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Why Creativity Will Matter More Than Code - Kevin Rose and Anish Acharya (A16Z)
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Episode14K
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Published
11mo ago
Oct 22, 2025
Length
1h 24m
show avg 1h 02m
From the show
Chapters
- 0:00Intro
- 2:10How we met
- 7:50AI’s Renaissance for Consumer Products
- 11:48Companionship apps and the future of human connection
- 14:01The optimistic and pessimistic views on AI relationships
- 19:18Poke and emotional primitives
- 21:05Weird and working: how to spot great founders
- 30:05AI companions and AI in relationships
- 40:08The modern AI dev stack and building apps solo
- 47:25AI music, creativity, and the next cultural wave
- 53:50Curiosity, risk, and finding the next big thing
- 1:15:00Always-on recording and social norms in tech
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