Travis’ Uber Comeback, AGI’s Stakes, Meta’s $100M AI Hires & Prediction Market Gold Rush | E2144

Today’s show:

EVs are igniting a global tariff war, and Xiaomi’s shockingly cheap, high-quality electric cars threaten to obliterate Western automakers, sparking fears of a manufacturing wipeout. In today’s brand-new TWiST, Jason and Alex dive into the EV price war, Uber’s rumored plan to team up with Travis Kalanick on a self-driving takeover, and DoorDash’s mega-drones giving us a glimpse of the future of food delivery. Plus, Tesla’s cautious safety driver rollout shows we’re only in the early innings of the autonomous revolution, a consideration of Meta’s talent shopping spree, AND a new edition of Reddit Rapid Response. Don’t miss this deep dive into the future of cars, delivery, and AI.

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(02:24) Guess who’s BACK at Uber? On the Travis Kalahnik-Pony AI deal.

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(25:37) TODAY’S POLYMARKET: How well will Apple’s “F1” do at the box office?

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(31:58)What actually IS AGI? And why does it matter for the Microsoft-OpenAI negotiation?

(45:57) Inside Meta’s massive Superintelligence shopping spree: maybe it’s not so crazy to pay AI experts $100M?

(01:05:15) Reddit Rapid Response: Can you be a great founder if you hate doing cold sales?

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