Welcome back to the A16Z podcast. This is your new host, Steph Smith, and this week we have a very exciting crossover episode from our sister podcast, BIOEats World.

In this episode, we cover the evolving intersection between Bio and gaming, together with A16Z bio and health general

general partner, J. Ponde, Games General Partner Jonathan Lai, and Olivia Webb, A16Z's bio and

health editorial lead. The three come together to discuss whether games can indeed be both fun and therapeutic and along the way they cover the differences between strong and weak forms of technology, how technology can be used to shape behavior, with their healthy gaming is an oxymoron, the design challenge for distribution and monetization

for health-centric games, and of course what the Metaverse and Web 3 might mean for the future

of this space.

If you enjoy this episode, be

sure to subscribe to BioEats World wherever you get your podcasts.

Hello and welcome to BioEats World, a podcast at the intersection of Bio, Healthcare, and

Tech.

I'm Olivia Webb, the editorial lead for Bio and Health at A16C.

Here in Andresen Horowitz, we love to talk about the intersection of bio, health, and other areas of emerging tech.

So today's episode is particularly exciting.

It's a crossover between the Bio and Health Fund and the Games Fund.

In this episode, you'll hear from V.J. Ponde, the founding investor of A16Z's Bio and Health Fund, and a general

partner focused on bio-pharma and health care.

You'll also hear from Jonathan Lie, a founding investor of A16Z's Games Fund, and a general

partner focused on the intersection of games, consumer social,

web 3, and more.

In this episode, we discuss what constitutes a game, how games and bio can overlap, and

what we call the healthy dessert problem, the challenge of

building a game that's both fun and therapeutic. Let's get started.

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