Box CEO Aaron Levie makes the case that open-weight AI strengthens rather than undermines US AI
a16z Podcast · rss · 2026-09-05
- Box co-founder and CEO Aaron Levie joins the a16z Podcast to argue for open-weight AI: open models create more use cases, force closed labs to move faster, and don't change where AI economics ultimately accrue.
- Topics include model distillation, US-China AI competition (restricting openness may accelerate rival ecosystems), and whether US labs should open-source previous-generation frontier models.
- On knowledge work and engineering at Box, Levie argues companies cutting engineers "may simply not be ambitious enough."
- He predicts enterprises won't bet on a single model, making the routing layer between models, data, and workflows increasingly valuable.
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