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Steven Sinofsky

Board Partner, Andreessen Horowitz

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  • The Next Chapter of AI Is Inside Our Software

    September 26, 2026 · 📺 a16z

    Erik Torenberg sits down with Box CEO Aaron Levie, and a16z’s Martin Casado, and Steven Sinofsky to debate how the AI industry should think about safety, security, and regulation as increasingly capable agents move into the real world. They argue that much of today’s conversation is happening before we have clearly defined the risks we’re trying to regulate. Drawing on earlier waves of computing, from computer viruses and the early internet to aviation and automobiles, they ask what AI can learn from industries that developed safety standards only after understanding how their technologies ac…

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  • How AI Changes the Economics of Innovation

    August 25, 2026 · 📺 a16z

    a16z General Partners Martin Casado and Erik Torenberg are joined by Board Partner Steven Sinofsky to explore what recent breakthroughs in AI and mathematics tell us about where the technology is headed, and whether some of the basic assumptions that have governed computing for decades are starting to break. Martin and Steven debate whether AI's progress in mathematics represents a genuine leap in reasoning or simply a new tool for solving problems at a higher level of abstraction. From the four-color theorem and early computers to graphing calculators and today's models, they trace how new t…

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  • The New Rules of Enterprise Software with Steven Sinofsky

    July 07, 2026 · 📺 a16z

    Seema Amble, Steven Sinofsky, and Elena Burger unpack one of the biggest questions facing enterprise software: what happens when AI agents become the primary users of software instead of humans? The conversation explores the rise of "headless" software, why APIs and agentic workflows are reshaping enterprise applications, and whether traditional SaaS products are becoming systems of record rather than systems of engagement. They discuss Salesforce's Headless 360 announcement, MCP, enterprise software architecture, and why AI may fundamentally change how businesses interact with their data. A…

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  • Aaron Levie on AI Adoption and Enterprise Workflows | The a16z Show

    April 28, 2026 · 📺 a16z

    Steven Sinofsky, board partner at a16z, Aaron Levie, CEO of Box, and Martin Casado, general partner at a16z, discuss the reality of AI inside enterprises. They cover the gap between Silicon Valley and the rest of the world, why most AI initiatives fail in large organizations, and how agents, infrastructure, and workflows are evolving beyond the hype. Timestamps: 00:00 - Trailer 01:05 - Introductions & The Silicon Valley vs Enterprise Gap 04:30 - Why Enterprise AI Efforts Keep Failing 09:16 - The Architectural Shift: Treating AI as a User, Not Software 14:38 - The Integration Wall Agents Can't…

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  • Box CEO on the AI Adoption Gap | The a16z Show

    April 08, 2026 · 📺 a16z

    Erik Torenberg, Steven Sinofsky, and Martin Casado speak to Aaron Levie, CEO at Box, about what happens to enterprise software when agents become the primary users. They discuss why coding agents succeed where other knowledge work agents struggle, what abstraction layers mean for the workforce, and how data access and systems of record must change in an agent-first world. Timestamps: 0:00—Intro 0:51—Building software for agents vs. humans 2:10—Can non-technical workers actually use AI agents? 14:31—CFO/CIO pushback: the real fear of agents doing integration 18:39—Treating agents like employee…

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  • Aaron Levie and Steven Sinofsky on the AI-Worker Future

    August 25, 2025 · 📺 a16z

    What exactly is an AI agent, and how will agents change the way we work? In this episode, a16z general partners Erik Torenberg and Martin Casado sit down with Aaron Levie (CEO, Box) and Steven Sinofsky (a16z board partner; former Microsoft exec) to unpack one of the hottest debates in AI right now. They cover: Competing definitions of an “agent,” from background tasks to autonomous interns Why today’s agents look less like a single AGI and more like networks of specialized sub-agents The technical challenges of long-running, self-improving systems How agent-driven workflows could reshape cod…

