This week on Built 2 Scale, Scotty returns from his epic US adventure (complete with custom cowboy hat drama) while Matt settles into Austin life. We dive into Google's mind-blowing Genie 3D world generator, OpenAI's game-changing open source release, and why 82% of new Australian jobs are now government-funded. Plus: Meta's superintelligence pivot, $20K robot dogs, and why Australia might be heading toward dystopia.

Built 2 Scale | Episode 19

0:00 Welcome Back & Custom Hat Chaos

3:00 Nvidia Employee Millionaire Stats

5:25 Yann LeCun Lettuce Watch Update

8:09 R&D vs Engineering Debate

13:21 Google Genie 3: Interactive 3D World Generation

16:42 Meta's Personal Superintelligence Mission

21:20 OpenAI Goes Open Source (Run O3 on MacBook)

27:40 Elevenlabs Music: Licensed Commercial Beats

29:25 Aaron Levie on Agents vs Labor Force

42:50 Tesla Grok Integration & Austin Updates

46:20 Robot Rundown: Unitree's $20K Dog Robot

52:28 Figure Humanoid Home Automation Demo

56:29 Australia's Dystopian Regulation Spiral

This Episode Covers:

- Google DeepMind's Genie 3 creates navigable 3D worlds from text prompts using Maps infrastructure

- OpenAI releases open source models with O3 capabilities that run locally on consumer hardware

- Meta pivots to "personal superintelligence" with Alexandr Wang as Zuck targets post-work society

- Elevenlabs launches commercial-use music generation built on licensed catalogs

- Aaron Levie's thesis: AI agents target entire white-collar workforce, not just software TAM

- Unitree's affordable $20K robot dog threatens Boston Dynamics' $200K market monopoly

- FigureAI demonstrates household automation as humanoids tackle real-world domestic tasks

- Australia's concerning statistics: 82% of new jobs government-funded, 50% income dependency

- Tesla integrates Grok for AI-powered navigation and real-time road analysis

- The death of traditional software as agents automate entire vertical workflows

- R&D expenditure strategy shifts from researchers to AI orchestration roles

- Construction robotics applications for mobile site management and data capture

- Social media bans and work-from-home mandates signal Australian overregulation crisis

- Cross-border business strategy as regulatory environments diverge globally

About Built 2 Scale:

Weekly analysis of artificial intelligence business strategy, robotics adoption, and technology market dynamics. Hosted by Scott Wilcox (W & Elycium) and Matt Perrott (BuildPass), providing actionable insights for founders, investors, and technology executives navigating the AI transformation. This week featuring international perspectives from Austin and Australia.

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