Ari Weinstein

That's why today's A16Z Show episode is so relevant.

On October 26th, A16Z released OpenAI When AI Agents Use Computers Faster Than You, featuring OpenAI's Ari Weinstein and James Sun.

Their argument is that computer-using agents are reaching a scaling moment.

Instead of waiting for every app to expose a perfect API, agents can use the same interfaces humans use, clicking, typing, navigating, reading screens, but faster.

AI agents can increasingly use the same software we do, clicking buttons, navigating websites, and completing work without dedicated APIs.

What changes when they become faster at it than we are? A16Z's Seema Amble and Fabrizio Serafini join OpenAI's Ari Weinstein and James Sun to explore the rapid progress in computer-using agents and why computer use could become a universal interface for AI.

They discuss how agents could automate tasks across legacy enterprise software, finance, procurement, and sales, alongside the technical advances driving progress, including why the harness surrounding a model can nearly double its speed.

They also examine how enterprises can control and audit agents.

I'm joined by my colleague Fabrizio Serafini.

In August, we wrote about computer using agents and how they're starting to do the real work inside companies.

Today, I'm joined by Ari Weinstein and James Sun from OpenAI, who are going to help unpack what is going on with computer using agents from their perspective and share some thoughts on the future.

Ari, James, thanks for joining us.