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Full-Stack AI, Zapier MCP & Limitless Pendant | $10 M Boring Tunnels

Built 2 Scale · 16 May 2025 · 1h 02m

What this episode covers

Scott Wilcox of W Build and Matt Perrott of Build Pass discuss the Limitless Pendant, noting its note-taking capabilities but highlighting the critical lack of 'Find My' integration which led to Scott losing the device. They analyze Y Combinator’s 'full-stack AI' concept, with Wilcox explaining Elysium’s vision for vertically integrated, autonomous home ecosystems involving Nvidia and Autodesk. The hosts also cover Zapier’s new MCP server enabling AI agents to access 8,000 apps, OpenAI’s hiring of Fidji Simo, and The Boring Company’s autonomous tunnels reducing construction costs to 1% of traditional methods.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
W Build, Build Pass, Y Combinator, Elysium, Nvidia, Autodesk, Tesla, Apple, OpenAI, Google, Zapier, The Boring Company
Products
Limitless Pendant, Gemini, Even G1
Tools
Notion, Slack, AssemblyAI
Also
Fidji Simo, MCP

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