Built 2 Scale · 19 Jul 2025 · 59m
Hosts Matt Perrott and Scott Wilcox discuss the convergence of AI and hardware, highlighting Grok-4's rapid integration into Tesla vehicles and the emerging browser wars involving Perplexity, OpenAI, and Google. They analyze the collapse of the Windsurf acquisition, attributing it to a talent poaching war where Google acquired key personnel, and explore how Chinese factories are using AI glasses to train humanoid robots. The episode concludes with a philosophical debate on leadership strategies, contrasting Mark Zuckerberg's talent acquisition model with Elon Musk's mission-driven culture.
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Engineering & simulationNVIDIA Omniverse
NVIDIA Omniverse is used for synthetic training of robots, simulating physics-based scenarios like walking or tripping to prepare them for real-world tasks.
“training, the day-to-day tasks … synthetic training in the omniverse in NVIDA … training robots to deal with um, everyday scenarios, based on physics…”
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