2024 Big Ideas: Developer Influence, Maritime Upgrades, and New Video Intelligence

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? Resources: Find Angela on Twitter : https://twitter.com/astrange Find Grant on Twitter: https://twitter.com/grant__gregory Find Kimberly on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kimberlywtan View all 40+ big ideas: https://a16z.com/bigideas2024 Stay Updated: Find a16z on Twitter: https://twitter.com/a16z Find a16z on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/a16z Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: https://a16z.simplecast.com/ Follow our host: https://twitter.com/stephsmithio Please note that the content here is for informational purposes only; should NOT be taken as legal, business, tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security; and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any a16z fund. a16z and its affiliates may maintain investments in the companies discussed. For more details please see a16z.com/disclosures. Stay Updated: Find a16z on X Find a16z on LinkedIn Listen to the a16z Show on Spotify Listen to the a16z Show on Apple Podcasts Follow our host: https://twitter.com/eriktorenberg Please note that the content here is for informational purposes only; should NOT be taken as legal, business, tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security; and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any a16z fund. a16z and its affiliates may maintain investments in the companies discussed. For more details please see a16z.com/disclosures. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.