Hardware Podcasts

AI NEWS | Episode 32

Built 2 Scale · 15 Dec 2025 · 14m

What this episode covers

Hosts Matt Perrott and Scott Wilcox discuss OpenAI's strategic pivot to hardware, highlighted by hiring 40 Apple engineers and the vision of AI models running on network nodes without traditional operating systems. They analyze Meta's aggressive acquisition of Limitless AI wearables, noting the privacy policy changes and the company's pivot away from open source AI. The episode also covers Boom Supersonic's pivot to energy infrastructure for data centers, space-based data centers proposed by Gavin Baker, and the resulting 25-30% surge in construction wages due to AI infrastructure demand.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
OpenAI, Apple, Meta, Boom Supersonic, Kalshi, PolyMarket, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Y Combinator
Products
Limitless
Also
Gavin Baker, Altium

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