Tesla Robotaxis, Saudi Arabia, AI in Big Tech, Art Market Update + Guests

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May 13, 2025

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Dylan Abruscato, creator of the interactive game Crypto: The Game, joins an impressive lineup including Jared Madfes, a savvy investor discussing Saudi Arabia's tech rise, and Sam D'Amico, innovating home cooking with battery-integrated stoves. Vincent Weisser from Prime Intellect elaborates on AI advancements, while Maneet Khaira shares insights on gaming hardware. Aaron Ginn reveals trends in decentralized infrastructure. Together, they dissect Tesla’s autonomous driving hurdles, the AI market’s evolution, and the evolving art market, with a splash of humor and geopolitics.

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INSIGHT

Tesla's Transformative Tech Potential

Tesla's Optimus and RoboTaxi are seen as transformative technologies with massive market potential.
Dominating robot production and scaling efficiently are key to Tesla’s future success and stock valuation.

ADVICE

Simple Start to Art Collecting

To build early relationships in art collecting, interact directly and casually with emerging artists.
Use simple communications like social media DMs to initiate commissions and purchase artworks effectively.

ADVICE

Buy Art You Love

Buy art that personally appeals to you rather than investing solely for financial returns.
Personal enjoyment often predicts better long-term returns than following presumed investment advice.

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(02:39) - Tech Takes Over Saudi Arabia
(22:35) - Tesla's Robotaxi Timelines
(40:38) - Big Tech's AI Midlife Crisis
(45:23) - Dylan Abruscato. Dylan is the creator of Crypto: The Game, an on-chain survival game that blends gameplay with crypto-native mechanics. He’s known for pushing the boundaries of interactive web3 experiences.
(59:34) - Jared Madfes. Jared is an investor and writer who has become an online correspondent on Saudi Arabia’s growing influence in tech and finance. His commentary blends humor, geopolitics, and startup insight.
(01:14:04) - Sam D'Amico. Sam is the founder and CEO of Impulse Labs, a company developing battery-integrated induction stoves that combine high performance with grid energy storage. With a background in hardware engineering at companies like Google and Oculus, Sam is leveraging his expertise to revolutionize home appliances and drive electrification.
(01:32:33) - Vincent Weisser. Vincent is the co-founder of Prime Intellect, a decentralized AI platform that aggregates global compute to collaboratively train and co-own advanced models. He helped lead the development of INTELLECT-2, a 32-billion-parameter reasoning model trained through globally distributed reinforcement learning.
(01:47:30) - Maneet Khaira. Maneet is the founder and CEO of Backbone, a company specializing in mobile gaming hardware and software. Backbone is best known for its Backbone One controller, which transforms smartphones into portable gaming consoles, and its companion app that integrates with services like Xbox Cloud Gaming and PlayStation Remote Play.
(01:59:48) - Aaron Ginn. Aaron is the co-founder and CEO of Hydra Host, a platform providing decentralized, bare-metal GPU infrastructure for AI and high-performance computing workloads.
(02:36:06) - Dan Gray. Dan is the Head of Insights at Equidam, a platform specializing in startup valuation. He is also a frequent contributor to Crunchbase News, where he shares his expertise on startup valuation and fundraising trends.