3 Days in San Francisco's AI Gold Rush

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    AI Gold Rush in San Francisco
    • The video explores the $50 trillion AI gold rush in San Francisco, highlighting the rapid growth and opportunities in the AI sector.
    • Greg Eisenberg hosts a meet-up in Dolores Park, attracting a large crowd interested in AI.
    • The visit includes interactions with AI startups and key figures in the industry.
    Startup Success Stories
    • The founders of Cluey discuss their rapid growth from $0 to $5 million in three months with a small team.
    • The video captures the essence of startup culture, including informal meetings and spontaneous networking.
    Innovative Workspaces
    • HF0 is a unique residency designed to foster intense focus and productivity for startup founders.
    • The space provides everything from meals to a conducive environment for innovation, inspired by silent meditation retreats.
    AI and Robotics
    • The Founders Inc. Garage is a hub for AI and robotics innovation, featuring humanoid robots and autonomous systems.
    • The video emphasizes the convergence of AI, VR, and robotics and their potential military applications.
    Investment and Growth
    • A16Z is investing heavily in AI, viewing it as a fundamental platform shift akin to the internet and mobile revolutions.
    • The firm provides support beyond funding, helping startups with operational challenges.
    Actionable Takeaways
    • Embrace the AI wave as a fundamental platform shift and explore its applications in various industries.
    • Consider residencies like HF0 for intense focus and productivity in startup development.
    • Leverage AI tools to enhance productivity and creativity in business operations.
    • Explore opportunities in robotics and AI for innovative applications and potential market leadership.
    • Engage in networking and community events to connect with like-minded individuals and gain industry insights.

    Transcript

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    [Music] We made it to San Francisco, the home of the $50 trillion AI gold rush. We're going to go see what the fuss is about.

    Come along. This is crazy.

    00:16

    Try operating a humanoid robot. I did not expect this.

    Really, really cool to be here. All right, let's get into it.

    To kick things off, I'm sending out a tweet with an open invitation to a meet up in Dolores Park. Think anyone will show up?

    It's the AI Gold Rush show.

    00:33

    Maybe a lot will come out. We'll see.

    So, I'm going to press host on this tweet and let's see if the internet could do it bad. Today's going to be absolutely insane.

    We're going to start the day meeting the founders of Cluey, this viral startup that's getting millions of views right now. Then, we're

    00:49

    going to the Stripe HQ. Never been here.

    It's cool. Then we're going to throw a meet up and I don't know if anyone's going to come, but let's see.

    It feels amazing to be here. You're going to want to watch every bit of it.

    01:06

    >> Should we go to that? Yeah, >> hiring and we just spent half a million dollars on the biggest office we could find in the heart of San Francisco.

    >> I sent him a message. I go, "Hey, you and SF this week?

    Maybe we can meet up. Love all the videos you're putting out.

    01:22

    Brilliant. Okay, put it out here you guys.

    I'm at street 24/7. Come by anytime.

    I'm Greg Eisenberg. Remember you said >> Greg.

    Oh >> Remember you're like pull up anytime.

    01:38

    >> Yes, bro. Pull up anytime, bro.

    >> You know. Oh, we pulled up.

    I brought a couple of friends. I hope that's all right.

    >> Of course, bro. Damn, you're a tall person, bro.

    >> We're filming a little documentary on AI. >> Oh, really?

    What what what would you guys like to know about the Cluey team? At >> at any time, you just uh command enter

    01:54

    and AI will look at your screen and it'll just figure out what what it thinks you need. It won't just know like the last 2 seconds of what's on your screen.

    It'll know the last year of everything you've done on your computer. In that case, who's going to use chatbt.com?

    Like why prompt it? What time or like like what should I nearest

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    doctor? Like who's going to prompt that when it already knows?

    You should just be able to command enter and given the context, it will just figure out what you need to do. This will be uh in in a world where GPT6 is out like nobody's going to be on charge.com.

    Everybody will be on Cluey. >> So 3 months ago you were doing $0

    02:28

    to 5 million. >> Now you're you're doing 5 million >> AR 4 something right now.

