Podcast: World models as a trillion-dollar opportunity, $3B invested in H1 2026
GregCook2011 · x · 2026-08-20
The Masters of Scale podcast Pioneers of AI, hosted by Affectiva co-founder Rana el Kaliouby, latest episode covers World Models: investors poured $3 billion into the space in H1 2026, with Google DeepMind, Fei-Fei Li's World Labs, Yann LeCun's AMI Labs and Odyssey all building here. Guest Oliver Cameron, co-founder and CEO of Odyssey, discusses why world models are the next AI frontier and applications from education to healthcare.
A Rapid Response episode covers the OpenAI Critterz blowback—OpenAI abruptly shut down Sora, the tool behind one of the first AI-built feature films. Director Nik Kleverov argues AI will reinvent rather than kill Hollywood, calling 2026 year zero for mass AI adoption in film.
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