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  • Steven Sinofsky & Balaji Srinivasan on the Future of M&A, AI & Tech

    August 08, 2025 · 📺 a16z

    There’s been a wave of M&A deals lately - Meta and Scale, Windsurf and Google - and a lot of it points to something bigger: how regulation, capital, and innovation are colliding in 2025. In this episode, Erik Torenberg brings together Steven Sinofsky, former Microsoft Executive, and Balaji Srinivasan, founder of the Network School and author of the Network State, to break it all down. From acquihires to “acquifires,” from FTC crackdowns to the deeper battle between the state and the network, this is a sharp conversation on the future of tech and power. Timecodes: 0:00 Introduction 1:00 T…

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  • Former Microsoft Executive Explains Where We Are in the AI Cycle w/ Anish Acharya & Steven Sinofsky

    June 27, 2025 · 📺 a16z

    In this episode of ‘This Week in Consumer’, a16z General Partners Anish Acharya and Erik Torenberg are joined by Steven Sinofsky - Board Partner at a16z and former President of Microsoft’s Windows division - for a deep dive on how today’s AI moment mirrors (and diverges from) past computing transitions. They explore whether we’re at the “Windows 3.1” stage of AI or still in the earliest innings, why consumer adoption is outpacing developer readiness, and how frameworks like partial autonomy, jagged intelligence, and “vibe coding” are shaping what gets built next. They also dig into where the…

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  • Is AI sentient? Marc Andreessen and Steven Sinofsky talk AI Ethics, AI jobs and the Future|EP 36

    February 25, 2023 · 📺 Aarthi and Sriram

    In this episode, the gang gets back together! Marc Andreessen and Steven Sinofsky are back to talk about all things AI. We cover the rise of ChatGPT, Bing's AI powered chat Sydney, AI ethics, sentience, whether AI will take over jobs, the economic impact, AI startups vs tech incumbents, and whether it is time for AI to become sentient. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 6:03 Marc's message to the AI overlords 8:00 Recapping the last 3 months of AI 14:15 Was Bing chat actually hacked? 18:08 How AI chat Works? ChatGPT & Sydney 26:14 Hallucination in AI 33:52 AI generating creative work, used cases 45:15 Et…

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  • Microsoft exec reveals how Bill Gates works | Steven Sinofsky Aarthi and Sriram Good Time Show #26

    December 17, 2022 · 📺 Aarthi and Sriram

    This week's special guest is Steven Sinofsky, one of our favorite techno-optimists responsible for shipping Windows and Office products at Microsoft used by billions of people. He is also the author of one of the most popular Substack books - https://hardcoresoftware.learningbysh... Chapters: 00:00 - Trailer 00:50 - Intro 03:30- How does Steven write so well 12:20 - Messaging apps vs email 16:10 - Bill Gates and Steven’s memo and the history of internet at Microsoft 37:00 - On open source software 42:50 - Dominance and what could have Microsoft done differently? 49:30 - Leading the O…

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  • a16z Podcast | Engineering a Revolution at Work

    January 01, 2019 · 📺 a16z

    From file cabinets to typewriters, spreadsheets and word processing the tools we use for work change not only what we do, but the culture of our workplace. Steven Sinofsky, a veteran of building software tools for productivity, discusses the latest revolution in technology-enabled tools with Benedict Evans. Why today’s cloud-based tools change the role of managers, and why the perfect tool will never exist (nor would you want it to).

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  • Steven Sinofsky, Board Partner A16Z

    April 08, 2014 · 📺 UC Berkeley Events

    Steven Sinofsky, Board Partner Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z) and former President of Microsoft, Windows. At Microsoft, Mr. Sinofsky oversaw the development of Microsoft Office and also Windows XP. He soon became president of the Windows division and co-headed the development of Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. Now he is a board partner at one of the leading venture capital firms in the Valley, Andreessen Horowitz, as well as an advisor to Box. He has over 25 years of experience in the technology industry.

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