This Week in Startups Jason’s Tesla Optimus prediction, Anthropic’s latest mega-raise and more | E2172
Today’s show:
Find out why it’s important to “get curious,” and more deep founder insights on a new TWiST.
Jason and Alex are back with a look at Robot vs. Human violence spilling out into the streets, Elon Musk’s vision for humanoid robots, and a reconsideration of Apple’s open-source AI models. Is the hardware giant not getting enough credit for its smaller-scale innovations?
Plus Grok has another hit model, AND a chat with Scale Social founder Runbin Dong about the importance of knowing your worth.
Timestamps:
(0:00) Robot vs. Human violence in the streets! Is anti-clanker behavior inevitable?
(05:13) Producer Claude’s company Anthropic is growing FAST, raising BIG money
(09:21) More on why Jason is convinced Tesla’s Optimus robots are the future
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(23:31) Ask Jason: Should you get a ticket for messing with an autonomous vehicle?
(27:04) Is Apple not getting enough credit for its open-source AI models?
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(38:08) Grok has another hit AI model… how can anyone even keep track of this?!
(40:27) Runbin Dong of Scale Social stops by from ICELAND
(42:54) How Runbin’s job delivering homemade dumplings inspired his startup
(47:05) Why founders need to know their WORTH when pricing their products
(59:21) Jason’s advice for companies that are creating their own category
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