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Jan 10, 2025 | 
palladiummag.com | Ryan McEntush
Greenland has returned to the global spotlight as President Trump renews his interest in acquiring the northern island during his second term. The idea first surfaced publicly in 2019, when the White House floated the possibility of such a move, prompting a firm response from Greenlandâs Premier: âGreenland is ours.
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May 6, 2024 | 
a16z.com | Erin Price-Wright |Ryan McEntush |Katherine Boyle |David Ulevitch
In the year and a half since ChatGPT launched a new AI wave, a crucial shortfall has dominated headlines: the insatiable demand for GPU computing resources. But when we talk to cloud leaders and data center operators to understand why there’s a compute crunch, it’s clear that access to power is often a bigger bottleneck than access to NVIDIA’s coveted GPUs themselves.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
a16z.com | Ryan McEntush |David Ulevitch |Katherine Boyle |Erin Price-Wright
The electric grid, a vast and complex system of wires and power plants, is essential to our economy and underpins our industrial strength. Currently, we face a critical challenge: our electricity demands — expected to nearly double by 2040 due to factors like AI compute, reshoring, and “electrification” — are soaring, but our grid infrastructure and operations struggle to keep pace.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
a16z.com | David Ulevitch |Katherine Boyle |Martin Casado |Ryan McEntush
Artificial intelligence is transforming every aspect of technology, from how we code to how we sell to how we build companies. But perhaps more than any other sector, artificial intelligence is transforming the physical world in ways that were recently unimaginable. From supply chains and robotics to advanced factories and industrial autonomy, LLMs and other AI models are powering the next wave of transformation in the physical domain in ways we’re only just beginning to comprehend.
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Mar 5, 2024 | 
a16z.com | Katherine Boyle |David Ulevitch |Ryan McEntush |Lauren Murrow
California has long been ground zero for the new: new technologies, new frontiers, new arts and culture. In this session from the a16z American Dynamism Summit, moderated by a16z General Partner Katherine Boyle, California Forever CEO Jan Sramek discusses building an ambitious new city between San Francisco and Sacramento, why he firmly believes California’s best days are still ahead, and what he and his team are doing to realize that vision.
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
palladiummag.com | Ryan McEntush
The legal term hostis humani generis has historically labeled pirates as challengers of societal order‚ÄĒthe ‚Äúenemies of all mankind‚ÄĚ‚ÄĒwho could be dealt with by any man or nation outside the law. But these barbarians are not always foreign in nature, emerging, rather, from within existing power structures. With the rise of liberalism and global commerce, new tactics emerged to combat these encroaching threats: the law became a crucial weapon in the public sphere.
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Jan 2, 2024 | 
a16z.com | Ryan McEntush |David Ulevitch |Porter Smith
Aerodome MISSION Deploying automated, video-equipped drones for faster emergency response FOUNDERS Rahul Sidhu (CEO) and Kenaniah Cerny (Chief Architect) HEADQUARTERS New York, NY JOBS CREATED Former police officer Rahul Sidhu developed the concept for Aerodome during the pandemic, when labor shortages and increased demand hampered consistent emergency response.
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Nov 29, 2023 | 
a16z.com | David Ulevitch |Ryan McEntush |Kimberly Ane Tan |Julie Yoo
As technological development has heightened living standards, so, too, has it raised our expectations of what it means to live in a safe society. Yet many of our cities grapple with understaffed police, fire, and public safety services. While we’ve seen tech advancements benefit consumers and businesses, public safety lags far behind. Why can’t we connect with 911 operators on FaceTime or WhatsApp to easily share photos and videos from the scene?
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Oct 31, 2023 | 
a16z.com | David Ulevitch |Ryan McEntush |Vijay Pande |Katherine Boyle
Why can’t we connect with 911 operators on FaceTime or WhatsApp, to easily share photos and videos from the scene? Why do we wait for an emergency vehicle to arrive at an accident site to understand what’s happening when drones can get there faster and provide “eye in the sky” perspectives for first responders en route?
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Oct 18, 2023 | 
a16z.com | Ryan McEntush |Vijay Pande |Katherine Boyle |David Ulevitch
Nearly all of our electricity is generated from heat powering a steam turbine. Historically, this energy conversion has been achieved through burning wood or fossil fuels. However, while these sorts of reactions release a large amount of chemical energy, they are nothing compared to the energy of a nuclear reaction. Here is the specific energy, or the amount of energy (megajoules) per kilogram, in common fuel types.
