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Summation (formerly World of DaaS)
Summation: non-obvious ideas that move the world. Auren Hoffman hosts leaders across tech, business, markets, and government.
Summation is the permanent home for the relentlessly curious.
Auren is CEO of NQB8, GP at Flex Capital, Chairman of Dialog; former CEO of SafeGraph and LiveRamp (NYSE: RAMP).
Summation (formerly World of DaaS)
a16z’s Martin Casado - building with AI
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Martin Casado is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where he focuses on AI and infrastructure investments. He previously co-founded Nicira which was acquired by VMware for $1.2 billion in 2012.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Martin and Auren discuss:
- Economics of open source AI
- Chinese AI innovation with DeepSeek
- Model collapse and data moats
- Regulatory challenges in AI
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You can find Auren Hoffman on X at @auren and Martin Casado on X at @martin_casado.
Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com)