Segment Highlights & Takeaways

00:00 - Founder-life Banter 1080p ear-hair, distribution hacks, and why humor matters for reach.

08:30 - Delegation vs “Founder Mode” Why Zuck, Chesky & Musk still get their hands dirty—plus a 3-step audit to decide when you should delegate.

18:55 - Coinbase HackAnatomy of a social-engineering breach and why Brian Armstrong spent $400 M instead of paying a $20 M ransom. Security checklist included.

28:50 - Google I/O 2025 RecapGemini 2.5, Veo-3 video AI, Project Astra live demo. What “Agent Mode” means for Apple’s walled garden.

37:40 - MCP & the Agentic WebMeet HTTP’s heir for AI agents. Translate “MCP packets” into traction for your startup.

47:15 - 1-Person Unicorns OpenAI Codex + cloud infra = solo dev superpowers. Case study: 6-week MVP → $8 M seed.

55:00 - Tool Stack SprintRelevance AI, NotebookLM app, DripMax style-rater, Cal.ai macro tracker—who should test what, and why.

1:02:00 - Nvidia Isaac GR00T & Omniverse Physics-true sims, synthetic data, and Jensen Huang’s “infrastructure is compute” manifesto.

1:08:20 - Robot RundownFigure AI’s factory deal momentum and the grand-slam TAM math behind the $50 T humanoid economy.

1:13:45 - Snack-Size Philosophy“You are only your next token.” How to run life like an LLM—practical mindset reframes.

Key Topics / SEO Tags

AI news • Google I/O 2025 • Gemini 2.5 • Project Astra • MCP protocol • Agentic Web • OpenAI Codex • Nvidia Omniverse • Isaac GR00T • Figure AI • Humanoid robots • $50 T robot economy • Coinbase hack • Founder delegation • Venture capital strategy • Startup tooling

Resources & Links

• Google I/O: https://io.google/
• Gemini 2.5 (DeepMind): https://deepmind.google/technologies/
• Project Astra: https://deepmind.google/blog/project-astra
• Veo-3 Video AI: https://deepmind.google/technologies/
• Nvidia Omniverse: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/omniverse/
• Nvidia Isaac (GR00T): https://developer.nvidia.com/isaac
• Figure AI Humanoids: https://www.figure.ai/
• Coinbase: https://www.coinbase.com/
• OpenAI Codex: https://openai.com/research/codex
• MCP primer: https://agentprotocol.dev/
• Relevance AI: https://www.relevanceai.com/
• NotebookLM: https://notebooklm.google/
• Cal.ai: https://www.cal.ai/
• DripMax (beta): https://dripmax.app/
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1. Audit your delegation stack: Use Scott’s “80/20 Founder-Mode Test” to decide today what to offload.
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This week on Built 2 Scale: Scott loses his brand-new Limitless pendant (turns out “Find My” isn’t included), Matt explains why Zapier’s new MCP server might let interns run the office, and the guys dissect YC’s “full-stack AI” memo. They roast Google’s Gemini branding fumble, cheer OpenAI’s Sheryl-Sandberg-style hire, and marvel at Elon’s autonomous boring machine that digs tunnels for 1 % of Melbourne-Metro costs. Plus: stealth AR teleprompter glasses, trillion-dollar TAM math, and a $10 K “Founder OnlyFans” riff. Quick hits, sharp insights, and robot-enhanced banter—tune in or get left behind!

Topics:

Limitless pendant lost: wearables & “Find My” fails

YC’s full-stack AI vision & Elysium’s talking-walls dream

Brett Weinstein on AI consciousness (“no-pilot” mode)

OpenAI taps Fidji Simo to monetize ChatGPT

Google Gemini branding crisis & search erosion

Sequoia says AI TAM = trillions from day one

Zapier MCP: 8 000-app super-connector for agents

Even G1 AR glasses: TED talk, no teleprompter

Boring Co. tunnels at 1 % of legacy cost

0:00 Cold open – pendant saga & Hank-the-dog coworker mix-up

2:35 Tool-stack drama – Notion, Slack & Assembly takeover

4:03 Founder-OnlyFans riff – Nikita Bier’s $10 k Zoom calls

4:29 Charging for meetings chat & Limitless pendant unboxing

6:29 Pendant lost – discovers “no Find My” flaw

10:30 YC’s “full-stack AI” post sparks vertical-integration talk

16:58 Elysium vision – talking walls & home-robotics roadmap

17:56 “Thanks for Watching” intro – Brett Weinstein setup

19:45 AI consciousness debate – the looming “no-pilot” phase

24:50 OpenAI hires Fidji Simo – ads & App-Store layer ahead

29:19 Google’s Gemini branding crisis & search-share erosion

34:43 Sequoia on AI TAM – trillions from day one

42:12 PE roll-ups & equity alignment for automation

47:48 MCP deep dive – Zapier’s 8 000-app unlock

54:55 Even G1 AR glasses – stealth teleprompter demo

57:28 Boring Co. tunnels – $10 M/km autonomous TBM reveal

This week on Built 2 Scale, Scott’s caffeine shakes are finally under control, Matt’s new Mac has quit gas-lighting him, and Australia tops a brand-new chart—for fearing AI more than any other country. From a paralyzed creator who edited a YouTube video with his thoughts to Stripe’s surgical strike on Apple’s 30 % cut, the lads unpack the future of robots, regulation, and founder productivity in one fast hour.

Australia’s AI trust gap – only 30 % of Aussies believe the benefits outweigh the risks; why the dread?

Archistar × LA wildfire rebuild – Sydney prop-tech picked to slash permit times with generative zoning AI.

OpenAI + Windsurf – $3 B coding-assistant grab to cement Sam Altman’s “Apple of AI” stack.

Stripe’s 2.5 % escape route – Epic v. Apple ruling lets devs dodge the App Store toll booth.

“Smartest CEOs” list – NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang tops linguistic IQ rankings; Demis Hassabis, Reed Hastings, and Patrick Collison follow.

Neuralink telepathy – patient edits and uploads a full YouTube video using only brain signals.

Physical Intelligence’s $400 M laundry bots – Bezos backs household chore automation.

NotebookLM → spin any doc pile into a walk-and-learn podcast

Granola note-taker → one-click transcript ➜ templated minutes

MyMind → screenshot-to-second-brain for visual thinkers

HiDock H1 recorder → AirPods-powered voice capture ➜ AI task list

Limitless Pendant → always-on memory and meeting summaries

Unitree G1 sticks the first standing side-flip (on a $16 K bot).

Single-purpose chore bots—from folding tees to bussing tables—are everywhere.

DJI Dock 3 gives warehouses an always-ready drone workforce. Insights Home

NVIDIA Omniverse & Isaac Sim are where the next robot brains are growing up.

Why capturing SOPs today protects your craft in a robot-tomorrow world.

KPMG AI Trust Study – https://kpmg.com/au/

Archistar – https://archistar.ai

Windsurf – https://windsurf.ai

Stripe In-App Kit – https://stripe.com

Neuralink – https://neuralink.com

Physical Intelligence – https://physicalintelligence.company

Unitree G1 – https://unitree.com/products/g1

NotebookLM – https://notebooklm.google

Granola – https://granola.ai

MyMind – https://mymind.com

HiDock H1 – https://hidock.com

Limitless Pendant – https://limitless.ai/pendant

NVIDIA Omniverse / Isaac Sim – https://developer.nvidia.com/isaac/sim

YouTube –