{"podcast":{"title":"AI + a16z","slug":"ai-a16z-6874937","podcast_index_feed_id":6874937,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/Hb_IuXOo","website_url":"https://ai-a16z.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/89450696-5007-4713-8168-eea085e49626/80ad2223-d8fa-4bb2-9645-8e2c1168a372/3000x3000/ai-a16z-podcast-cover-art-2.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Derrick Harris","episode_count":100,"summary":"Artificial intelligence is changing everything from art to enterprise IT, and a16z is watching all of it with a close eye. This podcast features discussions with leading AI engineers, founders, and experts, as well as our general partners, about where the technology and industry are heading.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T06:20:43.738545+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-a16z-6874937"},"episode":{"title":"Sam Altman on Sora, Energy, and Building an AI Empire","slug":"sam-altman-on-sora-energy-and-building-an-ai-empire","published_at":"2026-02-10T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-a16z-6874937/sam-altman-on-sora-energy-and-building-an-ai-empire","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-a16z-6874937","url":"https://ai-a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/sam-altman-on-sora-energy-and-building-an-ai-empire-puFFZpYc","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/1344/afp-848985-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/112866f3-1a50-4a8d-b12e-850b73e71b33/episodes/5355925a-3b53-4ed2-ab5d-c23c600f9046/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=112866f3-1a50-4a8d-b12e-850b73e71b33&awEpisodeId=5355925a-3b53-4ed2-ab5d-c23c600f9046&feed=Hb_IuXOo","summary":"Sam 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.","meta_description":"Sam 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 ep…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2905,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ai-a16z-6874937/episodes/sam-altman-on-sora-energy-and-building-an-ai-empire/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-a16z-6874937/sam-altman-on-sora-energy-and-building-an-ai-empire.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}