Today on the podcast, we're sharing a feed drop from Uncapped, where Jack Altman sits down with

Martin Casado, A16Z general partner. They talk about the shifting dynamics of venture capital,

why media now matters in a way it never did before, how A16Z evolved from generalists to

specialized platforms, the rise of AI infrastructure, and why talent competition might be more

fierce than market competition.

Let's get into it.

The market is so big and it's growing so fast.

Even companies that seem like they're competing end up in totally different places, just

because so much white space is being created.

But they're all competing, like totally different companies and spaces are competing

with the same talent.

So the first time I can remember where the actual talent competition is like way more fierce.

Martina, I'm really excited to be doing this here with you today.

Thanks for making time for it.

And one of the things that I was just chatting with you and laughing about, on my way in, there

were like many other podcasts going.

There's like one like before and after us.

And I talked about this with Mark about how like podcasts are like this future thing of media.

And basically my question for you is sort of like as somebody who's been on the inside of a firm

that's dominated this, you do a lot of it yourself.

Like, what's your experience about, like, the importance of media for venture capital?

So I think it's probably important to recognize that it's never been a thing, really.

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