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Todayās show:
*Starcloud has started sending AI chips into orbit. So is this where the datacenters the power AI will one day live? And does wifi work in the vacuum of space? Weāre asking the TOUGH questions.
PLUS Jason and Alex are doing a deep dive on all this weekās OpenAI news. Will they ever be able to pay back all these GPU purchases? What happens to the wider economy on the off chance they donāt thrive? And whatās with these rumors that ChatGPT has stopped giving medical or legal advice?
All that and a look at TrustMRR (and why Jason advises you not to publicly share your Stripe), why Jason thinks Netflix should buy CNN, our hosts favorite Nazi hunter movies, and MORE.
Timestamps:
(0:00) Would you trust an LLM with your health?
(2:08) Jason is bringing Founder U to The Kingdom AND Japan, so heās streaming in today live from Riyadh
(4:20) Jasonās guide to mastering international travel. (Shoutout to Whoop)
(5:05) Are the big AI companies going TOO HARD on GPUs? And does this matter?
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(14:53) What happens to the wider economy if ChatGPT FAILS? Who gets hit by the ācontagionā?
(18:22) Jasonās more likely scenario: What if ChatGPT becomes just one player in a larger market?
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(23:57) ChatGPT can still give you general health and legal adviceā¦ just not a full diagnosis
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(33:09) TrustMRR and startups sharing their Stripe dataā¦ Why Jason says total transparency might be too much
(38:35) Weāre really sending datacenters to space! Starcloud made it happen.
(41:02) Does wifi work in space? A TWiST investigationā¦
(47:01) Checking in with Polymarkets on the NYC mayoral election and the government shutdown
(53:09) Legal AI startup Legora (from Sweden) is now a unicornā¦ why this niche is growing so fast
(58:14) Netflix wants to buy WBDā¦ Hereās why our hosts think they should keep CNN.
(1:07:58) BUT WE DIGRESS: Lon and Jasonās favorite Nazi hunter movies
(1:10:25) Founder Qās! The best way to track runway and burn rate for early stage companies.
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