Figure’s AI Robot, AI News, Cognition’s Devin, and the biggest AI bet yet! | E1915
Figure’s AI Robot, AI News, Cognition’s Devin, and the biggest AI bet yet! | E1915  
Podcast: This Week in Startups
Published On: Tue Mar 19 2024
Description: This Week in Startups is brought to you by…LinkedIn Ads. To redeem a $100 LinkedIn ad credit and launch your first campaign, go to http://www.linkedin.com/thisweekinstartupsGusto is easy online payroll, benefits, and HR built for modern small businesses. Get three months free when you run your first payroll at Gusto.com/twist.*Gusto pricing shown in ad is based on pricing prior to March 2025Attio - A radically new CRM for the next era of companies. Head to attio.com/twist to get 15% off for your first year.*Todays show:Sunny joins Jason to dive into AI news, including the CTO from Open AI talking about their training data for Sora (5:11), the FIgure AI robot (12:26), Devin, the first AI software engineer (38:17), and more!*Timestamps:(0:00) Sunny joins Jason for a fun AI day!(2:08) Elon and open source Grok vs “Closed” AI.(5:11) The CTO from Open AI talking about their training data for Sora.(9:28) Exploring the fascinating AI robot from Figure.(10:57) LinkedIn Ads - Get a $100 LinkedIn ad credit at http://www.linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups(12:26) Comparing the FIgure AI robot and what we have seen from Boston Dynamics and why this is impressive.(19:47) Gusto - Get three months free when you run your first payroll at http://www.gusto.com/twist(21:10) Thinking about how humans learn and applying that to AI.(28:28) The idea that robots may one day be 1:1 with humans.(30:50) Attio - Head to http://www.attio.com/twist to get 15% off for your first year.(32:01) New bet alert! And it’s a major one. Sunny and JCal bet on how soon we will all have access to AI robots in our homes!(38:17) Introducing Devin, the first AI software engineer!(40:24) The “maestro” concept when working with AI.(47:21) Hot news: Apple in talks to let Google Gemini power iPhone AI Features.*Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp*LINKS:Cognition’s Devin: https://www.cognition-labs.com/introducing-devinFigure AI Robot: https://www.figure.ai/*Follow Sunny:X: https://twitter.com/sundeepLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sundeepm*Follow Jason:X: https://twitter.com/JasonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis*Thank you to our partners:(10:57) LinkedIn Ads - Get a $100 LinkedIn ad credit at http://www.linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups(19:47) Gusto - Get three months free when you run your first payroll at http://gusto.com/twist*Gusto pricing shown in ad is based on pricing prior to March 2025(30:50) Attio - Head to attio.com/twist to get 15% off for your first year.*Great 2023 interviews: Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland*Check out Jason’s suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis*Follow TWiST:Substack: https://twistartups.substack.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartupsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekinInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartupsTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups*Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.founder.university/podcast