The AI Infrastructure Stack with Jennifer Li

from AI + a16z Hosted by Jennifer Li, Patrick McKenzie

In this episode, which originally aired on the Complex Systems Podcast, a16z General Partner Jennifer Li discusses how AI is reshaping every layer of the software stack, creating demand for new types of middleware. Jennifer talks about emerging infrastructure categories and why the next wave of valuable companies might be the unsexy infrastructure providers powering tomorrow's intelligent applications. Subscribe to Complex Systems: Spotify Apple Check out everything a16z is doing with artificial intelligence here, including articles, projects, and more podcasts.

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a16z General Partner Jennifer Li discusses how AI is reshaping every layer of the software stack, creating demand for new types of middleware.

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