Episode
Databricks CEO on AI Pacing, Cyber Risk, and the Enterprise
The a16z Show · Sep 18, 2026 · 1 h 09 min
Databricks co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi joins a16z General Partners Martin Casado and Sarah Wang for a conversation about AI risk, recursive self-improvement, cybersecurity, and what’s actually holding back enterprise adoption. Ali argues that today’s models are already capable enough to automate far more work than most companies are using them for. The bigger problem is context: models haven’t…