A new age of maritime exploration, the rise of the developer as a buyer in financial services, and more applications for computer vision and video intelligence. We asked over 40 partners across a16z to preview one big idea they believe will drive innovation in 2024.
Here in our 3-part series, you’ll hear directly from partners across all our verticals, as we dive even more deeply into these ideas. What’s the why now? Who is already building in these spaces? What opportunities and challenges are on the horizon? And how can you get involved?
Topics Covered:
00:00 - Big Ideas in Tech 2024
01:39 - Big Idea: The Rise of the Developer as a Buyer in Financial Services
07:03 - Examples of financial service infrastructure products
08:40 - Building products and cost/selling structures
09:56 - How financial institutions will adopt new technology
13:07 - Regulatory shifts and updates
14:09 - The impact on customers
16:30 - Big Idea: A New Age of Maritime
18:15 - The challenges of maritime exploration
19:56 - Why is 2024 the year of iInnovation in maritime exploration?
23:32 - Space and aerospace exploration’s impact on maritime
26:51 - Geopolitical supply chain and climate applications
29:40 - Autonomous fleets
31:49 - Key challenges in modernizing maritime
34:11 - Opportunities for builders in the space
36:23 - Big Idea: New Applications for Computer Vision and Video Intelligence
38:06 - The current use of video and it’s data
38:53 - The unlocks in hardware and software driving change
41:40 - Emerging applications and use cases
43:20 - Video and privacy
44:49 - Why is 2024 the year of change and innovation?
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