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Meta's AR Leak, Larry's TikTok Takeover & Brett Burns Another Billion

Built 2 Scale · 19 Sept 2025 · 1h 07m

What this episode covers

Hosts Scott Wilcox and Matt Perrott discuss Meta's leaked AR Ray-Bans with EMG wristband control, contrasting them with the failed Apple Vision Pro. They analyze Elon Musk's revelations on Tesla Optimus complexity and Larry Ellison's strategic moves with Oracle and TikTok, while also covering Figure AI's massive valuation and Mira Murati's deterministic AI research.

Most relevant to

large enterprises

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Oracle, Figure AI, Google, DeepMind, Nvidia, OpenAI, Brookfield, Macquarie, Anthropic
Products
Meta Ray-Bans, Apple Vision Pro, Tesla Optimus, TikTok, ChatGPT
Tools
Granola
Also
Mira Murati, Larry Ellison, Elon Musk, Demis Hassabis, Brett Adcock

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