Jason’s Tesla Optimus prediction, Anthropic’s latest mega-raise and more | E2172

Today’s show: Find out why it’s important to “get curious,” and more deep founder insights on a new TWiST. Jason and Alex are back with a look at Robot vs. Human violence spilling out into the streets, Elon Musk’s vision for humanoid robots, and a reconsideration of Apple’s open-source AI models. Is the hardware giant not getting enough credit for its smaller-scale innovations? Plus Grok has another hit model, AND a chat with Scale Social founder Runbin Dong about the importance of knowing your worth. Timestamps: (0:00) Robot vs. Human violence in the streets! Is anti-clanker behavior inevitable? (05:13) Producer Claude’s company Anthropic is growing FAST, raising BIG money (09:21) More on why Jason is convinced Tesla’s Optimus robots are the future (10:35) Monarch Money - Get 50% Off Monarch Money, the all-in-one financial tool at www.monarchmoney.com/TWIST (11:50) Show Continues… (20:00) Squarespace - Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at https://www.Squarespace.com/TWIST (21:19) Show Continues… (23:31) Ask Jason: Should you get a ticket for messing with an autonomous vehicle? (27:04) Is Apple not getting enough credit for its open-source AI models? (30:30) AWS Activate - AWS Activate helps startups bring their ideas to life. Apply to AWS Activate today to learn more. Visit aws.amazon.com/startups/credits (31:55) Show Continues… (38:08) Grok has another hit AI model… how can anyone even keep track of this?! (40:27) Runbin Dong of Scale Social stops by from ICELAND (42:54) How Runbin’s job delivering homemade dumplings inspired his startup (47:05) Why founders need to know their WORTH when pricing their products (59:21) Jason’s advice for companies that are creating their own category Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.com Check out the TWIST500: https://www.twist500.com Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp Follow Lon: X: https://x.com/lons Follow Alex: X: https://x.com/alex LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelm Follow Jason: X: https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis Thank you to our partners: (10:35) Monarch Money - Get 50% Off Monarch Money, the all-in-one financial tool at www.monarchmoney.com/TWIST (20:00) Squarespace - Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at https://www.Squarespace.com/TWIST (30:30) AWS Activate - AWS Activate helps startups bring their ideas to life. Apply to AWS Activate today to learn more. Visit aws.amazon.com/startups/credits Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe , Steve Huffman , Brian Chesky , Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie , Sophia Amoruso , Reid Hoffman , Frank Slootman , Billy McFarland Check out Jason’s suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis Follow TWiST: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@founderuniversity1916