# Nathan Benaich joins Arena to discuss recursive self-improvement and AI-native growth

> Original title: The author of the State of AI Report and founder of @airstreet, @nathanbenaich, just joined us to cover:

- Source: Arena
- Published: 2026-11-04T16:54:47.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/e6k0a4rwbehoyxx0turyda5vd
- Original: https://x.com/arena/status/2118024167455134132

## Summary

Nathan Benaich, author of the State of AI Report and founder of Air Street, joins Arena for a conversation with Peter Gostev. The discussion covers whether AI is building AI, robotics models that work across customers, AI-discovered drugs in clinical trials, and why AI-native companies grow roughly 3x faster than AI-enabled ones.

## Post

The author of the State of AI Report and founder of @airstreet, @nathanbenaich, just joined us to cover:

- Recursive self-improvement: Whether AI is building AI, and what it will take to get there
- Robotics models that work across customers
- AI-discovered drugs in clinical trials
- How exactly AI-native companies are growing roughly 3x faster than AI-enabled ones
- AI-driven research and more

Watch the full conversation with @petergostev on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/3DMe1GHZBgs