Episode Mentions
This Week in Startups · Jul 15, 2026
A Startup Is Trying to Buy PayPal… Craziest Deal of 2026! | E2312
“Chapter One investment using gaming clip data (Metal TV) to train physical AI for defense drone use cases.”
Stripe Acquisition of PayPal — Strategic Rationale and Deal StructurePrivate vs. Public Company Tradeoffs in 2026AI Custom Evals for Startups — When and How to Build Them
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TBPN · Jun 29, 2026
Open-Source AI Battle, Google Throttles Meta, Micron Margins Moon | Edward Coristine & Tai Groot, Chad Rigetti, Pim de Witte, Yadin Soffer, Jack Morris, Neil Movva, Jakob Diepenbrock, Chris Altchek
“Raised $320M; building AI models trained on video game action tokens for robotics applications.”
Chinese Open-Source AI Models and Geopolitical ImplicationsGLM 5.2 Benchmark Performance and Distillation ConcernsGoogle Throttling Meta's Gemini API Access Due to Capacity Constraints
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The Artificial Intelligence Show · Dec 23, 2025
#188: AI Trends for 2026, Google DeepMind AI Predictions, Gemini 3 Flash, AI World Models & Are AI Job Losses Overblown?
“Startup in late-stage talks to raise several hundred million for general-purpose AI agent and world model development”
Agent-to-Agent Communication and CommerceAI Assistant PersonalizationWorld Models and Physics Simulation
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