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The a16z Show · Monday, August 31, 2026

AI Market Potentially a Positive-Sum Game, Says a16z

Contrary to zero-sum thinking, the AI market might be a positive-sum environment where various players including labs, open source, applications, cloud providers, and chip companies can all achieve success. This perspective challenges the notion that gains for one entity necessitate losses for another.

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They discuss why AI may be a positive sum market where from tier labs, open source, applications, clouds, and chip companies can all win.
Maybe everyone wins.
Eric Vishri
It's all going to work. Like I actually think that's a great point.
Gavin Baker
Heard on The a16z Show — “Gavin Baker: Why AI Demand Is Outrunning Compute Supply, published Monday, August 31, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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