State of the AI industry — the OpenAI Podcast Ep. 12

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar and Khosla Ventures founder Vinod Khosla argue the greatest challenges in AI right now are keeping up with demand and making sure more people get the benefit. They unpack what's driving big investments in compute and why this moment is different from other technology cycles — with meaningful advances in health, agents, and robotics still ahead. 

Chapters

00:00:00 — What’s the AI story of 2026?
00:07:28 — AI in healthcare
00:12:01 — Scaling compute to match revenue
00:18:05 — Difference between now and dot-com bubble
00:27:41 — Ads in ChatGPT
00:30:05 — Will consumers have more than one AI subscription?
00:36:41 — Winning in enterprise
00:39:44 — How can startups succeed?
00:44:05 — Robotics and beyond