Technology, Alliances, and American Leadership.
7/3/202643 min
Ben Horowitz is joined by Anne Neuberger, Raghu Raghuram, and Jen Kha to discuss a16z's expanding international strategy and the growing role technology plays in economic growth, national security, and global partnerships.
The conversation explores why America's technology leadership matters beyond Silicon Valley, how AI is reshaping relationships between governments and the private sector, and why countries around the world are looking to adopt frontier technologies while building stronger innovation ecosystems of their own.
They discuss AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, defense technology, startup expansion, and what it takes to build enduring technology ecosystems. Along the way, they examine the role of trusted partnerships, the importance of Western technology, and why helping founders expand globally has become an increasingly important part of company building.
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First 90 secondsBen Horowitz· Guest0:00
When AI becomes the interface for everything, every tool we have, every technology we use is gonna be built on these models, and the models are not objective. They have opinions. They have strong opinions on things like history, on culture, on values, and those are very different [laughs] depending where you are.
Anne Neuberger· Guest0:18
Deterrence is no longer just the size of a military. It's the pace of innovation in reacting to cheap software-built tech that adversaries may be using, whether they're a country, criminal, or a terrorist group. And those technologies today are not being built by governments. They're being built by the private sector.
Speaker 30:34
Products and technology travel faster than companies can. So what happens is, for startup companies, usually in the olden days, you didn't care about going international until you had a few hundred million dollars in revenue. Now these companies have to go sooner and sooner internationally.
Jen Kha· Host0:50
The number one question we often get when we're visiting different countries is, how do you recreate Silicon Valley locally, right?
Ben Horowitz· Guest0:56
I don't think that's true, by the way. I think that's, uh, happy talk.
Speaker 50:59
Technology has become more than an industry. Today, it's a source of economic growth, national security, and geopolitical influence. As AI reshapes the global economy, countries aren't just asking how to regulate it. They're asking how to build with it, adopt it, and ensure they don't fall behind. In this episode, Ben Horowitz, Anne Neuberger, Raghu Raghuram, and Jen Ka discuss why international partnerships matter more than ever, how technology is changing diplomacy, and what