The Future of Robotics: Playful Innovation

Episode 499: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talks to Brett Adcock (https://twitter.com/adcock_brett) about how he nearly went bankrupt after his +$100m exit from Vettery (now Hired). How? Betting everything on the next big idea. And he’s doing it again today with Figure.ai, a robotics company bringing a general purpose humanoid to life.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:00) How Brett self-funded Archer Aviation

(13:00) Nearly going personally bankrupt

(19:00) Street of Walls and being a self-taught finance expert

(24:00) How to choose the right idea to work on

(28:00) Why Future could be the biggest business in the world

(32:00) Addressing objections to a robot workforce

(35:00) Why hardware is actually easier than software

(40:00) How big is Figure going to be in 5 years?

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Links:

• Brett Adcock’s website - https://www.brettadcock.com/

• Figure (AI Robotics) - https://www.figure.ai/

• Archer Aviation - https://www.archer.com/

• Vettery (now Hired) - https://hired.com/

• Ikagai - https://tinyurl.com/3x9mytpb

• Street of Walls - https://www.streetofwalls.com/

• The Fast Track: https://tinyurl.com/yeyz7j7p

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