Hi and welcome to the A16Z podcast. This episode of the podcast is all about how many of the big tech policy issues of the day play out beyond Washington at the state and local level.

Recorded at our annual summit in November 2017, Ted Elliott, head of A16Z's policy and regulatory affairs team, discusses with Governor of Arizona, Doug Ducey, and the mayor of South Bend,

Indiana, Pete Buttigieg, many of the key developments in tech policy around autonomous vehicles,

dockless bike sharing, and more.

We're honored today to have joining us, Governor of Arizona, Doug Ducey, and the mayor of

South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg. Governor Ducey, who's a Republican,

and the mayor, who's a Democrat, are two outside the Beltway leaders who've made their mark

as being highly pro-technology, pro-innovation, and pro-entrepreneur. Governor Ducey was elected

governor of Arizona in 2014, Arizona's 23rd governor. Before that, he served as the state's treasurer

for three years. And in that capacity, among other things, he was Arizona's 23rd governor. Before that, he served as the state's treasurer for three years.

And in that capacity, among other things, he was Arizona's chief investment officer.

He began his career in the private sector. Procter & Gamble ultimately became CEO of Coldstone

Creamery. And since being elected in 2014, Governor Ducey has made it a priority to place

Arizona at the forefront of the pro-invasion regulatory reform.

Mayor Buttigieg's career also spans both the public and private sectors.

He was elected mayor of South Bend in 2011.

He was an intelligence officer in the Navy deployed to Afghanistan.

He remains a naval reservist, still in Intel.

He worked at McKinsey earlier in his career.

Earlier this year, he was one of the finalists for the chair of the Democratic National

Committee.

And as part of his platform for running for head of DNC was emphasizing issues of innovation and

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