Best Jay Jack Productions Podcasts (2025)

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Marc Andreessen on the State of Film and Hollywood 1:07:46

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Hollywood is going through a major cultural and creative reset, and Marc Andreessen thinks it’s long overdue. In this episode of Monitoring the Situation, Marc joins Erik Torenberg and Katherine Boyle to dissect the past decade of filmmaking, from the rise of “the message” in every movie to the return of genuine comedy and art. They cover the post-…

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HC Group’s Q3 Market Review - Talent Trends & Analysis in the Commodities Sector: Download Now 2:27

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HC Groups’s Q3 Market Review is available to download here: https://www.hcgroup.global/insights/market-reviews/access-market-review-q3-2025 400+ notable people moves. An editorial by podcast host Paul Chapman on US talent in turbulent year to date. Articles on APAC liquid fuel trends and how participants are recruiting and training Gen Z and much m…

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Keith Rabois: Israel, OpenAI, Opendoor, and DOGE 49:08

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From politics to technology to real estate, Keith Rabois has bold predictions for America’s next decade. In this conversation with Erik Torenberg, Keith breaks down why he believes the U.S. is entering a new economic expansion driven by AI, productivity, and sovereign technology. They discuss how AI could lift GDP growth to 5%, why sovereign AI pro…

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Ep. 22.4 "Go Kick Rocks, Bro" 1:05:11

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Jamie, Jack, and Colleen talk about Survivor season 49, episode 4, titled "Go Kick Rocks, Bro." They also make their winner's pick and predict who will go home next week. Feedback: [email protected] Patreon: www.patreon.com/jayandjack Subscribe (MP3) l Become a Patron l Join Our Facebook GroupBy Jay + Jack Productions

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Ben Horowitz and Ali Ghodsi: How to Run a Billion-Dollar Business 1:04:36

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By Erik Torenberg, Ali Ghodsi, Ben Horowitz

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Salt, Cod and Commodities at the Center of History with Mark Kurlansky 42:10

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Today, we are joined by the award -winning author Mark Kurlansky, whose books such as The Big Oyster, Paper, Salt and Cod tell us how commodities have shaped history and in turn the present day. Why commodities sit at the very heart of human history creating cooperation, trade but also war. Mark shares his views on the books and how they fit in wit…

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Is AI Slowing Down? Nathan Labenz Says We're Asking the Wrong Question 1:31:02

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Nathan Labenz is one of the clearest voices analyzing where AI is headed, pairing sharp technical analysis with his years of work on The Cognitive Revolution. In this episode, Nathan joins a16z’s Erik Torenberg to ask a pressing question: is AI progress actually slowing down, or are we just getting used to the breakthroughs? They discuss the debate…

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Columbia CS Professor: Why LLMs Can’t Discover New Science 50:54

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From GPT-1 to GPT-5, LLMs have made tremendous progress in modeling human language. But can they go beyond that to make new discoveries and move the needle on scientific progress? We sat down with distinguished Columbia CS professor Vishal Misra to discuss this, plus why chain-of-thought reasoning works so well, what real AGI would look like, and w…

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Monitoring the Situation #3: Who Is Nick Land? 52:44

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Zach Dell is founder and CEO of Base Power, an energy tech company that builds affordable, reliable power via home batteries. In this episode of Monitoring the Situation, a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg, Katherine Boyle, and Erin Price-Wright sit down with Zach to discuss the current state of home power generation, what’s misunderstood about t…

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Ep 11.3 "Cry and Rally" 30:05

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Jack and Cyndi discuss The Amazing Race Season 38, episode 3, titled "Cry and Rally." Become a Patron: www.patreon.com/jayandjack Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/jayandjackgroup Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-amazing-race-with-jack-and-cyndi--2940736/support.…

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Ep. 310 "Dick Grieco" 2:12:40

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Matt’s still watching Cheers. Randy recommends movies. Some football talk and Chris joins and has a new app. We get an email, but it gets derailed by Legos. Lastly, they play another round of the meme game. Please leave a review on iTunes Become a Patron at JayandJack.com Write us an email at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram at RCADCast…

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Ep. 22.3 "Lovable Losers" 46:24

