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a16z AI Policy Brief
Your guide to AI public policy from the team at a16z. Each conversation bridges Washington and Little Tech, bringing together policy leaders, researchers, and builders to explore how the U.S. stays ahead in AI.
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Episodes
a16z AI Policy BriefHow AI Is Changing the Practice of Law
AI is changing how lawyers review contracts, conduct research, and serve their clients. As more of that work shifts to AI agents, lawyers face a new challenge…
a16z AI Policy BriefTurning America’s AI Progress Into a Manufacturing Advantage
A better medical device or more capable robot can be held up for months by something surprisingly fundamental: its printed circuit board. These components sit…
a16z AI Policy BriefSecuring America’s Infrastructure With AI
a16z Chief Legal & Policy Officer Jai Ramaswamy sits down with Anne Neuberger, a16z General Partner and Head of Global Affairs, and Stephen Goldsmith, former…
a16z AI Policy BriefMeasuring AI: What Policymakers Can Learn from Benchmarks
AI benchmarks are becoming increasingly central to policy debates. But much of the value of these benchmarks depends on how they are built: what they measure…
a16z AI Policy BriefAI's Data Access Question
AI is reopening a core question from the development of the web: how to preserve the freedom to learn while giving publishers meaningful control over how their…
a16z AI Policy BriefMarc Andreessen on Betting on America
Marc Andreessen joins Navin Girishankar, president of the economic security and technology department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies…
a16z AI Policy BriefThe Political Economy of Little Tech
Policymakers often say they want to support startups. Republicans say it. And Democrats say it. But despite repeatedly saying they support startups…
a16z AI Policy BriefAI is How America Builds Again
Policymakers have spent years talking about rebuilding America’s industrial base, reshoring critical supply chains, strengthening defense production, and…
a16z AI Policy BriefFixing the Front Door to Government
For AI startups, the policy landscape is expanding faster than most small teams can reasonably track. This creates a practical challenge for Little Tech: even…
a16z AI Policy BriefA Guide to Crafting a Liability Regime for AI
How should we hold people responsible when AI causes harm? That's the job of a liability regime. In this conversation, Jai Ramaswamy, chief legal and policy…
a16z AI Policy BriefInside Little Tech
Andrew Chen spends his time with the founders policymakers almost never hear from: two-and three-person teams, often before incorporation when a company is…
a16z AI Policy BriefCatching Up on the Current Moment in AI Policy
In this conversation, Matt Perault, head of AI policy, and Collin McCune, head of government affairs, take stock of the current AI policy moment. As AI policy…
a16z AI Policy BriefOpen Models, Measurable Safeguards
Black Forest Labs has established itself as a pioneer in visual intelligence, with its open-weight FLUX models reaching over 50 million downloads on Hugging…
a16z AI Policy BriefEarly Signals on AI, Hiring, and the Workforce
How is AI changing work? In this episode, Matt Perault sat down with Nick Catino, global head of policy at Deel, to better understand what today’s data can…
a16z AI Policy BriefCyber Resilience in an AI World
The cybersecurity landscape is moving to an AI-vs-AI world where both attackers and defenders can operate at machine speed. In this conversation, Anne…
a16z AI Policy BriefThe Real AI Race With China Is Who Sets the Default
In AI policy, it’s become a reflex to say we are in a global race with China. That shorthand can obscure the true nature of the competition. China and the U.S…
a16z AI Policy BriefTo Regulate AI Effectively, Focus on How It’s Used
One of the core pillars of a16z's roadmap for federal AI legislation makes clear AI should not excuse wrongdoing. When people or companies use AI to break the…
a16z AI Policy BriefA Roadmap for Federal AI Legislation: Protect People, Empower Builders, Win the Future
Debates in Washington often frame AI governance as a series of false choices: they pit innovation against safety, progress against protection, federal…
a16z AI Policy BriefBeyond Preemption: Lessons from the 1996 Telecom Act
If you squint at today’s AI policy debates, you may see the Telecommunications Act of 1996 in the distance. In this conversation, Matt Perault, head of AI…
a16z AI Policy BriefWhat Counts as an AI Startup?
Lawmakers are largely supportive of helping AI startups and challengers grow and thrive. They understand the need for the United States to compete and win in…
a16z AI Policy BriefAI and the First Amendment
As lawmakers consider requiring companies to make disclosures about their AI models—such as risk reports, impact assessments, or content warnings—questions…
a16z AI Policy BriefThe Dormant Commerce Clause, Explained
The dormant Commerce Clause has been anything but dormant in the last couple of weeks. With Congress and the administration actively debating the proper roles…
a16z AI Policy BriefPreemption, Explained
There may be no more important debate in AI policy right now than how power to regulate AI should be divided between the federal and state governments. We…
a16z AI Policy BriefWho Regulates AI?
With states introducing more than 1,000 AI-related bills this year alone, a fundamental question has taken center stage: what are the roles of the federal…