    >> Yeah. >> How many people today work on >> Cluey?

    >> Right now the team is five people full time. >> So for every employee you're making a million dollars basically.

    02:43

    >> Oh probably that's by that's in 3 months too. in 3 months.

    Like imagine us next month. Like yo, like we are growing at breakneck speed.

    >> All right. Well, thanks for your time, boys.

    >> Of course, bro. Of course.

    So, we just met with the clearly guys. I asked them to invest.

    Had no idea what the

    02:59

    valuation is. Could have been a billion dollars.

    They said they think about it. This embodies this whole AI gold rush.

    I mean 0 to 5 billion in like a couple months. They're wearing sweat the guy.

    Both of them are

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    wearing sweatpants. You know, probably haven't showered in days.

    Yeah. >> Oh, Andre Horowitz SF office.

    >> Should we just show up and see what happens? >> We'll see.

    Actually, I did see Andrew Chen is in town on Twitter today. I'm just going to be like, "Andrew Chen here." He didn't respond to my tweet or

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    anything. And we'll take it from there.

    >> Good start. >> Good start.

    >> It's um I'm guessing I press that button. >> Good morning.

    I help you out. Is uh Andrew Chen here?

    03:46

    >> Andrew Chen? >> Yeah.

    >> Do you guys have a meeting with him? >> No, I'm just a friend of his.

    I saw that he was in town on Twitter. Supervisor came out, said we need an appointment.

    Not surprised.

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    Should we head to Stripe? Okay, we made it.

    Stripe. [Music] We made it.

    Stripe HQ. It doesn't really feel like an office.

    It feels like what?

    04:22

    The bookcase is the largest bookcase in California. And the staircase is modeled after Harry Potter.

    Like, you wouldn't think a payman's company would be this cool. See you.

    >> Bye. There's just like this renewed sense of

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    there's a lot of opportunity right now. Like everyone I speak to is like feeling optimistic.

    I think when people say SF is back, like I've been hearing that a lot. I think it wouldn't be back without AI.

    04:56

    >> Okay guys, have a great >> Thank you. Mr.

    Cor. >> Thank you.

    We're going to do this meet up and see uh see who comes. >> We'll see who shows up.

    >> The AI gold rush.

    05:12

    >> What's up? >> Hello, Greg.

    Great to meet you. >> I wanted to make sure I come out to tell you that your videos have actually altered the course of my life in some way.

    Let's take a photo together. >> Is absolutely insane.

    So many talented people.

    05:27

    >> Tweeted this out. Didn't know if anyone was going to come.

    It's packed. I'm building Easy Tools, which is a software for creators to sell digital products.

    I'm a 17-year-old from Hong Kong. I actually just flew here yesterday night and I'm skipping the entire week of my high school exam week to just come here.

    05:43

    >> Man, I'm just feeling really inspired right now. >> All right.

    I heard about this crazy place, all repeat founders. Apparently, they take care of everything for people like their laundry, their food, you name

    06:00

    it. In this house, these people are just focusing, locked in, working on these like AI startups.

    I had to check it out. Sweet.

    So, welcome to HS0. We're here.

    This is the house. >> We made it.

    And do you want a little tour? >> Hell yeah.

    Let's do it. Bit of context

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    on the house itself. It's called the Archbishop's Mansion and it was originally built to host the Pope like 200 years ago and he never ended up coming because the whole city got flattened in an earthquake.

    It's a very like cozy vibe. We have one rule at HFZ.

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    There's like one hard fast rule which is don't touch the gloves. If you touch the gloves, the whole program falls apart.

    And so you can't do that. And here is the cafe.

    Caffeine, as you know, is the secret ingredient to all unicorn businesses.

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    >> Cheers, buddy. >> Cheers.

    >> The core of the space is the hack spaces, which are up on the second floor and in the basement. And those we keep

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    private to keep people in the zone. And then this gong here goes off at 12:30 and 6:00 every day.

    So your meals are on the dot. Like you'll be working in code and just hear this like faint gong.

