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In the Vault: Placing Multiple Bets on a ‘Mosaic of Solutions’ With Former Global Payments CEO Jeff Sloan

Andreessen Horowitz

In this conversation, a16z General Partner Angela Strange talks with J eff Sloan, former CEO of Global Payments, about how he was early to spot significant industry trends, how to make bets that move an organization, and the sea change that AI represents for the financial services industry. Angela: Why Global Payments?

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Commercializing AI in Healthcare: The Enterprise Buyer Perspective

Andreessen Horowitz

What do enterprise buyers in healthcare care about most when evaluating AI products? To answer that question, we interviewed leaders from many of the largest healthcare providers and insurers across the country. In Part A , we outlined the paths to generating unique value for the healthcare system and patients.

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ISVs vs SaaS: What’s the Difference?

Stax

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Software-as-a-Service Providers (SaaS) operate within the same market, thus creating a push-and-pull revenue dynamic. TL;DR ISVs develop and distribute software products independently and often collaborate with hardware manufacturers and platform providers. Learn More What are ISVs?

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Doubling Down: Nina Achadijian, Partner at Index Ventures

SaaStr

What’s your most recent disclosed investment? What’s your sweet spot for investing — check size, stage, type of deal? We invest across all stages — seed, early venture, and growth, with a primary focus on early-stage. Some of our most notable investments include Figma, Datadog, Discord, Adyen and Roblox.

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AI: The Teammate Clinicians Need

Andreessen Horowitz

Our healthcare workers need our help. Health systems face growing staffing shortages, with 59% of clinicians believing their care teams are not adequately staffed. Given the burden we put on our healthcare workers, it’s perhaps no surprise that roughly one quarter of our nation’s $4.3 Our clinicians are burned out.

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My First 16: Launching a New Category with Modern Treasury’s Dimitri Dadiomov

Andreessen Horowitz

In this episode, a16z partner Seema Amble talks with Dimitri Dadiomov, the co-founder and CEO of payment operations platform Modern Treasury, about the challenges of creating a new category, hiring for marketing before you hire for sales, and why developing new features is similar to birding. And so that was what you’re investing in.

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How to Protect Your Website from Hackers and Data Breaches

Neil Patel

Some industries like government and healthcare have been particularly affected. For instance, recent data by Verizon shows data breaches in the healthcare industry increased by 58 percent. Like most things in technology, there are no one-size-fits-all warning signs and solutions for website data breaches. No system is perfect.