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a16zApr 28, 2026

Box CEO Aaron Levie: Why Big Companies Keep Blowing Their AI Bets (a16z Podcast Recap)

Aaron Levie and a16z partners dissect why most enterprise AI projects fail, exposing the real obstacles: legacy systems, organizational inertia, and the messy reality of integrating AI agents into sprawling companies.

Enterprise AI failures are mostly organizational, not technical.
Treating AI as an agent/user exposes new integration and access control issues.

a16zApr 22, 2026

a16z: Marc Andreessen: The Internet Didn’t Invent Outrage—It Just Put It on Repeat

Marc Andreessen argues that viral outrage is nothing new—what’s changed is the speed and visibility, not the human impulse. The internet swapped duels and riots for meme wars and comment section battles.

Social media outrage cycles last about 2.5 days before being replaced by the next meme.
Political violence is historically low, even as online anger is high.