Sam Altman at Sun Valley: The Only Question Tech CEOs Are Asking Him Is How to Make AI Cheaper

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Speaking to CNBC at the Allen & Co. Sun Valley conference on July 10, Altman said this is the first year AI spend has been a 'very big topic' among attending CEOs, with 'everyone asking what we can do to help reduce spend or increase value.' He framed the new GPT-5.6 family as the answer, pitching agentic coding efficiency rather than raw capability. The tell for builders: the buyer conversation has flipped from capability to unit economics, which means cost-per-task benchmarks are about to matter more than leaderboard position.