a16z Podcast: When Software Eats Cars

a16z Podcast

• Episode: a16z Podcast: When Software Eats Cars
• Website: a16z Podcast
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• Duration: 00:27:07
• Published: 2015-08-26 01:35

After the smartphone, what business has the global scale (in terms of people and profits) that make it attractive for tech companies to turn their attention and capital towards? The answer, argues a16z’s Benedict Evans, is the automotive industry. Sure, cars are mobile -- but what do our smartphones have to do with our rides? More than we might expect. Evans offers his vision of the future of cars, and perhaps the future of today’s biggest technology companies. Who will build these cars, who will own them, and who (or what) will drive them? We discuss this and more in this segment of the a16z Podcast.