a16z's Martin Casado Tests Grok 4.6: Impressed by Complex Coding and Long Tasks
elonmusk · x · 2026-08-14
a16z partner Martin Casado shared his initial impressions after spending a few hours with Grok 4.6. He praised the model for being quite fast for its intelligence level, providing concise and clear descriptions of complex code, and successfully tackling hard problems like building a RAM probe.
He also noted that Grok 4.6 seems particularly good at longer-running tasks. However, he observed that the model might be 'too literal,' doing exactly what is asked without doing more. He plans to test it further as his primary driver.
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