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Jamie, Jack, and Colleen talk about Survivor season 49, episode 3, titled "Loveable Losers." They also make their winner's pick and predict who will go home next week. Feedback: [email protected] Patreon: www.patreon.com/jayandjack Subscribe (MP3) l Become a Patron l Join Our Facebook GroupBy Jay + Jack Productions

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Sam Altman on Sora, Energy, and Building an AI Empire 48:25

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Sam Altman has led OpenAI from its founding as a research nonprofit in 2015 to becoming the most valuable startup in the world ten years later. In this episode, a16z Cofounder Ben Horowitz and General Partner Erik Torenberg sit down with Sam to discuss the core thesis behind OpenAI’s disparate bets, why they released Sora, how they use models inter…

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A Post Fundamentals world? London Argus Conference Live Event with Saad Rahim, Nick Kumleben, David Fyfe and Kurt Chapman. 44:06

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By David Fyfe, Nick Kumleben, Kurt Chapman, Paul Chapman, Saad Rahim

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How to Build a Real Estate Marketplace - Kaz Nejatian, Opendoor CEO 55:44

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By Kaz Nejatian, Alex Rampell

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Ep. 11.2 "Mom's Gonna Have the Willies" 23:59

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Can the US Beat China’s Engineering State? 1:03:10

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From high-speed rail to electric cars to batteries to AI, it’s clear that China can operate with incredible speed at massive scale. Can the US still compete? We sat down with Dan Wang, a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the author of “Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future” to discuss. Timecodes: 0:00 Introduction 1:36 Lawyers…

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Ep. 309 "More Painful than Childbirth" 1:56:37

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Matt & Chris discuss Peacemaker, as well as DC and Marvel comparisons. Nick is curious about the new movie Anemone. When Jack joins, we have a lengthy discussion on Ball pain. Matt’s rewatching Cheers and also gives Foundation a try. Nick starts House of Guiness, and Chris starts Black Rabbit. The Meme Game!!! Who will finally let Jack win? And las…

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Monitoring the Situation #2: Alana Newhouse 58:58

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Two trends in media have been abundantly clear since 2020: legacy media is dying, and independent media is rising. a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg and Katherine Boyle sit down with Tablet founder and editor-in-chief Alana Newhouse to discuss the great media realignment, why real institutions will outlast the new “internet pirates", Alana’s dee…

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Ep. 22.2 "Cinema" 1:32:34

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Jamie and Colleen are joined by Shandy and Amanda to talk about Survivor season 49, episode 2, titled "Cinema." They also make their winner's pick and predict who will go home next week. Feedback: [email protected] Patreon: www.patreon.com/jayandjack Subscribe (MP3) l Become a Patron l Join Our Facebook Group…

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Software is Eating Labor 26:49

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Software has fundamentally changed the way we record, store, and share information. Its next act is to fundamentally change the nature of our economy, capturing trillions of dollars of value in the process. In this talk from the 2025 a16z LP Summit, a16z General Partner Alex Rampell discusses the history of filing cabinets and databases, how SaaS p…

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The Ben & Marc Show: China Has Scale. Can America Catch Up? 57:16

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Ben, Marc, and Erik Torenberg are joined by Brian Schimpf, Co-Founder & CEO of Anduril, and Chris Power, Founder & CEO of Hadrian. Together, they dig into America’s defense production gap: why the U.S. can out-innovate but not out-produce—and what it will take to turn that around. They discuss why U.S. war games show we run out of munitions in a we…

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Cheeky Pint: Marc Andreessen, John Collison & Charlie Songhurst on Tech’s Big Questions 2:09:12

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Today we’re sharing a feed drop from Cheeky Pint, where Stripe cofounder and president John Collison chats with legends in technology over a pint of Guinness. In this episode, John is joined by a16z cofounder Marc Andreessen and tech investor Charlie Songhurst for a candid conversation about bubbles, downturns, and the psychology of markets. They d…

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From Systematic Trading to Structural Edge with Hans Balgobin 1:14:34

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What actually is systematic trading and the capabilities behind it? How can it generate returns? How can it inform the broader trading desks and organization's decision making? How is it delivering a competitive advantage and strategic edge to companies behind those returns? What have been the developments over the last couple of years? And how is …

