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AI on the blockchain, Waymo's rise, and the truth about tech layoffs | E1996

AI on the blockchain, Waymo's rise, and the truth about tech layoffs | E1996

Update: 2024-08-22
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Alex Wilhelm joins Jason to discuss AI on the blockchain (41:04 ), Waymo’s growth (29:27 ), tech layoffs (58:47 ), and more!


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(0:00 ) Jason and Alex kick off the show


(2:24 ) Bolt's fundraising controversy and business model


(8:24 ) CEO loans and board conflicts at Bolt


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(12:46 ) Public vs. private equity borrowing and media integrity


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(29:27 ) Waymo's growth and autonomous vehicle market


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(41:04 ) Story raises $80M for blockchain-based IP network


(46:23 ) Stablecoins and SEC investigations


(58:47 ) The truth behind tech layoffs


(1:07:26 ) Audience questions


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Mentioned on the show:


https://x.com/pitdesi/status/1826262321045610846


https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/25/fintech-bolt-just-laid-off-over-100-employees-across-engineering-sales-and-marketing


https://www.pymnts.com/personnel/2023/one-click-checkout-startup-bolt-laying-off-10-of-workforce


https://www.reddit.com/r/SelfDrivingCars/comments/1co9loz/waymo_makes_now_50000_paid_trips_every_week_in_3


https://waymo.com/blog/2024/06/waymo-one-is-now-open-to-everyone-in-san-francisco


https://x.com/TechTekedra/status/1825910695311114384


https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/23/alphabet-to-invest-another-5b-into-waymo


https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/18/cars/china-baidu-apollo-go-robotaxi-anxiety-intl-hnk


https://www.comma.ai


https://autoware.org


https://openai.com/index/gpt-4o-fine-tuning


https://openai.com/index/conde-nast


https://apnews.com/article/authors-sue-anthropic-claude-ai-chatbot-chatgpt-copyright-54ae787070bdfc8019ab29b70487c02


https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000119312524200636/d878533d8k.htm


https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/20/cisco-employees-face-a-month-of-silence-ahead-of-second-layoff-in-2024


https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/1/24210656/intel-is-laying-off-over-10000-employees-and-will-cut-10-billion-in-costs


https://layoffs.fyi


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AI on the blockchain, Waymo's rise, and the truth about tech layoffs | E1996

AI on the blockchain, Waymo's rise, and the truth about tech layoffs | E1996

Jason Calacanis