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Google Gemini 3 Launch, Manus AI Browser Wars, & Crashing VC Offices

Built 2 Scale · 21 Nov 2025 · 1h 09m

What this episode covers

Hosts Matt Perrott and Scott Wilcox discuss the launch of Google Gemini 3.0, highlighting its deep integration into the Google ecosystem and infrastructure advantages over competitors like OpenAI. They analyze Manus AI's 'Bring Your Own Browser' strategy as a pragmatic alternative to building new browsers, while critiquing the current startup culture for lacking support for founder-parents. The conversation concludes with a humorous proposal for a 'Pensions, Yachts and Families' club featuring Yann LeCun and Jeff Bezos to counterbalance hustle culture.

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early-stage companies

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Companies
Google, Manus AI, Tesla, Y Combinator, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, Apple
Products
Gemini 3.0, ChatGPT

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