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Building an AI Physicist: ChatGPT Co-Creator’s Next Venture 54:20

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Scaling laws took us from GPT-1 to GPT-5 Pro. But in order to crack physics, we’ll need a different approach. In this episode, a16z General Partner Anjney Midha talks to Liam Fedus, former VP of post-training research and co-creator of ChatGPT at OpenAI, and Ekin Dogus Cubuk, former head of materials science and chemistry research at Google DeepMin…

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Meta CMO: How Advertising Works Under the Hood 1:02:52

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Ads pay for the internet—and they’re about to change again. a16z General Partner Erik Torenberg, entrepreneur and author Antonio García Martínez, and Meta CMO Alex Schultz dive into growth and performance marketing, privacy myths, retail media, and the AI future of “audience-of-one” advertising—plus Instagram what-ifs, WhatsApp as a super-app, and …

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Ep. 11.1 "Two Worlds Colliding" 29:30

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Jack and Cyndi discuss the Season 28 premiere of The Amazing Race, titled "Two Worlds Colliding." Become a Patron: www.patreon.com/jayandjack Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/jayandjackgroup Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-amazing-race-with-jack-and-cyndi--2940736/support.…

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The Common Thread of All Technology: Monitoring the Situation, Ep.1 1:00:02

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Announcing our new show, Monitoring the Situation, hosted by a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg and Katherine Boyle, with guest Eddie Lazzarin, CTO of a16z crypto. In this first episode, we ask how American Dynamism, consumer, games, and crypto all fit together, from Palmer/Oculus to Marc Andreessen’s Techno-Optimist Manifesto, while also explori…

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Ep. 308 "I'm Captain Chow" 2:10:35

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Matt is now sans-glasses, so the RCAD crew talk about surgeries and contacts. They also talk about Weightless, sleep apnea, and hair loss and growth. They also do the 4th addition of the Meme game. Please leave a review on iTunes Become a Patron at JayandJack.com Write us an email at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram at RCADCast…

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Ep. 22.1 "Act One of a Horror Film" 53:11

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Jamie, Jack, and Colleen talk about the season premiere of Survivor Season 49, titled "Act One in a Horror Film." They also make their winner's pick and predict who will go home next week. Feedback: [email protected] Patreon: www.patreon.com/jayandjack Subscribe (MP3) l Become a Patron l Join Our Facebook Group…

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From Vibe Coding to Vibe Researching: OpenAI’s Mark Chen and Jakub Pachocki 52:05

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What comes after vibe coding? Maybe vibe researching. OpenAI’s Chief Scientist, Jakub Pachocki, and Chief Research Officer, Mark Chen, join a16z general partners Anjney Midha and Sarah Wang to go deep on GPT-5—how they fused fast replies with long-horizon reasoning, how they measure progress once benchmarks saturate, and why reinforcement learning …

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Software finally eats services - Aaron Levie 59:33

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Should the US put a price on H-1B visas, or would that block the flow of new talent? Are AI coding agents actually making teams way more productive, or is it just hype? And in the AI platform shift, will the big winners be incumbents or new AI-native startups? Erik Torenberg is joined by Box co-founder and CEO Aaron Levie, a16z board partner Steven…

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Canadian Crude Production & Equities in Changing Times with Randy Ollenberger (Canadian Crude Oil Conference Live Event) 50:51

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Recorded at the Canadian Crude Oil Conference in the wonderful Lake Louise in Canada on 17th September 2025, Randy Ollenberger of BMO Capital Markets, dives into global oil fundamentals, Canadian crude production in a changing world and what that means for oil and gas equities. Sanctions, tariffs, pipeline expansions and Canadian politicians (react…

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America's Autism Crisis and How AI Can Fix Science with NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya 58:13

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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is one of the country’s top medical experts and a 24-year professor of medicine at Stanford. After being censored and deplatformed during COVID for his role in opposing harsh lockdowns, he was appointed Director of the National Institutes of Health by President Trump in 2025. a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg, Vineeta Agarwa…

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Ep. 22.0 "Season 49 Preview Show" 1:26:35

