Hallway Chat: Net Neutrality, Google I/O & More

Hallway Chat is Spark Capital’s podcast series hosted by partners Nabeel Hyatt and Bijan Sabet, where we talk news, trends and insights on everything tech, culture and VC. This episode was recorded on May 19, 2017.

In this episode, we talk about:

-Clay Bavor’s recent take on the state of virtual and augmented realities
-Reid Hoffman’s recent episode of Masters of Scale podcast and Tim O’Reilly’s response
-Tim O’Reilly’s response to Masters of Scale
-Net neutrality and the fact that the new FCC chairman is following Bijan on Twitter 🤔
-Google’s ongoing transformation into an AI company as evidenced by this year’s Google I/O conference (along with Bijan’s ongoing disbelief that Nabeel uses Apple Maps…)
-This thought-provoking post defending Silicon Valley’s innovations:

Silicon Valley: A Reality Check

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Thanks!