Impacts of Remote Work and Robotics Startups

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The chapter explores the effects of remote work on socialization, labor arbitrage, and the growth of companies like Uber, Airbnb, Google, and Facebook with the same employee count. It delves into the efficiency of startups due to resource constraints, comparing them to larger companies as slow-moving giants. The discussion extends to robotics startups, highlighting humanoid robots for warehouse tasks, food delivery, and household assistance, with a focus on funding, capabilities, and future AI integration.

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Todays show:

Alex Wilhelm joins Jason to discuss news that a16z has built out a GPU cluster that it rents to its portfolio companies (4:22), Q2 venture trends (31:02), robotics startups (57:39), new TWIST500 companies (1:11:51), and more!

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(0:00) Jason and Alex kick off the show

(4:22) Venture capital firms building AI GPU clusters and a16z's “oxygen”

(10:09) .Tech Domains - Apply for the Jam Session with JCal contest today at https://jamwithjcal.tech

(11:13) Where this leads the industry

(20:21) Michael Ovitz's influence and venture capitalists' work ethic

(30:10) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist⁠

(31:02) Q2 venture capital funding trends and strategies for struggling companies

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(38:23) Global AI funding trends and current state of venture capital

(57:39) Teleoperation robots, remote work arbitrage, and ethical considerations

(1:11:51) Robotics companies' funding, the future of AI and robotics, and the TWIST500