Why AI needs a new kind of supercomputer network — the OpenAI Podcast Ep. 18

Name: Why AI needs a new kind of supercomputer network — the OpenAI Podcast Ep. 18
Uploaded: 2026-05-07T16:15:36.552Z
Duration: 37 min 39 s
Channel: OpenAI
Description: Training frontier models isn’t as simple as adding more GPUs—one small problem and the whole coordinated dance falls apart. OpenAI’s Mark Handley and Greg Steinbrecher discuss how a new supercomputer network design, used to train some of the company’s latest models, keeps the whole system moving ...

By OpenAI

Categories: AI, Product

Transcript Excerpt

Hello, I'm Andrew Mayne, and this is the OpenAI Podcast. On today's episode, we're discussing how to make supercomputers better at training models. Joining me are Mark Handley from the core networking team and Greg Steinbrecher from workload systems. They'll discuss how a breakthrough has made training more efficient so everyone gets smarter models faster. This has really allowed us to remove one of the key barriers to continuing to scale. We're talking about a lot of the world's fastest GPUs an...