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Episode Snapshot

Scotty and Matt blitz through the week’s wildest tech headlines—from Google’s eye-watering $400/mo Ultra plan and Perplexity’s Samsung coup to China’s 100-mile, zero-human freeway. Along the way: domain names purchased under the influence, why Notebook LM might replace your MBA, and the very real rise of remote robot workers.

Quick Episode Guide

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00:00:00 Cold-open headlines — Scotty.inc, Google Ultra, China’s 100-mile robot freeway

00:01:14 Personal branding: Scotty grabs Scotty.inc

00:03:00 Drunk-domain confession — PES tells all about late-night URL shopping

00:05:00 Google Ultra first week: $8–$10 per prompt (!)

00:07:05 100 % male YouTube audience — where are the women in tech?

00:07:58 Limitless pendant keynote & “Find My” face-palm

00:08:54 VC satire: raising at your kid’s school play

00:11:10 Perplexity Labs, WhatsApp bot & Samsung default deal

00:14:44 Rick Caruso shouts-out Aussie AI (Archistar) on Fox News

00:16:44 Notebook LM workflow: overnight research → morning podcast

00:19:26 A16Z: AI up-ends $140 B research industry

00:22:14 DIY MBAs & why campuses must pivot to community hubs

00:26:32 Starship “Gigabay” & manufacturing gets sexy again

00:30:30 North-Star thinking: shoot for Mars, fix your API

00:32:06Google AI Edge — local models & privacy as luxury

00:36:00 Tool of the Week: N8N + Claude agentic workflows

00:40:06 Automation as a sales pitch (back-office demo wins deals)

00:44:51 Robot Rundown: China completes 100-mile freeway with zero humans

00:49:48 Lumina’s autonomous electric bulldozers (SF)

00:52:26 Remote tele-ops: stacking Tokyo shelves from India & robot surgery

00:55:42 Founder Files: the pain of scaling across time-zones

01:00:43 Systems, processes & “surface area” for founder freedom

01:04:57 Anthropic’s 50 % job-loss headline—opportunity vs. fear

01:08:15 Live on air: OpenAI Codex gets Internet + free-tier Memory

Key Themes

• Cost vs. Value in AI Subscriptions – Google Ultra’s sticker shock
• Application-Layer Wins – How Perplexity keeps shipping past the majors
• AI Fast-Tracking Construction – Archistar in California wildfire rebuilds
• Edge Computing & Privacy – Why on-device models matter
• Agentic Workflows – Screenshot → Claude → fully-wired automation
• Robot Infrastructure – China, Lumina, and the future of heavy machinery
• Scaling Globally – Time-zone pain, founder relocation, and systems that set you free

Resources & Mentions

• Google Ultra / Gemini Advanced
• Perplexity Labs & WhatsApp bot
• Archistar AI
• Notebook LM (Google)
• A16Z “AI & Research” post
• Nvidia Jetson & edge hardware
• N8N + Anthropic Claude
• Lumina Autonomous Dozers
• OpenAI Codex + Memory update

About Built 2 Scale

Founders Scott Wilcox (Scotty.inc) and Matt Parrott go deep on startups, AI, robotics, and the future of construction & manufacturing. New conversations drop every week.

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