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How OpenAI Builds for 800 Million Weekly Users: Model Specialization and Fine-Tuning

2025-11-28 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·53m 24s ·by Andreessen Horowitz
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In this episode, a16z GP Martin Casado sits down with Sherwin Wu, Head of Engineering for the OpenAI Platform, to break down how OpenAI organizes its platform across models, pricing, and infrastructure, and how it is shifting from a single general-purpose model to a portfolio of specialized systems,