    You don't even need to like break out of your flow. You just get right into this

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    routine. It's >> kind of like a Pavlov's dog sort of thing, right?

    A little bit. >> Like you just start salivating at like 6 p.m.

    and you're like, why am I salivating? And then you're like, "Oh my god, it's time to eat." >> People can be in flow for not just like minutes at a time or hours at a time, but like days at a time.

    07:39

    In order to get a better sense of what life was like at HF0, I got to sit down with some of its current residents. When was the last time you left this place?

    >> I don't know, Friday. Yeah, maybe a few days ago.

    >> The fact that we seclude ourselves from

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    the outside world and really absolutely focus on our business makes us really go significantly faster. >> Right now is the time to harness the availability of AI to take your ideas into reality.

    The level of ambition is insane and the type of innovations that

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    we're seeing are mindblowing. I think the people that are here are really going to change the way that industries operate.

    >> 0 to 100 million AR in 12 months. >> 12 weeks.

    >> 12 weeks. >> Hey, how's it going, Mo?

    I'm Greg. >> Nice.

    08:27

    >> Mo is one of the founders. >> Nice to meet you.

    What are you guys doing here? >> We hear there's a lot going on in this AI age.

    people taking ideas in their head and, you know, getting to 100 million ARR and crazy stuff happening. So, we're here just checking it out.

    >> Oh, cool. I'm building a drone company.

    08:43

    >> You're building a drone company? >> Well, I guess it's built already.

    >> What is it? >> Uh, we sell drones to the military.

    >> I never actually seen a military drone. >> The whole thing's 3D printed, including like little latches like this.

    So, what we're doing is essentially saving the DoD more money than Doge because the

    09:01

    cost of this drone com with a comparable system, uh, it's like a 100 times cheaper. Yeah.

    We're looking to close uh 8 figures in DoD contracts this year. >> You're looking to close 8 figures in DoD contracts this year?

    >> Yeah. >> And that's like that's possible.

    09:18

    >> Totally. >> Why do you think people come here versus elsewhere?

    really they're here for two things which is one just like the subtraction of focus like being able to fully dive like right into your project for 12 weeks straight and the second is

    09:35

    just the community. Now I understand why the pope would want to stay here.

    >> Just got to the California hornblower. The bolt new team is throwing this uh party on this boat.

    We asked if we can come on and they said yes. Uh there's a

    09:51

    bunch of bolt builders uh people building on top of bolt. So looking forward to meeting some people.

    I think it'll be a good time. I will admit I do get seasickness.

    [Music] It's pretty wavy already, right? I'm not making that up.

    Like it's wavy. Oh my

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    god. I'm going to I'm actually going to throw up.

    >> Thank you everybody for for coming out today. [Music] There's this new thing called AI that you can use to build web applications and that opens up all kinds of

    10:24

    opportunities whether that's making a cool app for your mom or quitting your job and building a business. We're trying to build a massive massive community here and so we can't do that alone.

    Bolt's a pretty awesome platform

    10:39

    that that's allowing like nontechnical people to use use AI and actually build some pretty cool things. I pretty much teach people how to build no code a automations.

    I don't have a coding background. Everyone I'm teaching does not have a coding background.

    We can all still get in here and build some really cool systems that actually provide

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    value. >> We are giving people the opportunity to not only build but like hopefully over time like decentralize the internet too.

    >> Land. We've made land.

    Landfall. I didn't throw up so that was a positive.

    Still feel like uh the land's a bit

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    shaky even though I am on land. Next, we got invited to a dinner with the Bolt team and some creators.

    I don't think I'm ready to eat. I got to be honest with you.

    It's, you know, I'm still feeling like something's up here, but excited about having some water there.

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    [Music] >> Yes. Go.

    >> So, they just like talking. >> Excuse me.

    >> Here we go. >> Like to say a few words.

    11:44

    Hey everyone, my name is Greg Eisenberg. Uh, I met Eric, CEO of uh, Bolt from a YouTube comment.

