# They built a 100-mile highway without humans...

- Show: [Built 2 Scale](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale)
- Published: 2025-06-05
- Length: 1h 10m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2025-06-05-they-built-a-100-mile-highway-without-humans
- Listen: https://b2spod.captivate.fm

## Summary

Hosts Scott Wilcox (Scotty.inc) and Matt Parrott (Pez Limited) discuss the rapid evolution of AI and robotics, highlighting China's completion of a 100-mile autonomous highway and the rise of remote physical labor. They analyze the impact of Google Ultra, Perplexity's integration with Samsung, and the potential disruption of traditional education and market research by AI tools like Notebook LM and N8N. The episode concludes with Matt announcing his move to the US to scale his business, emphasizing the necessity of systems and processes for global expansion.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2025-06-05-they-built-a-100-mile-highway-without-humans#t=0) Introduction: Personal Branding and Google Ultra
- [10:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2025-06-05-they-built-a-100-mile-highway-without-humans#t=658) AI News: Perplexity, Archistar, and Notebook LM
- [25:43](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2025-06-05-they-built-a-100-mile-highway-without-humans#t=1543) Manufacturing and Edge Computing Trends
- [35:48](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2025-06-05-they-built-a-100-mile-highway-without-humans#t=2148) Tool of the Week: Agentic Workflows with N8N
- [44:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2025-06-05-they-built-a-100-mile-highway-without-humans#t=2689) Robot Rundown: China's Autonomous Highway and Lumina
- [55:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2025-06-05-they-built-a-100-mile-highway-without-humans#t=3336) Founder Files: Scaling Globally and Time Zones
- [1:04:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2025-06-05-they-built-a-100-mile-highway-without-humans#t=3897) Closing: AI's Impact on Jobs and OpenAI News

## Topics

- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Scotty.inc (company)
- Google Ultra (product)
- Perplexity (company)
- Samsung (company)
- Archistar (company)
- Notebook LM (product)
- N8N (tool)
- Lumina (company)
- OpenAI (company)
- Anthropic (company)
- Claude (product)
- Google AI Edge (product)

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