a16z Podcast: Nootropics and the Best Version of Your Brain, Yourself
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🗓️ 4 December 2015
⏱️ 23 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The content here is for informational purposes only, should not be taken as legal business, |
| 0:05.3 | tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security and is not directed |
| 0:10.3 | at any investors or potential investors in any A16Z fund. For more details, please see A16Z.com |
| 0:16.8 | slash disclosures. |
| 0:18.7 | Hi, everyone. Welcome to the A6 and Z podcast. |
| 0:21.5 | Today we're talking about a really interesting trend, Neutropics. |
| 0:24.4 | It's basically supplements that people can take to enhance their cognitive performance. |
| 0:28.1 | And we're talking about the broader trend, as well as how it connects to other movements like |
| 0:32.3 | the quantified self, biohacking, whether an argument can be made that we can compare what's |
| 0:37.3 | happening now to what happened |
| 0:38.5 | with the early days of personal computing at the Home Brew Club and whether the same thing will happen |
| 0:42.6 | here. To host this conversation, we brought the founders of NutroBox, which develops, |
| 0:47.0 | manufacturers, and distributes prepackaged neutropics, which are currently in the form of pills |
| 0:50.7 | for baseline cognition, staying awake, and sleeping. Okay, and moderating this |
| 0:55.2 | discussion today will be A16 and Z's Kyle Russell. Hi, everyone. I'm Kyle Russell. I'm a partner |
| 1:01.0 | on the deal and research team here at A16NZ, where I focus on virtual reality, augmented reality, |
| 1:05.8 | drones, crypto, and other categories that my colleagues roll up into something we call the weird stuff. |
| 1:12.1 | I'm also joined by my colleague Saku, who also works on a lot of the same topics here at A16Z, |
| 1:17.2 | as well as Jeff Wu and Michael Brandt, co-founders of NeutroBox. |
| 1:21.1 | Just so that our listeners can attach a voice to a name, would you guys like to introduce yourselves and get started? |
| 1:26.6 | Thanks, Kyle. |
| 1:27.4 | I'm Jeffrey Wu, co-founder and get started? Thanks, Kyle. I'm |
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