# Live from LA - Matt and Scotty’s Austin and LA adventures, plus NVIDIA and Google power plays

- Show: [Built 2 Scale](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale)
- Published: 2025-07-30
- Length: 48m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2025-07-30-live-from-la-matt-and-scottys-austin-and-la-adventures-plus-nvidia-and-google-po
- Listen: https://b2spod.captivate.fm

## Summary

Hosts Matt Perrott and Scott Wilcox discuss recent developments in AI, robotics, and hardware, including Google's launch of the Opal no-code platform and Lovable's rapid growth to $100M ARR. They analyze Amazon's acquisition of AI wearable company Bay, the emergence of portable data centers by Amend, and the deflationary pricing of robotics from Unitree and DJI. The episode concludes with an analysis of Jensen Huang's leadership philosophy at NVIDIA and the necessity for workers to adopt AI tools to avoid being replaced.

## Chapters

- [0:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2025-07-30-live-from-la-matt-and-scottys-austin-and-la-adventures-plus-nvidia-and-google-po#t=14) Introduction: Travel Disasters and Longevity Coaching
- [3:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2025-07-30-live-from-la-matt-and-scottys-austin-and-la-adventures-plus-nvidia-and-google-po#t=190) AI in Architecture and Australian Energy Policy
- [16:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2025-07-30-live-from-la-matt-and-scottys-austin-and-la-adventures-plus-nvidia-and-google-po#t=965) Google Opal and the Rise of Just-in-Time Software
- [21:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2025-07-30-live-from-la-matt-and-scottys-austin-and-la-adventures-plus-nvidia-and-google-po#t=1314) Amazon's Acquisition of Bay AI Wearables
- [25:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2025-07-30-live-from-la-matt-and-scottys-austin-and-la-adventures-plus-nvidia-and-google-po#t=1508) Portable Data Centers and Autonomous Construction
- [30:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2025-07-30-live-from-la-matt-and-scottys-austin-and-la-adventures-plus-nvidia-and-google-po#t=1856) Robot Rundown: Unitree, Tesla Optimus, and DJI
- [43:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2025-07-30-live-from-la-matt-and-scottys-austin-and-la-adventures-plus-nvidia-and-google-po#t=2590) Jensen Huang's Leadership and the 'Delete the Mids' Philosophy

## Topics

- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Direct-to-consumer & e-commerce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/direct-to-consumer)
- [Pricing, margins & unit economics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pricing-and-unit-economics)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- Google (company)
- Opal (product)
- Lovable (company)
- Amazon (company)
- Bay (company)
- Amend (company)
- Unitree (company)
- R1 (product)
- Luminar (company)
- Tesla (company)
- Optimus (product)
- DJI (company)
- NVIDIA (company)
- Jensen Huang (other)
- AirTable (company)
- Meta (company)
- Yan Lacoon (other)
- Alex Wang (other)
- Sheng Jai Zao (other)
- Boston Dynamics (company)

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