Ep 95 - AI Tools, Trends & Future – a16z’s Justine & Olivia Moore Break It Down

0:00 Intro
3:15 - State of AI at the beginning of 2024
12:30 - Valuations and fundraising landscape today
16:20 - Founder backgrounds for AI startups
19:15 - Are AI companies defensible? What moats do they have?
26:40 - Impact for large enterprise businesses
30 35 - Exit options and M&A
35:45 - What problems do they wish founders focused on? And not so much on?
42:35 - AI therapy - is it cringe?
48:55 - Stanford dropouts and starting AI companies
58:35 - Olivia and Justine's favorite AI Tools
1:04:00 - Outro

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