In march 20 20 lordstown s paid work horse group 12 million dollars for the licensing rights, the intellectual property of the work hos w 15 pickup truck. In total, g m invested about 75 million into lordstown motors and joined its board. People who do this kind of self dealing are typically not visionary people. They're nickling, diming people who are trying to hustle other people. It is really, really bad form to do this.
Jason covers Anthony Bourdain's amazing AI deepfake voice in "roadrunner" & potential startup ideas for the technology (01:49), the investigation into EV startup Lordstown Motors (12:27), and the way businesses are reacting to how COVID is being managed in FL & CA (42:11).