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Receipts or Regrets | End of Year Special

Built 2 Scale · 22 Dec 2025 · 46m

What this episode covers

Hosts Matt Perrott and Scott Wilcox review their past predictions in a 'Receipts or Regrets' segment, discussing the rise of affordable Chinese humanoid robots and the failure of Figure AI's valuation. They analyze the stock performance of Guzman y Gomez, the acquisition of Limitless AI by Meta, and the validity of 'just-in-time' software development. The episode also covers personal tech regrets, including the Limitless pendant's poor battery life and the challenges of running dual Apple/Google ecosystems.

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early-stage companies

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Companies
Figure AI, Tesla, Waymo, Guzman y Gomez, Meta, Sesame AI, Qantas, OpenAI, Apple, Google, DJI
Products
Limitless AI
Also
ChatGPT

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