{"podcast":{"title":"The a16z Show","slug":"the-a16z-show-436525","podcast_index_feed_id":436525,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/JGE3yC0V","website_url":"https://a16z.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/0d97354a-306b-45f5-bf26-a8d81eef47ec/ed2664df-9371-438e-8baf-dd2ee0fdde87/3000x3000/thea16zshow-podcastcoverart-3000x3000.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"a16z","episode_count":1000,"summary":"The a16z Show discusses tech and culture trends, news, and the future – especially as ‘software eats the world’. It features industry experts, business leaders, and other interesting thinkers and voices from around the world. This show is produced by Andreessen Horowitz (aka “a16z”), a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm. Multiple episodes are released every week; visit a16z.com for more details and to sign up for our newsletters and other content as well!","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T18:20:08.038180+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-a16z-show-436525"},"episode":{"title":"What Happens to Design After AI?","slug":"what-happens-to-design-after-ai","published_at":"2026-06-24T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-a16z-show-436525/what-happens-to-design-after-ai","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-a16z-show-436525","url":"https://a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/what-happens-to-design-after-ai-F7dGiPRT","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/1344/afp-848985-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/3f86df7b-51c6-4101-88a2-550dba782de8/episodes/031105e9-13ef-4999-b5e0-c6a3b032de51/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=3f86df7b-51c6-4101-88a2-550dba782de8&awEpisodeId=031105e9-13ef-4999-b5e0-c6a3b032de51&feed=JGE3yC0V","summary":"Anish Acharya speaks with Microsoft VP of Design John Maeda and Impeccable founder and CEO Paul Bakaus about how AI is changing the practice of design. The conversation explores the relationship between design and technology, the rise of AI-powered creative tools, and whether automation raises the floor, the ceiling, or both. Maeda and Bakaus discuss software craftsmanship, taste, creative judgment, and why some aspects of design may become increasingly automated while others become more valuable. They also examine agentic workflows, the future of user experience, the role of designers in an AI-native world, and how new tools may reshape the relationship between designers, engineers, and software itself.","meta_description":"Anish Acharya speaks with Microsoft VP of Design John Maeda and Impeccable founder and CEO Paul Bakaus about how AI is changing the practice of design. Th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2926,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-a16z-show-436525/episodes/what-happens-to-design-after-ai/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-a16z-show-436525/what-happens-to-design-after-ai.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}