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The a16z Show

When Will AI Hit the Enterprise? Ben Horowitz and Ali Ghodsi Discuss

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4.21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode continues our coverage from a16z’s recent AI Revolution event. You’ll hear directly from a16z cofounder Ben Horowitz and Databricks cofounder and CEO, Ali Ghodsi as they answer questions around AI and the enterprise, plus their perspectives on open source, whether benchmarks are BS, and the scramble of universities to take part in the very wave they kicked off decades ago. If you’d like to access all the talks from AI Revolution in full, visit a16z.com/airevolution.

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0:00.0

The AI Revolution is year, but adoption is not always evenly distributed.

0:08.0

While we see consumers jump to try the latest AI apps,

0:12.0

We haven't seen anybody with any traction in the enterprise. But

0:15.5

awareness is not the issue. In fact, the Financial Times reported that nearly

0:21.1

40% of S&P companies mentioned AI in their earnings last quarter.

0:26.1

So...

0:27.1

Why is it so hard for enterprises to adopt generative AI? As companies wake up to the value of their proprietary data sets, a whole new set of questions emerge.

0:38.0

Are the enterprises right about not wanting to give their data, like is that a correct fear? Can they build a better

0:47.8

model? Do they really need it to be accurate?

0:51.7

Plus with open AI recently dropping ChatGBT Enterprise

0:55.8

will all of this change? Today you'll hear directly from A16Z co-founder Ben

1:01.6

Horowitz and DataBrix co-founder Ben Horowitz

1:02.6

and Databrix co-founder and CEO Ali Godsy

1:06.2

as they answer these questions and more,

1:08.9

including their perspectives on open source,

1:12.0

whether benchmarks are BS, and the scramble of

1:14.9

universities to take part in the very wave that they kicked off decades ago.

1:19.8

Plus you'll get to hear firsthand how Databric's recent acquisition of MosaicML fits into all of this.

1:28.0

This episode continues our coverage from A60Z's exclusive AI Revolution event from just a few weeks ago, where we house some of the most

1:37.0

influential builders across the ecosystem, including the founders of Open AI,

1:42.2

Anthropic, character AI,

1:44.5

Roblocks, and much more.

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