Hardware Podcasts

AI NEWS | Episode 34

Built 2 Scale · 21 Jan 2026 · 14m

What this episode covers

Hosts Matt Perrott and Scott Wilcox discuss the rapid evolution of AI tools, highlighting Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.5 and its integration into Claude Code for automated software development. They analyze OpenAI's strategic pivot with ChatGPT Health and the potential for a 'super app' model, alongside Meta's $5 billion acquisition of Manus to bolster its reasoning capabilities. The episode concludes with an analysis of Apple's decision to power Siri with Google's Gemini, interpreting it as an admission that Apple is behind in AI development.

Most relevant to

large enterprises

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta, Apple, Google
Products
Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Manus, Siri, Gemini

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