    I found Bolt and I made a video about it because what I do for a living is I help

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    people take their ideas out of their head and make software make a reality from it. And I made a a video on Bolt and literally Eric commented on it and it's true.

    Literally was like I

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    think I was com I said there was a bug or something or it could be better and he was like let's make it better and you know it's it was amazing. we got to know each other and I just want to say thank you to the Bolt team, Mallerie, Alex, Eric for having us all here.

    And then I

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    just want to say thank you for to Bolt for ushering this whole era of people taking their ideas out of their head, making them a reality and changing their lives. So let's raise a glass to Bolt and uh >> it's going to be an incredible next few

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    years. We may not have had an appointment at A16Z the other day, but Robin Guo squeezed us in first thing this morning for a personal tour.

    >> Hey, there he is. Welcome to Andreen.

    Good to see you, man. See you, man.

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    >> Thanks for having me. I want to see what what this whole mega fund and Dre Horowits is all about.

    Let's Let's check this place out. >> Yeah, let's do it.

    I'll give you the tour. >> We're A6Z.

    We have $42 billion under management. We invest across a few verticals.

    AI applications, AI

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    infrastructure, bio and health, crypto, games, and speedrun. Speedrun, >> what is that?

    >> So speedrun is basically our preede seed vehicle for backing a lot of the best founders at the intersection of like games, entertainment, technology,

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    creativity. Startup founders are really, really good at building product, but we want to help them with everything else, right?

    Like it might be annoying to set up your HR payroll system. It might be annoying to like go find your first engineer.

    how much do you pay your first engineer all that sort of stuff and so that those are the kind of services we

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    provide and then we think of speedrun as like hey work with us early you we help you build all those parts of the company and then if you like working with us hopefully we earn the right to you know do your series A and your series B and this could be the beginning of a very long relationship and from a scale uh

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    from 1 to 10 how how excited is the firm around this whole new AI wave that's happening >> probably like a Yeah, a lot of VCs, they need a bat on platform shifts, right? So, the internet was a platform shift.

    The mobile mobile

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    wave was a platform shift. These are all massive generational shifts in like how we do business.

    We just think that it's like a fundamental platform shift on the same level as some of these other platform shifts. And so, that's why we've put a lot of energy and capital and money into the space.

    So, you're fired up? Fired up, man.

    All right. You

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    want to continue the tour? >> Let's do it.

    Let's do it. >> Cool.

    And this is our basement. So, we used to have an art gallery over there.

    We have a gym. And we have a few other different spaces down here for people to work.

    Of the million ideas that you

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    probably see, you probably only invest in a hundred or a few. >> Yeah.

    >> Um, what are some of the most interesting AI ideas that keep you up at night? >> I think there's two I'll break it down into two areas at least for what I focus

    15:15

    on. One is just what I define as like broadly AI entertainment.

    And so this is like new creative tools and creative apps, new forms of video, new forms of images. There's lots of like new interesting like just ways for people to

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    have self-expression that really lower the barrier for anyone to go create new art. Um, so I think that's super interesting.

    And then the other group I'd say is sort of like AI productivity tools. Um and so this is everything from notetaking to travel booking to coding

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    to everything that makes us more productive basically makes us smarter, makes us more effective. So I think there's a lot of different startups in those categories that are just like very interesting to us.

    >> I think when you walk into a place like that, you always leave wanting to dream

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    bigger. Back to the mansion.

    We had to come back to HF Zero because we heard there's a few really interesting companies and hopefully we can also catch the co-founder of HFZ and see uh see more about the vision of the of the

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    mansion. Your business I hear is in the don't die movement.

    Is that right? >> We're we're trying to make death optional.

    Uh that's our goal with this company to actually rejuvenate people to be younger. What we're trying to accomplish is extending your health span.

    Like while you're 100 years old or

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    120, you're still in your body able to be playing tennis, binton, anything you would like. >> I thought there's a quote that the only two true things in life are death and taxes.

    >> Yeah. >> So that's not true.

    >> It seems like it's only taxes. >> Yeah.

