First episode of 2025! For our very first episode of the year, we invited Justine and Olivia Moore, who are Partners at Andreessen Horowitz VC firm, focused on investing in all things AI. We covered a wide range of topics from the current funding landscape in AI startups, defensibility, their favorite AI startups as well as what 2025 is going to look like for the AI landscape. Enjoy!

The Aarthi and Sriram Show

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Ep 95 - AI Tools, Trends & Future – a16z’s Justine & Olivia Moore Break It Down

JAN 30, 202565 MIN
The Aarthi and Sriram Show

Ep 95 - AI Tools, Trends & Future – a16z’s Justine & Olivia Moore Break It Down

JAN 30, 202565 MIN

Description

0:00 Intro3:15 - State of AI at the beginning of 202412:30 - Valuations and fundraising landscape today16:20 - Founder backgrounds for AI startups19:15 - Are AI companies defensible? What moats do they have?26:40 - Impact for large enterprise businesses30 35 - Exit options and M&A35:45 - What problems do they wish founders focused on? And not so much on?42:35 - AI therapy - is it cringe?48:55 - Stanford dropouts and starting AI companies58:35 - Olivia and Justine's favorite AI Tools1:04:00 - Outro Follow Sriram:https://www.instagram.com/sriramk/https://twitter.com/sriramkFollow Aarthi:https://www.instagram.com/aarthir/https://twitter.com/aarthirFollow the podcast:https://www.instagram.com/aarthiandsriramshow/https://twitter.com/aarthisrirampod