OpenAI computer-use agents near superhuman speed, say the team building them
a16z · x · 2026-10-26
On the a16z podcast, OpenAI's computer-use team — Ari Weinstein (consumer) and James Sun (enterprise), both ex-founders — explain how OpenAI's agents can now click and type through any app, even software with no API, and say they're close to beating expert humans on speed. Topics: what the Astra model changed for computer use, controls enterprises need for unwatchable agents, computer use as a universal API for legacy ERPs, and how James runs his workday with Dots.
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