    >> Well, the thing is, yes, we make death

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    an option, but what we're really doing is creating time and possibilities in your life. So in our lifetime, you think that we can live until 150?

    That's a possibility. >> Well, we should be living into 120 now.

    Yeah. Uh we're programmed, all humans are to live around 115, 120, but we live

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    in a toxic soup and we don't live perfect lives. >> We have the biology to do it with a little bit of intervention.

    We think we can keep the body younger for longer. Keeping dignity as we age to be able to do the things that we love.

    >> And is that what your business does? It helps people live longer or >> Yes.

    So what we are seeing is if you

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    can't measure it, you can't intervene it. So first of all, we measure how your body is aging organ by organ by testing 460 markers to tell you how your brain is aging, your reproductive system is aging.

    If you don't have a very accurate way to tell what is working and what's not, then there's no way for us to even

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    discover that medicine. There's so many supplements, longevity therapeutics, stem cells out there.

    How do you know what is snake oil and what's not? So the first thing that we publish is a diagnostic test that's able to be telling your biological age organ by organ to tell you what is the best way

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    of you to reverse your aging. >> Does AI play a role in some of the diagnostics or >> Yeah.

    So you start from measuring to see what is working and what's not. And after this AI can take a model in a black box.

    Biology is very complex from

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    DNA to RNA to protein. There's so many things going on at the same time.

    It's the most complex thing on this earth that you can modeling. So AI is playing a very crucial role in extracting what is the correlation or causation of different interaction between the drugs

    18:28

    between cellular cellular interaction or what is the best way for you to reverse your aging instead of trusting Instagram ads for buying supplements. This is what you exactly need to do.

    >> Is this something for billionaires and celebrities or could average people live long?

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    >> Average people like it's a diagnostic test kit. You can do it at home and we collect your blood using a very cool device.

    You just put it on your arm and click press the red button and needle-free, painfree, you'll be collecting it and ship it out to us. You should be your health CEO instead of

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    your doctor. >> And what were you doing before that got you interested into the the business of aging?

    I mean, you look young. >> I'm actually 86.

    >> You're actually 86. So, what's the difference between a hacker house and a residency?

    >> So, a hacker house is a bunch of people co-l livingiving. A residency has the

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    intention of subtracting everything out from a founders's life. Hacker houses don't really work.

    Honestly, people end up just getting fights over dishes getting left in the sink. HFZ is really just the first of its kind.

    But we want there to be more residencies because I

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    don't think there's any other startup program out there that is able to get this caliber of founders. I mean, we've had 12 founders now in the past couple of years and we only accept 10 teams per batch, three batches per year.

    And I think 12 of them now in the past year and a half have previously founded

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    unicorn companies. Where do you get that in the world where 40% of the badge has previously founded a company that has been worth more than a billion dollars and they're like it's insane.

    Like and they're giving us equity. >> Like I don't think it happens anywhere else on planet Earth.

    >> Right. Totally.

    And so clearly there's

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    something here. And once you experience this new way of building a company, you never look back and you're like, I guess I'll just build in that old way, in that slower way.

    >> So what is the magic of HFZ? >> So HFZ is actually modeled after silent meditation retreats.

    I don't know if you've done a Vasa before. Have you done

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    one? >> That sounds like a pasta dish to me.

    >> Okay. >> So the answer is no.

    >> So no, it does kind of sound like a pasta dish. >> But there's something that happens out of a pasta.

    So you're not allowed to talk to anyone. You're not allowed to read.

    You can't write, you can't gesture, you can't even make eye

    20:39

    contact. So, you're actually not spending any executive function thinking about anything else.

    You're not thinking like, "What am I going to eat? Where am I going to eat?

    Who am I going to sit with? What am I going to do today?" You're not thinking about any of those thoughts.

