The Next Era of Games: Mods, Agents, and Infinite Worlds

In this podcast episode, a16z General Partners Anish Acharya and Jonathan Lai discuss how artificial intelligence is lowering the barriers to game development by generating art and code, and operating tools directly. They explain that cheaper development could allow studios to take more creative risks and enable non-programmers to build games. Additionally, they explore modding and AI-native experiences that generate storylines and characters on the fly to create endless games. Open article →