Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com(01:10) - NVIDIA Earnings Recap (09:07) - NVIDIA Earnings: 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (18:05) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions with John Palmer (59:35) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (01:13:02) - Sammy Azdoufal, an AI strategist, discovered a significant security flaw in DJI's Romo robot vacuums while attempting to control his own device using a PlayStation 5 controller. By reverse-engineering the vacuum's communication protocols, he inadvertently gained access to approximately 7,000 devices worldwide, enabling him to view live camera feeds, listen through microphones, and access detailed floor plans of strangers' homes. Azdoufal responsibly reported the vulnerability to DJI, which issued patches to address the issue, though some concerns remain unresolved. (01:25:59) - Kenn Ricci, an American aviation entrepreneur and chairman of Flexjet, began his career through the Air Force ROTC program in the late 1970s, which enabled him to attend the University of Notre Dame. After serving in the Air Force and experiencing the instability of pilot employment, he purchased a charter company for $27,500, leveraging the company's existing funds and a $500 loan from his father. This acquisition marked the start of his business career, leading to the formation of Corporate Wings and subsequent ventures in the aviation industry. (01:55:56) - Howard Marks, co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management, is renowned for his expertise in market cycles and contrarian investing. He discusses how markets oscillate around a trend line due to human psychology, leading to periods of overvaluation driven by excessive optimism and undervaluation spurred by undue pessimism. Marks emphasizes the importance of recognizing these cycles, advocating for a contrarian approach: exercising caution during market euphoria and seizing opportunities when fear prevails. (02:32:20) - Demi Guo, co-founder and CEO of Pika, an AI-powered video creation platform, discusses the launch of "AI selves," a feature that allows users to create personalized AI avatars capable of assisting with tasks like helping family members with technical issues or providing professional advice. These AI selves are designed to be available 24/7, offering users an ever-present extension of themselves. Guo explains that the AI learns from user interactions and data inputs to accurately represent the individual, enhancing both personal and professional engagements. (02:39:44) - Yash Patil, CEO of Applied Compute, discusses the company's focus on developing specific intelligence for enterprises by capturing latent knowledge and integrating it into agentic workforces. He emphasizes the importance of creating proprietary, in-house agents tailored to a company's unique expertise, as opposed to relying on general AI models. Patil also highlights the significance of continual learning and efficient reinforcement learning to adapt these agents to enterprise-specific tasks. (02:47:44) - Scott Morton, founder and CEO of Revel, discusses the company's recent $150 million Series B funding led by Index Ventures, aimed at modernizing outdated hardware control and test software. Drawing from his nine and a half years at SpaceX, where he developed mission-critical systems, Morton highlights Revel's platform that transforms control software from a development bottleneck into an accelerant. He also mentions partnerships with companies like Impulse Space and Radiant Nuclear, and the creation of a proprietary programming language designed to eliminate common errors in hardware control systems. (02:54:49) - Fan-Yun Sun, co-founder and CEO of Moonlake AI, discusses the company's innovative approach to creating interactive 2D and 3D game worlds using AI-driven world models. He explains that their platform leverages logic and symbolic representations, such as code, to encode the deterministic aspects of the world, while employing pixel priors for rendering, allowing for the generation of complex, interactive environments from natural language prompts. Sun also highlights Moonlake's ambition to empower creators by enabling them to monetize their ideas without being limited by technical skills, aiming to shift the focus from technical expertise to creative vision. (03:01:43) - Adam Draper, a fourth-generation venture capitalist and founder of Boost VC, discusses his firm's commitment to investing in deep tech startups, emphasizing their focus on frontier technologies like aerospace, robotics, and AI. He highlights Boost VC's strategy of leading pre-seed rounds with $500,000 checks, aiming to support audacious founders turning seemingly impossible ideas into reality. Draper also shares his personal inspiration for fostering innovation, including his dream of building an Iron Man suit, which drives his passion for backing groundbreaking sci-fi technologies. Doug Bernauer is a software engineer and startup operator focused on AI infrastructure and developer tooling. He works on building practical, production-ready systems around large language models, with an emphasis on performance, reliability, and applied machine learning. 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