    You end up unlocking so much excess brain power that you can apply to anything. In this case, we're trying to

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    help founders unlock this superpower and we want them to apply that to their company. >> What makes a founder like the right founder for this container?

    because it is such an immersive and kind of all-consuming experience where you're literally living with your co-founders

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    and you're living with nine other teams, really only the most extreme people are going to be down for that type of experience. My co-founder Dave sometimes talks about like when people allow the Holy Spirit to be flowing through their fingers and we really only want people

    21:27

    who are down for that experience and there aren't that many people who are down for that experience. People don't even want to create billion dollar companies.

    They're talking about trillion dollar companies here. >> Yeah.

    Because this is such an extreme way to be building your company. And so only the most extreme types of people are typically the ones who want to

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    create the most world changing companies. And if you're going to be creating one of the most world changing companies, it is going to be something like a trillion dollar company.

    A billion dollar company is not interesting for us. >> I'm standing on top of one of the craziest warehouses in San Francisco.

    It's called Founders Inc. Garage.

    The

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    people in this warehouse are building the craziest stuff in Silicon Valley. Humanoid robots, toys that talk.

    I had to check it out for myself. Can't wait.

    So, this is the garage. Informally the garage, formerly a hardware design space.

    We built this massive 4floor,

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    20,000 ft² space to just invite any awesome hardware people that we find via the internet to come pull up here and build Case in point, our first prospect. >> This is crazy.

    Basically, what I'm doing is Real Steel in real life. I don't know

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    if you ever seen that movie, but it's humanoid robot fighting, and we think it's going to become the next UFC. And uh not only are we going to have boxing, but we're going to have swords and flamethrowers and every other crazy thing you could possibly imagine.

    So, think of it less as a robot, more as a

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    uh a metal human. What got you into the metal human game?

    Um well I started to see people controlling robots using VR and uh a lot of the challenges that you have in physics is very similar to the tech challenges that you have in robotics and so I I saw a lot of

    23:06

    crossover between this you know VR and humanoid robotics were essentially converging in fact the way that you train these robots is usually motion capture data so on actual people and the way that you track VR is motion capture data. So there's a there's a very

    23:22

    interesting convergence happening in robotics and AI and VR where they're all kind of converging at the same time. So the best way to interact with it, you know, would be AI and then VR is going to be the best way to control it and train it using motion capture data.

    And then humanoid is the form that people

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    are going to relate with most emotionally. For example, I've created videos where I just hit him with a pillow and people have had a very strong emotional response to that.

    like is this the future of the military, you know?

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    >> I so I actually think there's a lot of corlary between uh drone racing. So drones started off as kind of like a toy if drone racing leagues and stuff like that.

    I think there's a lot of correlation to what's going to happen with these guys. So yeah, I wouldn't be surprised 5 years from now humanoids are

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    in some type of military capacity. They're already being used for like police in China, but yeah, they're scary.

    This guy's 200 lb about 6 feet tall. I mean, China honestly has about 90% of the humanoids.

    The government is directly subsidizing humanoids in in

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    China where in the United States it's, you know, it's like heavy R&D. Yeah.

    I mean, if the US really wants to be competitive, uh we the government's going to have to step up and start actually putting money into robotics. >> Is China beating us in the robotics

    24:43

    game? >> Absolutely.

    >> Yeah. Yeah.

    Yeah, I mean this is actually an unfortunate reality is that DJI is the number one drone company in the world and even the US military is using DJI Chinese drones in military. So

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    that same thing is going to happen with humanoids and the only real company in the United States that has a chance of doing that skill is Tesla. >> I'm going to take you guys to the main floor first.

    >> Why does this feel like the tower of terror? So, this is the second floor.

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    >> How's it going? >> Hi, I'm Connor.

    It's >> Greg. Nice to meet you.

    >> Nice to meet you. >> What uh what are you working on, Connor?

    >> Uh we're making it easier for builders and businesses to get access to uh cast metal parts. So, we do single run uh quick turn metal casting.

    25:29

    >> Hi everyone. >> What are you up to?

    Uh so, we built these. These are industrial robot arms.

    We need more hands for humanity to build the thing which we want to build. More hands for humanity.

    Better better world for us all. Can I shake your hand?

