Martin Casado quote, Nov 19, 2025

General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz · Nov 19, 2025 · Essay, Bitter Economics

I’d argue that whether or not AGI emerges from a single model, the impact of this meta economic machinery is functionally similar. That is, it reduces a massively broad class of technical problems to simply a matter of economics.

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Said by: Martin Casado, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Where: Bitter Economics
Topics: AGI, Economics
Company: Andreessen Horowitz
Source: a16z.com/bitter-economics/

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