This week, the a16z Podcast explored the infrastructure and governance challenges emerging as AI moves from research labs into real-world applications. From medical AI oversight to the economics driving new startups like Cursor, the episodes reveal a field grappling with how to build responsibly at scale—balancing rapid innovation with the systems needed to deploy AI safely across industries and consumer products.
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