Aaron Levie on Why Open AI Wins
The a16z Show
- Published
- September 5, 2026
- Duration
- 31:05
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- Last updated
- Sep 9, 2026
Discusses ai.
Summary
Box co-founder and CEO Aaron Levie joins MTS hosts Theo Jaffee and Sofia Puccini to make the case for open-weight AI, unpack the economics of open versus closed models, and explain why he believes more openness could strengthen rather than undermine the U.S. AI ecosystem.Aaron argues that open models create more use cases, push closed labs to innovate fas…
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Box co-founder and CEO Aaron Levie joins MTS hosts Theo Jaffee and Sofia Puccini to make the case for open-weight AI, unpack the economics of open versus closed models, and explain why he believes more openness could strengthen rather than undermine the U.S. AI ecosystem.Aaron argues that open models create more use cases, push closed labs to innovate faster, and don't fundamentally change where the economics of AI ultimately accrue. They debate model distillation, America's competition with Chi
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- ai