Sam Altman on Sora, Energy, and Building an AI Empire
About this episode
From the show’s notesSam Altman has led OpenAI from its founding as a research nonprofit in 2015 to becoming the most valuable startup in the world ten years later.
In this episode, a16z Cofounder Ben Horowitz and General Partner Erik Torenberg sit down with Sam to discuss the core thesis behind OpenAI’s disparate bets, why they released Sora, how they use models internally, the best AI evals, and where we’re going from here.
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Resources:
Follow Sam on X: x.com/sama
Follow OpenAI on X: x.com/openai
Learn more about OpenAI: openai.com
Try Sora: sora.com
Follow Ben on X: x.com/bhorowitz
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