Figure’s AI Robot, AI News, Cognition’s Devin, and the biggest AI bet yet! | E1915

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/thisweekinstartups Gusto 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 2025 Attio - 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-devin Figure AI Robot: https://www.figure.ai/ * Follow Sunny: X: https://twitter.com/sundeep LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sundeepm * Follow Jason: X: https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn: 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.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups * Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.founder.university/podcast