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Jamie, Jack, and Colleen take a look at the cast of Survivor 49 and make their picks for who will be out before the merge, who will make the merge, and who will be in the Top 3.F eedback: [email protected] Patreon: www.patreon.com/jayandjackSubscribe (MP3) l Become a Patron l Join Our Facebook Group…

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Dylan Patel on the AI Chip Race - NVIDIA, Intel & the US Government vs. China 1:40:00

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Nvidia’s $5 billion investment in Intel is one of the biggest surprises in semiconductors in years. Two longtime rivals are now teaming up, and the ripple effects could reshape AI, cloud, and the global chip race. To make sense of it all, Erik Torenberg is joined by Dylan Patel, chief analyst at SemiAnalysis, joins Sarah Wang, general partner at a1…

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Charlie Kirk and the Rise of Political Violence 23:39

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In this episode of Honestly with Bari Weiss, we share a special conversation featuring a16z general partner Katherine Boyle in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s shocking assassination. Katherine reflects on what courage means in a culture where words and debate are increasingly met with violence. Drawing on faith, history, and her own response to recent t…

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Ep. 307 "Rules? In a Knife Fight?!" 2:07:27

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On this week's episode, the RCAD crew talk about Robert Redford and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Chris, Boston, and baseball stadiums. Kids and picky eaters. School improvements and learning languages. Nick introduces his parents to Heels. They also do the 3rd round of “The Meme Game." Please leave a review on iTunes Become a Patron at Jayan…

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The Death of Search: How Shopping Will Work In The Age of AI 45:22

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The web is unhealthy, and AI agents are about to rewrite how we shop. In this episode, a16z General Partner Alex Rampell and Partner Justine Moore explore how AI agents will change commerce and the implications for Google’s business model, affiliate marketing, online shopping, and more. Timecodes: 0:00 Introduction 0:12 The Role of AI Agents in Com…

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Disputes, Arbitration and Navigating a Fractious Commodities World with Alex de Gramont 49:17

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In this episode, we tackle disputes, arbitration, and the challenges of navigating a fractious commodities world. Energy and natural resources have always sat at the heart of international transactions and, in today’s more volatile climate, disputes are arising more frequently. What happens in international contract disputes? What is international …

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How OpenAI Built Its Coding Agent 1:20:12

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OpenAI’s Codex has already shipped hundreds of thousands of pull requests in its first month. But what is it really, and how will coding agents change the future of software? In this episode, General Partner Anjney Midha goes behind the scenes with one of Codex’s product leads- Alexander Embiricos - to unpack its origin story, why its PR success ra…

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Faster Science, Better Drugs 56:26

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Can we make science as fast as software? In this episode, Erik Torenberg talks with Patrick Hsu (cofounder of Arc Institute) and a16z general partner Jorge Conde about Arc’s “virtual cells” moonshot, which uses foundation models to simulate biology and guide experiments. They discuss why research is slow, what an AlphaFold-style moment for cell bio…

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Ep. 306 "Tequila & Cheese" 1:42:53

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While Nick is still gone, Matt gives Chris and Jack another round of the Memes in the Wild guessing game, they discuss Peacemaker with no spoilers, Chris's weekend wedding plans, and the Baseball Karen incident. Chris also shares his Ranch Water recipe and Jack breaks down baseball players who use urine as a performance-enhancing substance. Please …

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Ben Horowitz: Why Hesitation is a CEO’s Worst Enemy 1:35:38

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In this conversation from Lenny’s Podcast, Ben Horowitz joins Lenny to discuss the psychological muscle every founder needs, why hesitation can be fatal for CEOs, when it’s time to replace a founder, and how to normalize failure while building confidence. They also explore the Databricks founding story, investing in Adam Neumann after WeWork, wheth…

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Inside the $13T Mortgage Machine 54:48

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The $13T U.S. mortgage market serves 50M homeowners but still runs on decades-old software. In this episode, a16z GP Angela Strange hosts Tim Mayopoulos (ex-CEO of Fannie Mae and ex-president of Blend), Mike Yu (co-founder and CEO of Vesta), and Andrew Wang (co-founder and CEO of Valon) to unpack why standardization and regulation slow change, and …