief Growth Officer at Zeta Global, to explore the evolving landscape of marketing in the age of AI. They discuss the fundamental roles of marketers in setting preferences and managing premiums, delve into how AI is transforming traditional marketing playbooks, and explain the importanc…

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Dwarkesh and Noah Smith on AGI and the Economy 1:01:16

23d ago1:01:16

1:01:16

In this episode, Erik Torenberg is joined in the studio by Dwarkesh Patel and Noah Smith to explore one of the biggest questions in tech: what exactly is artificial general intelligence (AGI), and how close are we to achieving it? They break down: Competing definitions of AGI — economic vs. cognitive vs. “godlike” Why reasoning alone isn’t enough —…

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Balaji on How Tech Truly Wins Media 1:37:40

26d ago1:37:40

1:37:40

What really caused the breakdown between tech and media—and what comes next? Erik Torenberg sits down with Balaji Srinivasan (entrepreneur, investor, and author of The Network State) to explore the long-building conflict between Silicon Valley and legacy journalism. Balaji explains how the collapse of traditional media business models gave rise to …

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Can You Afford to Make Mistakes? 6:47

28d ago6:47

6:47

Flying airplanes is serious business. Mistakes are costly, not just because of the cost of the aircraft; if you're flying people, their lives are on the line. Jesse knows this better than most, having two brothers who are pilots. One day he overheard them talking shop and narrowed in on a common occurence they had teaching student pilots to fly -- …

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Who’s watching the security of your martech stack? with Rob Stacey 9:45

28d ago9:45

9:45

Who’s watching the security of your martech stack? There are more than 15,000 martech tools available on the market today, and each of them is a potential risk for your organization. As with any software product, applications themselves and the data they store and process are targets for the dark forces of the tech world. And as marketing organizat…

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AI Content and the War for Your Attention 41:07

28d ago41:07

41:07

What happens when AI starts generating content for everyone—and no one wants to watch it? In this episode, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes and ad tech veteran Antonio García Martínez join a16z General Partner, Erik Torenberg to unpack the shifting economics of attention: from the rise of “AI slop” and spammy feeds to the difference between what we want to pay …

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Balaji Srinivasan: How AI Will Change Politics, War, and Money 1:05:57

1M ago1:05:57

1:05:57

a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg and Martin Casado sit down with technologist and investor Balaji Srinivasan to explore how the metaphors we use to describe AI—whether as god, swarm, tool, or oracle—reveal as much about us as they do about the technology itself. Balaji, best known for his work in crypto and network states, also brings a deep ba…

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Ben and Marc on New Media: Podcasts, Politics & the Collapse of Trust 1:37:50

1M ago1:37:50

1:37:50

On this episode of The Ben & Marc Show, a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz sit down with Erik Torenberg— General Partner at a16z and founder of the media company Turpentine—to unpack how the internet shattered the old media order and reshaped the way power works in America. What begins as a look at the evolution of media quickly beco…

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Why Buy Now, Pay Later is the WORST Way to Spend 6:00

1M ago6:00

6:00

Jesse has ranted about credit cards and their pernicious way of separating you from your money, both literally and metaphorically -- obfuscating the way you spend and distancing your priorities from the point of sale. Today he warns against the newest form of this pernicious spending: buy now, pay later programs. It's like a credit card you don't h…

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Outsmarting Entropy: Shipping Beyond the Playbook with Will Allen 41:54

1M ago41:54

41:54

In this episode of 'Playbook Broken,' we delve into the shifting landscape of business marketing and sales playbooks. Marc welcomes Will Allen, VP of Media and AI Privacy Products at CloudFlare, to discuss the evolution of content creation and AI in today's dynamic environment. They explore the critical role of playbooks in navigating change, the i…

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Critical Minerals: Mining for the Industrial Future 48:19

1M ago48:19

48:19

It can take more than 15 years to permit and build a new mine in the United States - yet nearly every modern technology we rely on, from smartphones to fighter jets to AI data centers, depends on a steady supply of critical minerals. In this episode, Erik Torenberg is joined in the studio by Turner Caldwell, founder of Mariana Minerals, along with …

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The Future of Software Development - Vibe Coding, Prompt Engineering & AI Assistants 44:23

1M ago44:23

44:23

Is AI the Fourth Pillar of Infrastructure? Infrastructure doesn’t go away — it layers. And today, AI is emerging as a new foundational layer alongside compute, storage, and networking. Erik Torenberg interviews a16z’s Martin Casado, Jennifer Li, and Matt Bornstein breaking down how infrastructure is evolving in the age of AI — from models and agent…

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Marc Andreessen and Joe Lonsdale on Tariffs and Trade 30:47

1M ago30:47

30:47

Today we’re sharing an episode from American Optimist featuring Marc Andreessen in conversation with Joe Lonsdale, recorded live at the inaugural Ronald Reagan Economic Forum. They explore one of the most urgent and complex questions of our time: Can AI and robotics catalyze a new era of American industrial strength—and how do we ensure the entire …

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These 5 Simple Questions Beat Your Spreadsheet 7:30

1M ago7:30

7:30

For some reason when the topic of money comes up, many people immediately want to jump into Excel and start exercising the so-called rational part of their brain. Money seems to demand sober, quantitative analysis, devoid of emotion which obfuscates the mathematical truth of the situation. Yet we rarely make decisions in a purely rational manner; e…

