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AI + a16z · February 17 · 43 min

Evals, Feedback Loops, and the Engineering That Makes AI Work

Martin Casado speaks with Ankur Goyal, founder and CEO of Braintrust, about where engineering actually matters in AI and where it doesn't. They cover the open source vs closed source model cycle, why Chinese models are gaining ground faster than spending suggests, whether AI demand will eventually saturate, and the Bash vs SQL benchmark that challenges the "just give it a computer" approach to agents. Follow Martin Casado on X: https://twitter.com/martin_casado Follow Ankur Goyal on X: https://twitter.com/ankrgyl Check out everything a16z is doing with artificial intelligence here, including articles, projects, and more podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Martin Casado speaks with Ankur Goyal, founder and CEO of Braintrust, about where engineering actually matters in AI and where it doesn't. They cover the open source vs closed source model cycle, why Chinese models are gaining ground faster than spending suggests, whether AI demand will eventually saturate, and the Bash vs SQL benchmark that challenges the "just give it a computer" approach to agents.

Follow Martin Casado on X: https://twitter.com/martin_casado

Follow Ankur Goyal on X: https://twitter.com/ankrgyl

Check out everything a16z is doing with artificial intelligence here, including articles, projects, and more podcasts.

 


Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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