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    >> Oh yeah, absolutely. This is the magical toys office.

    Uh there's a small toy factory over there. This is where we hand make all the dinos right now.

    >> Can I see one of the dinos? >> Yeah, I actually have one here.

    It's

    26:01

    prompted for you. Uh Dino, wake up.

    >> All right, I am waking up. Please wait a few seconds for me to get ready.

    >> Dino had a late night latte. >> You're the funniest dino I know.

    Greg,

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    want to hear a silly joke? >> I would love to hear a joke.

    >> What do you call a dinosaur with no eyes? >> A blindosaur.

    >> Haha. Close.

    It's Do you think he saw us? Get it?

    He can't see.

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    >> Amazing. He's over there.

    >> Hey guys. >> Hey guys.

    How you doing? >> Nice to meet you.

    I'm Greg. Mo Victor.

    Nice to meet you guys. >> Nice to meet you, Mo and Victor.

    >> We're making the most reliable and high throughput forklift autonomy system. Basically way more forklifts.

    >> One of my first jobs of working breaking

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    boxes in a warehouse. >> Oh yeah.

    And we didn't even have a forklift. This would be amazing to have.

    >> Just left Founders Inc. Garage.

    Lots cooking up there. Really, really cool.

    And uh just processing it. Next, we were off to the studio to record a couple of

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    startup ideas podcasts with Steph Smith and Jonathan Courtney. I've been trying to get you to come on the podcast for eternity.

    >> Eternity. >> What do you want to talk about today?

    >> Something you guys haven't been talking about. AI.

    >> Then we headed over to one of my favorite places in San Francisco,

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    Founders, Inc. Founders, Inc.

    was started by Furcon. He co-founded App 11.

    I think it's like a hundred billion dollar company. And now he's got some of the brightest people in San Francisco all under this roof.

    Uh we're going to do a Q&A and we're going to get some really interesting questions. Every time

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    I chat with Furcon is an absolute delight. You give out all the knowledge you have for the most part.

    All the sauce. Is there any sauce that you keep to yourself?

    If you give away sauce, good things will happen. After this whirlwind day, our final stop is the Big

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    Bolt event where I finally got to meet the man that inspired the hackathon. Yeah.

    >> Hey P, good to see you. >> We get to see you finally in person.

    >> We did it. >> Insane.

    Wow. You did actually.

    You did it, too. You We wouldn't be here if this wasn't for that tweet that you put out.

    So, I appreciate that.

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    >> I'm so grateful and I can't believe this is happening. >> So, we're trying to throw the world's largest hackathon and set a Guinness World Record.

    And in order to do that, you got to create some hype. So, we we were thinking, what's the best way we could create some hype?

    Maybe throw a huge party with the Chain Smokers DJing.

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    We bought out a nightclub. We're really trying to throw the coolest startup party that's ever happened.

    >> We expect like 1,500 to 2,000 people to show up, which is crazy cuz Bolt has never had an event that large before. So, it's like all hands on deck.

    I'm not

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    kidding you. The team yesterday, I have Sunburn on my back.

    We were just pulling together bags and like merch and everything for Wednesday. Eric, Alex, like everyone was just like working together to pull together everything for the party last minute.

    So, it's this big moment, I feel like, in the company's

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    history. >> The next crew coming on the stage needs no introduction.

    >> It is the Chain Smoker M. >> Now that we've seen what it takes, it's time to get building.

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    >> The hackathon begun, baby. Right after the Chain Smokers party, we went straight into execution mode with the hackathon.

    >> Are we ready to handle this? We've prepared a lot.

    Like, you know, you you just you have no idea until until you

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    actually uh kind of hit the starting line. >> Are we going to be able to pull this off?

    >> There were people every single day posting their progress and showing up. >> We were building a project with Bolt for the Hackathon.

    >> This is my idea. >> We're excited to show you how it works.

    Just to kind of see the range and the

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    people participating and the projects that they were building and their background was very unexpected. >> Hi guys, I'm Alex and I'm 12 years old and I am participating in the bolt new hackathon.

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