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How to use video to bolster your GTM strategy with Korina Edwards 12:08

1M ago12:08

12:08

Could your revenue team use better open rates? How about improved reply rates? Or faster deal velocity? The key to better engagement with prospects and customers might be all around you. Most of us grew up watching video on television, and now we carry video screens in our pockets. Despite the rise of email and text messaging, there’s still no bett…

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America's Energy Problem: The Grid That Built America Can’t Power Its Future 44:45

1M ago44:45

44:45

U.S. per capita energy usage peaked in 1973. Since then? Flat. Meanwhile, China’s per capita energy use has grown 9x. Today, AI, EVs, manufacturing, and data centers are driving demand for more electricity than ever—and our grid can’t keep up. In this episode, a16z general partners David Ulevitch and Erin Price-Wright, along with investing partner …

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Aaron Levie on AI's Enterprise Adoption 53:03

1M ago53:03

53:03

In this episode, a16z General Partner Martin Casado sits down with Box cofounder and CEO Aaron Levie to talk about how AI is changing not just software, but the structure and speed of work itself. They unpack how enterprise adoption of AI is different from the consumer wave, why incumbents may be better positioned than people think, and how the rol…

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Ben Horowitz: What Founders Must Know About AI and Crypto 1:22:32

2M ago1:22:32

1:22:32

This week on the a16z Podcast, we're sharing a feed drop from Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, featuring a wide-ranging conversation with a16z cofounder Ben Horowitz. Artificial intelligence isn't just a tool — it's a tectonic shift. In this episode, Ben joins Tom to break down what AI really is (and isn't), where it's taking us, and why it matters. …

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You Can Stop Second Guessing with Money 6:18

2M ago6:18

6:18

We talk about how YNAB is the ultimate weapon against money stressors -- as you gain control over your spending, learn to give every dollar a job, and bring your spending in line with your priorities, the stresses decrease and are replaced by a growing confidence. There are other psychological "costs" of money, such as the anxiety and mental overhe…

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Playbook Broken: Ripping Up the Rulebook: Marketing's New Frontier with Zach Vidibor 35:12

2M ago35:12

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In this episode of Playbook Broken, we explore how traditional marketing playbooks are becoming obsolete in the rapidly changing landscape influenced by AI and shifting buyer behaviors. Marc sits down with Zach Vidibor, CEO of Octave, to discuss the challenges and opportunities in modern go-to-market strategies. The conversation delves into the int…

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Stablecoins & the Future Financial System 37:52

2M ago37:52

37:52

a16z Crypto General Partners Ali Yahya, Arianna Simpson, and Erik Torenberg break down what’s actually working in crypto today - starting with the rise of stablecoins as a real-world payments layer. They discuss how stablecoins are being adopted by companies like Stripe and SpaceX, why regulatory shifts are opening new doors for crypto startups, an…

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How Andreessen Horowitz Disrupted VC & What’s Coming Next 1:23:01

2M ago1:23:01

1:23:01

On this episode, taken from The Ben & Marc Show, a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz dive deep into the unfiltered story behind the founding of Andreessen Horowitz—and how they set out to reinvent venture capital itself. For the first time, Marc and Ben walk through the origins, strategy, and philosophy behind building a world-class v…

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Enabling Agents and Battling Bots on an AI-Centric Web 26:24

2M ago26:24

26:24

Taken from the AI + a16z podcast, Arcjet CEO David Mytton sits down with a16z partner Joel de la Garza to discuss the increasing complexity of managing who can access websites, and other web apps, and what they can do there. A primary challenge is determining whether automated traffic is coming from bad actors and troublesome bots, or perhaps AI ag…

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Fan Fest Reflections: Spendfulness Is About More Than Just Stuff 4:53

2M ago4:53

4:53

Jesse reflects on his interactions with YNAB'ers at the recent Fan Fest in Minneapolis, and how spendfulness manifested in many different ways. One important takeaway for Jesse was that while practicing spendfulness could mean taking a cool international vacation, or buying something fun and interesting (and those are totally valid things to spend …

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Marc Andreessen on Startup Timing 18:16

2M ago18:16

18:16

What if now is the best time in decades to start a company? In this episode, taken from Speedrun, a16z’s accelerator for early-stage founders, Marc Andreessen joins games General Partner Jonathan Lai to make the case that we’re entering a once-in-a-generation window for innovation. From the rise of AI to the cultural and policy shifts reshaping the…

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Katherine Boyle: How Tech Can Rebuild America 52:37

2M ago52:37

52:37

Why does seriousness feel radical today? a16z General Partner Katherine Boyle joins The LaBossiere Podcast to explore what it means to build for the national interest—and why that starts with purpose. Katherine, part of the American Dynamism team at a16z, shares how we got to a place where public service became uncool, how tech can help rebuild tru…

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Where We Are in the AI Cycle 30:26

2M ago30:26

30:26

In this episode of ‘This Week in Consumer’, a16z General Partners Anish Acharya and Erik Torenberg are joined by Steven Sinofsky - Board Partner at a16z and former President of Microsoft’s Windows division - for a deep dive on how today’s AI moment mirrors (and diverges from) past computing transitions. They explore whether we’re at the “Windows 3.…

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