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Uncapped #32 | Kyle Vogt from The Bot Company

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Kyle Vogt is a serial entrepreneur and engineer often recognized as the co-founder and former CEO of Cruise, the autonomous vehicle company acquired by General Motors for $1 billion. Before Cruise, he co-founded Twitch, which transformed how people watch and share gaming online. Kyle is now building a new company at the frontier of intelligent home automation, aiming to bring advanced robotics into everyday life.

A few highlights:

  • Labs beginning to see their ChatGPT moment
  • Most robots will be specialized, not humanoids
  • Robots will be cooking steaks in less than 5 yrs
  • Indefinitely operating with less than 100 people
  • Running a marathon on every continent in 81+ hrs

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Introduction

(0:34) Why robotics is suddenly booming

(1:48) AI unlocking the next wave

(3:31) Special-purpose vs generalized

(5:32) Designing robots people actually use

(9:00) Building for scale, impact, and affordability

(12:17) The myth of the humanoid robot

(15:04) Trust, safety, and privacy in your home

(17:51) The data powering robotics intelligence

(21:01) Why Kyle keeps starting hard companies

(22:32) The 100-person rule and elite teams

(26:10) How to move fast and actually ship

(27:28) What home robotics will do first

(35:05) Home security applications

(37:07) Robots should elevate our standard of living

(38:41) Lessons from Tesla vs Waymo

(41:08) Thoughts on when to sell the company

(42:41) Running marathons on every continent

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More on Kyle:

https://www.bot.co/

https://x.com/kvogt

More on Jack:

https://www.altcap.com/

https://x.com/jaltma

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https://linktr.ee/uncappedpod

Email: [email protected]

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Kyle Vogt is a serial entrepreneur and engineer often recognized as the co-founder and former CEO of Cruise, the autonomous vehicle company acquired by General Motors for $1 billion. Before Cruise, he co-founded Twitch, which transformed how people watch and share gaming online. Kyle is now building a new company at the frontier of intelligent home automation, aiming to bring advanced robotics into everyday life.

A few highlights:

  • Labs beginning to see their ChatGPT moment
  • Most robots will be specialized, not humanoids
  • Robots will be cooking steaks in less than 5 yrs
  • Indefinitely operating with less than 100 people
  • Running a marathon on every continent in 81+ hrs

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Introduction

(0:34) Why robotics is suddenly booming

(1:48) AI unlocking the next wave

(3:31) Special-purpose vs generalized

(5:32) Designing robots people actually use

(9:00) Building for scale, impact, and affordability

(12:17) The myth of the humanoid robot

(15:04) Trust, safety, and privacy in your home

(17:51) The data powering robotics intelligence

(21:01) Why Kyle keeps starting hard companies

(22:32) The 100-person rule and elite teams

(26:10) How to move fast and actually ship

(27:28) What home robotics will do first

(35:05) Home security applications

(37:07) Robots should elevate our standard of living

(38:41) Lessons from Tesla vs Waymo

(41:08) Thoughts on when to sell the company

(42:41) Running marathons on every continent

---

More on Kyle:

https://www.bot.co/

https://x.com/kvogt

More on Jack:

https://www.altcap.com/

https://x.com/jaltma

---

https://linktr.ee/uncappedpod

Email: [email protected]

  continue reading

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