# AI NEWS | Episode 34

- Show: [Built 2 Scale](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale)
- Published: 2026-01-21
- Length: 14m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2026-01-21-ai-news-episode-34
- Listen: https://b2spod.captivate.fm

## Summary

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.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2026-01-21-ai-news-episode-34#t=0) Introduction: AI Inflection Point and Claude Opus 4.5
- [0:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2026-01-21-ai-news-episode-34#t=32) Claude Code and the Shift to AI Co-pilots
- [8:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2026-01-21-ai-news-episode-34#t=538) ChatGPT Health and the Super App Strategy
- [10:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2026-01-21-ai-news-episode-34#t=637) Meta's Acquisition of Manus
- [12:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2026-01-21-ai-news-episode-34#t=762) Apple and Google's Siri Engine Swap

## Topics

- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Growth, exits & acquisitions](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/growth-exits-and-acquisitions)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- Claude (product)
- Anthropic (company)
- Claude Code (product)
- OpenAI (company)
- ChatGPT (product)
- Meta (company)
- Manus (product)
- Apple (company)
- Google (company)
- Siri (product)
- Gemini (product)

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- [EP 179: Apple's WWDC and Siri AI, Nebius Inflection, China Trip Takeaways](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-circuit/2026-06-15-ep-179-apples-wwdc-and-siri-ai-nebius-inflection-china-trip-takeaways) (The Circuit)
- [Episode 72: Apple Intelligence and Closed Loop Private Computing](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-circuit/2024-06-17-episode-72-apple-intelligence-and-closed-loop-private-computing) (The Circuit)
- [Episode 122: Apple's WWDC, AMD AI Event, Semiconductors 2.0](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-circuit/2025-06-16-episode-122-apples-wwdc-amd-ai-event-semiconductors-2-0) (The Circuit)
- [Episode 85: OpenAI leaves AI Silicon in the Dust](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-circuit/2024-09-16-episode-85-openai-leaves-ai-silicon-in-the-dust) (The Circuit)
- [Hyper Growth and OpenClaw Interns](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2026-04-01-hyper-growth-and-openclaw-interns) (The Amp Hour)

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