They built a 100-mile highway without humans...

06/06/2025 1h 10min Episodio 12
They built a 100-mile highway without humans...

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Episode SnapshotScotty and Matt blitz through the week’s wildest tech headlines—from Google’s eye-watering $400/mo Ultra plan and Perplexity’s Samsung coup to China’s 100-mile, zero-human freeway. Along the way: domain names purchased under the influence, why Notebook LM might replace your MBA, and the very real rise of remote robot workers.Quick Episode GuideTimestamp Segment00:00:00 Cold-open headlines — Scotty.inc, Google Ultra, China’s 100-mile robot freeway00:01:14 Personal branding: Scotty grabs Scotty.inc00:03:00 Drunk-domain confession — PES tells all about late-night URL shopping00:05:00 Google Ultra first week: $8–$10 per prompt (!)00:07:05 100 % male YouTube audience — where are the women in tech?00:07:58 Limitless pendant keynote & “Find My” face-palm00:08:54 VC satire: raising at your kid’s school play00:11:10 Perplexity Labs, WhatsApp bot & Samsung default deal00:14:44 Rick Caruso shouts-out Aussie AI (Archistar) on Fox News00:16:44 Notebook LM workflow: overnight research → morning podcast00:19:26 A16Z: AI up-ends $140 B research industry00:22:14 DIY MBAs & why campuses must pivot to community hubs00:26:32 Starship “Gigabay” & manufacturing gets sexy again00:30:30 North-Star thinking: shoot for Mars, fix your API 00:32:06Google AI Edge — local models & privacy as luxury00:36:00 Tool of the Week: N8N + Claude agentic workflows00:40:06 Automation as a sales pitch (back-office demo wins deals)00:44:51 Robot Rundown: China completes 100-mile freeway with zero humans00:49:48 Lumina’s autonomous electric bulldozers (SF)00:52:26 Remote tele-ops: stacking Tokyo shelves from India & robot surgery00:55:42 Founder Files: the pain of scaling across time-zones01:00:43 Systems, processes & “surface area” for founder freedom01:04:57 Anthropic’s 50 % job-loss headline—opportunity vs. fear01:08:15 Live on air: OpenAI Codex gets Internet + free-tier MemoryKey ThemesCost vs. Value in AI Subscriptions – Google Ultra’s sticker shockApplication-Layer Wins – How Perplexity keeps shipping past the majorsAI Fast-Tracking Construction – Archistar in California wildfire rebuildsEdge Computing & Privacy – Why on-device models matterAgentic Workflows – Screenshot → Claude → fully-wired automationRobot Infrastructure – China, Lumina, and the future of heavy machineryScaling Globally – Time-zone pain, founder relocation, and systems that set you freeResources & MentionsGoogle Ultra / Gemini AdvancedPerplexity Labs & WhatsApp botArchistar AINotebook LM (Google)A16Z “AI & Research” postNvidia Jetson & edge hardwareN8N + Anthropic ClaudeLumina Autonomous DozersOpenAI Codex + Memory updateAbout Built 2 ScaleFounders Scott Wilcox (Scotty.inc) and Matt Parrott go deep on startups, AI, robotics, and the future of construction & manufacturing. New conversations drop every week.Follow & SubscribeYouTube: @b2spodSpotify / Apple / Google...

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