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1 week ago | 
a16z.com | Justine Moore
What happens when AI doesn’t just generate content, but embodies it? AI has already mastered the ability to produce realistic photos, videos, and voices, passing the visual and auditory Turing Test. The next big leap is in AI avatars: combining a face with a voice to create a talking character. Can’t you just generate an image of a face, animate it, and add a voiceover? Not quite. The challenge isn’t just nailing the lip sync — it’s making facial expressions and body language move in tandem.
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3 weeks ago | 
a16z.com | Angela Strange |James da Costa
At a16z'a fourth annual Connect/Fintech event, discussions spanned what's working in AI, operational lessons on how to scale faster, and the future of banking charters.
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1 month ago | 
a16z.com | Angela Strange |James da Costa
For voice agents in finance to become successful, they will need to navigate a number of industry-specific nuances.
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2 months ago | 
a16z.com | Justine Moore |Yoko Li |Gabriel Vasquez |Bryan Kim |Marco Mascorro
What products are builders using to make websites and web apps with AI? A deep dive into how these products work, their limitations, and the features on the horizon.
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2 months ago | 
a16z.com | Marc Andrusko |Seema Amble |Angela Strange
In the January 2025 Fintech newsletter, we break down the rise of vertical AI in accounting, big ideas for 2025 in fintech, and market intel.
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2 months ago | 
a16z.com | Olivia Moore |Anish Acharya |Seema Amble |Justine Moore
For enterprises, AI directly replaces human labor with technology. It’s cheaper, faster, more reliable — and often outperforms humans. Voice agents also allow businesses to be available to their customers 24/7 to answer questions, schedule appointments, or complete purchases. Customer availability and business availability no longer have to match 1:1 (ever tried to call an East Coast bank after 3 p.m. PT?); with voice agents, every business can always be online.
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2 months ago | 
a16z.com | Matt Perault |Chris Dixon |Olivia Moore |Justine Moore
Governments have long regulated technology based on how it’s used, not how it’s made. No single law regulates how computers are built, for instance, but if a person uses a computer to commit a crime, or a company uses a computer to harm a consumer, then the perpetrator is held liable.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
a16z.com | Vijay Pande |Daisy Wolf |Bryan Kim |Zach Cohen
Today, we’re proud to announce we’ve led the Series A for Slingshot, the world’s first foundation model for psychology. This brings the total capital raised for the company to $40 million. Mental health has never been worse. While modern life is better than historical times on most dimensions, we’re increasingly lonely, sad, and anxious. Half of the world’s population will develop a mental health disorder in their lifetime.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
a16z.com | Julie Yoo |Daisy Wolf |Vijay Pande
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Bio + Health today announced a newly formed, first-of-its-kind venture capital fund to fuel broader innovation in human health, in partnership with Eli Lilly and Company (“Lilly”). The Biotech Ecosystem Venture Fund (“Fund”) seeks to drive transformative progress in healthcare by investing in therapeutic platforms and cutting-edge technology companies that can bring new medicines and disease treatments to improve patients’ lives.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
a16z.com | Munjal Shah |Julie Yoo |Kris Tatiossian |Olivia Webb
Hippocratic AI cofounder and CEO Munjal Shah joins a16z Bio + Health general partner Julie Yoo to explore the incredible potential of generative AI in transforming healthcare delivery. Together, they discuss the emerging “voice renaissance” in healthcare, the nuances of designing safe and empathetic AI interactions, and how Hippocratic AI is addressing safety concerns with innovations like multi-LLM architecture and rigorous training with thousands of nurses.