Building Agents at Home: Homeschooling, Parenting and More | The a16z Show

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

April 13, 2026

Duration

54m

Channel

a16z

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Katherine Boyle and Sarah Wang speak with Jesse Genet, a startup founder and family builder, about building 11 AI agents while homeschooling four young children. Jesse runs agents across roles ranging from coding to curriculum planning to household management, and she shares how agent architecture, logging systems, and “benevolent neglect” parenting have changed her life as both a founder and a mother. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro & Jesse's background as a YC founder turned homeschool mom (03:00) The "aha moment": discovering Claude Code and agentic building (06:00) A day in the life: homeschooling 4 kids under 5 and when she builds (11:00) How AI generates personalized lesson plans and logs progress (18:00) The full agent stack: from 5 to 11 agents (and growing) (27:05) Tech stack deep dive: Obsidian, Claude Code, Mac Mini, security (33:56) Agents improving real daily life beyond the screen (40:04) Letting kids interact with AI: values, risks, and the future of parenting Read the full transcript here: https://www.a16z.news/s/podcast Resources: Follow Jesse Genet on X: https://twitter.com/jessegenet Follow Katherine Boyle on X: https://twitter.com/KTmBoyle Follow Sarah Wang on X: https://twitter.com/sarahdingwang Stay Updated: If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to like, subscribe, and share with your friends! Find a16z on X: https://twitter.com/a16z Find a16z on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/a16z Listen to the a16z Show on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5bC65RDvs3oxnLyqqvkUYX Listen to the a16z Show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a16z-podcast/id842818711 Follow our host: https://x.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 http://a16z.com/disclosures.

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Jesse Genet

  guest

  Entrepreneur and former YC founder who co-founded and sold Lumi, a packaging company, and now builds AI-agent workflows for parenting and homeschooling.

• Katherine Boyle

  host

  General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and co-host of The a16z Show.

• Sarah Wang

  host

  Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and co-host of The a16z Show.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of a16z, featuring Jesse Genet and Katherine Boyle, Building Agents at Home: Homeschooling, Parenting and More | The a16z Show explores a homeschool mom builds AI agents to reclaim time daily Genet describes an “aha moment” where tools like Claude Code made it feasible to build real software in small bursts of “confetti time” while actively parenting.

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