{"podcast":{"title":"a16z crypto show","slug":"a16z-crypto-show-5434524","podcast_index_feed_id":5434524,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/XPOpH7r4","website_url":"https://web3-with-a16z.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/3474b6a1-976c-4c75-8e63-e4ad3a3b354d/6d5e7801-f225-452e-9f3c-0df8a5e7f917/3000x3000/a16zcrypto-podcast-20-1.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Andreessen Horowitz","episode_count":123,"summary":"The a16z crypto show explores how decentralized networks are reshaping money, ownership, and the architecture of the internet. We go beyond the hype to look at what’s actually working, what isn’t, and what comes next as crypto continues to go mainstream and blockchains become core infrastructure. Each episode features conversations with founders, engineers, economists, policymakers, and researchers building at the frontier of finance, payments, AI, and distributed systems. We cover stablecoins and global payments, the tokenization of \"real-world\" assets, decentralized physical infrastructure, network design and governance, and the practical tradeoffs behind decentralization — along with lessons from past technology shifts. Produced and hosted by the a16z crypto team, the show combines reporting, analysis, and first-principles thinking to explain how crypto intersects with the economy and society — and why it matters now. Learn more at a16zcrypto.com. *** Posts should not be considered investment advice or an advertisement for investment services. Reposts of third-party content are not attributable to a16z; see disclosures for more information: https://a16z.com/disclosures/.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T04:18:31.628297+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524"},"episode":{"title":"Why AI is so centralized: How it's built, who controls it, and what comes next","slug":"why-ai-is-so-centralized-how-it-s-built-who-controls-it-and-what-comes-next","published_at":"2026-04-22T15:51:05+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/why-ai-is-so-centralized-how-it-s-built-who-controls-it-and-what-comes-next","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524","url":"https://web3-with-a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/fs25-benharry-v2-final-4pkZ9L0N","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/1344/afp-848985-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/bf52be5a-9faf-45fb-9bc3-bb4270ec53d9/episodes/3b5b3d41-19be-4281-a21a-eaf5bae6ad7a/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=bf52be5a-9faf-45fb-9bc3-bb4270ec53d9&awEpisodeId=3b5b3d41-19be-4281-a21a-eaf5bae6ad7a&feed=XPOpH7r4","summary":"Gensyn cofounders Ben Fielding and Harry Grieve join us to discuss why AI’s infrastructure problem runs deeper than most people think. They explain how today’s AI ecosystem depends on a highly centralized stack of data and compute, why that matters, and what it would take to rebuild AI as open, decentralized infrastructure. Along the way, they cover how AI models are trained, why crypto may be essential to the future of AI coordination, and the rise of autonomous AI agents with onchain identities.","meta_description":"Gensyn cofounders Ben Fielding and Harry Grieve join us to discuss why AI’s infrastructure problem runs deeper than most people think. They explain how to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1043,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/episodes/why-ai-is-so-centralized-how-it-s-built-who-controls-it-and-what-comes-next/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a16z-crypto-show-5434524/why-ai-is-so-centralized-how-it-s-built-who-controls-it-and-what-comes-next.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}