00:10:36 AI vs Dog Cancer 00:25:25 𝕏 Timeline Reactions 00:45:00 Stratechery: "Agents Over Bubbles" 01:05:48 𝕏 Timeline Reactions 01:11:15 How to Lose the AI Arms Race 01:19:08 𝕏 Timeline Reactions 01:27:34 Oscars Reactions 01:35:44 Kevin Espiritu, founder and CEO of Epic Gardening, is a self-taught gardener who has built the world's most-followed gardening brand, offering educational content across multiple platforms and selling curated gardening products. In the conversation, he discusses breeding rare Costa Rican tree frogs, his journey from creating content to developing products, and the challenges of scaling his business, including hiring a president to manage operations. 02:02:14 Paul Conyngham, an Australian tech entrepreneur and AI consultant, discusses his journey in developing a personalized mRNA vaccine to treat his dog Rosie's cancer. After traditional treatments failed, he utilized AI tools like ChatGPT and AlphaFold to analyze Rosie's DNA, identify mutations, and design a vaccine construct. Collaborating with researchers, he navigated ethical approvals and manufacturing challenges, ultimately administering the vaccine, which led to a significant reduction in Rosie's tumor size. 02:18:00 𝕏 Timeline Reactions 02:25:51 Tony Zhao, CEO of Sunday Robotics, discusses the company's shift from demos to real-world deployments, focusing on household tasks like laundry and cleaning. He highlights their innovative data collection method using gloves that mirror the robot's hand movements, enabling diverse and high-quality data collection from users' homes. Additionally, Zhao mentions their recent $165 million Series B funding, emphasizing their commitment to advancing physical intelligence and expanding into various environments beyond homes. 02:35:34 Drew Oetting, a founding partner at 8VC, focuses on investments across various stages and sectors, including vertical software, health delivery, and biomanufacturing. He discusses 8VC's early investment in Quince, highlighting the founder's impressive vision and the company's rapid growth, particularly post-COVID, achieving significant repeat ordering rates and cash generation. Oetting also explores the transformative impact of AI on direct-to-consumer retail, emphasizing its role in enhancing supply chain efficiency and operational margins, and reflects on the evolving startup landscape, noting the potential for high-margin businesses driven by AI advancements. 02:47:46 Carina Hong, founder and CEO of Axiom Math, discusses her background in mathematics and physics from MIT, her company's mission to develop mathematical superintelligence as a pathway to verified superintelligence, and the integration of post-training reasoning with formal verification to achieve superior performance in mathematical competitions. 02:56:06 Cameron Fink, co-founder and CEO of Aaru, leads a company specializing in predicting human behavior for various global businesses. In the conversation, he discusses how Aaru utilizes ground truth behavioral data—such as credit card purchase history and real election results—to forecast outcomes like election winners and marketing campaign effectiveness, emphasizing the limitations of traditional surveys due to biases and inaccuracies. 03:05:14 Debra Birnbaum, an accomplished media strategist with over 25 years in news and entertainment, currently serves as Editor-in-Chief at Gold Derby, following her tenure as global head of awards for Amazon MGM Studios. In the conversation, she reflects on the Oscars, highlighting the success of "One Battle After Another" and Warner Brothers, praises Conan's hosting, and discusses the emotional impact of Michael B. Jordan's historic win. She also addresses the industry's cautious approach to AI, emphasizing the need to protect writers' rights while acknowledging AI's potential benefits in filmmaking. TBPN.com is made possible by: Ramp - https://Ramp.com AppLovin - https://axon.ai Cisco - https://www.cisco.com Cognition - https://cognition.ai Console - https://console.com CrowdStrike - https://crowdstrike.com ElevenLabs - https://elevenlabs.io Figma - https://figma.com Fin - https://fin.ai Gemini - https://gemini.google.com Graphite - https://graphite.com Gusto - https://gusto.com/tbpn Kalshi - https://kalshi.com Labelbox - https://labelbox.com Lambda - https://lambda.ai Linear - https://linear.app MongoDB - https://mongodb.com NYSE - https://nyse.com Okta - https://www.okta.com Phantom - https://phantom.com/cash Plaid - https://plaid.com Public - https://public.com Railway - https://railway.com Restream - https://restream.io Sentry - https://sentry.io Shopify - https://shopify.com/tbpn Turbopuffer - https://turbopuffer.com Vanta - https://vanta.com Vibe - https://vibe.co Follow TBPN:  https://TBPN.com https://x.com/tbpn https://open.spotify.com/show/2L6WMqY3GUPCGBD0dX6p00?si=674252d53acf4231 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/technology-brothers/id1772360235 https://www.youtube.com/@TBPNLive