<figure><img src="https://i.insider.com/6aed172e9270da3cc6668ab5?format=jpeg" height="1353" width="2048" alt="Attendees gather in a lounge in front of a large Fireworks sign at the Fireworks AI conference in San Francisco."><figcaption>The Fireworks AI conference in San Francisco<p class="copyright">Alistair Barr/Business Insider</p></figcaption></figure><ul class="summary-list"><li>A version of this story originally appeared in the AI Insider newsletter.</li><li>Sign up for Business Insider's weekly <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/subscription/newsletter/tech-memo" data-autoaffiliated="false">AI Insider newsletter here</a>.</li></ul><p>I attended the <a target="" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fireworks-ai-surge-ceo-lin-qiao-2026-4">Fireworks AI</a> conference in San Francisco on Tuesday and met the company's VP of technology and strategy, Rob Ferguson.</p><p>He showed me a stunning demo in which an AI model running on Fireworks' systems created a video game from scratch in about five seconds. (A LOT faster than <a target="" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-ai-breakthrough-vibe-coding-revolution-2025-7">Claude Code</a>, by the way.)</p><p>The game was Asteroids. Watching Rob play it brought childhood memories flooding back.</p><p>I used to play Asteroids on my <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nostalgianerd.com/oric-1-review/">Oric-1</a> computer. My dad bought it because it was cheaper than a Commodore 64. (Yes, I'm still bitter.) I had to load the game using a cassette tape player, a process that took about 10 minutes.</p><p>Now, an AI model can <em>create</em> the game, not just load it, in seconds.</p><p>Why does this matter?</p><p>Rob explained that speed is crucial if <a target="" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-agents-change-how-web-internet-works-2026-9">AI agents</a> are going to handle tasks efficiently on our behalf.</p><p>Today, working with AI agents often means waiting for them to finish something, occasionally nudging them along. It's called <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/botsitting-ai-hidden-human-labor-at-work-2026-6">botsitting</a>, and it's a drag.</p><p>Faster AI models could change that. Instead of waiting around, we could watch <a target="" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-dot-ai-agent-tennis-buddy-everyday-tasks-2026-10">agents complete tasks</a> in seconds, without interrupting our flow of work.</p><p>That's exactly what happened with Rob's demo. Asteroids appeared so quickly that he could immediately ask the AI to improve it, turning the game into 3-D and adding new weapons, including colorful lasers.</p><p>He didn't just use AI to create Asteroids from scratch. He made it better, too. All in about 15 seconds.</p><p><strong><em>Sign up for the AI Insider newsletter </em></strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/subscription/newsletter/tech-memo">here</a><strong><em>. Reach out to me via email at </em></strong><a target="_blank" href="mailto:abarr@businessinsider.com">abarr@businessinsider.com</a></p><div class="read-original">Read the original article on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fireworks-ai-asteroids-demo-faster-agents-2026-11">Business Insider</a></div>
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