The Evolving Landscape of AI Models

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Exploring the impact of AI models on the industry value chain, including the potential commoditization, tools importance, profitability of generative AI startups, and cost reduction in AI applications. Discussions on technological progress, resource efficiency, and examples from traffic engineering and Hollywood are also highlighted.

Welcome back to "The Ben & Marc Show," featuring a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. In this new episode – the first of two parts – Marc and Ben answer YOUR questions on the “State of AI” as it relates to company building.

In this one-on-one conversation, Ben and Marc discuss how small AI startups can compete with Big Tech’s massive compute and data scale advantages, unpack the reasons why data is overrated as a sellable asset, and uncover all the ways the AI boom compares to the internet boom. That and much more. Enjoy!

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