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EPISODE · Sep 23, 2026 · 59 MIN

131 GXB Update

from Makers.dev · host Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Christian started GXB with Ricky. We talk agents, Mac Studios, and whether you still need to hire engineers. 0:00 Intro 1:51 New AI models 3:56 GXB 10:08 Horizontal products 16:34 Scaling without hiring 26:33 Robots 36:32 Simulation 46:36 AI in daily life 56:26 The next decade Links 131 is amazing: https://131isamazing.com Permutable primes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permutable_prime Chile ambulance 131: https://www.consulado.gob.cl/emergencias-en-chile Genghis Khan statue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equestrian_statue_of_Genghis_Khan GXB: https://gxb.vc Last episode (130 Job Search Update): https://youtube.com/watch?v=nphbifI9w6s Claude Opus 4.6: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-6 Jev (TypeSafe AI): https://typesafe.ai/blog/introducing-system-one-models-and-jev Jev playing Doom: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/16/typesafe-ai-debuts-model-for-machines-that-plays-doom/5296711 Marc Andreessen, AI as alchemy: https://a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/ The only four jobs left (slop cannon, SRE, hot people, adults): https://99d.substack.com/p/there-will-only-be-four-jobs Uncle Bob on throwing out a specialized harness: https://x.com/unclebobmartin/status/2098432570887217520 OpenAI on Navier-Stokes: https://openai.com/index/navier-stokes-solution/ Anthropic consulting JV: https://www.anthropic.com/news/enterprise-ai-services-company OpenAI Deployment Company: https://openai.com/index/openai-launches-the-deployment-company/ DHH, Fortune 5 million: https://indiefounder.substack.com/p/full-transcript-of-dhhs-classic-startup Anthropic researcher, >10% chance AI kills everyone: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgwy1k42w4o Jason Cohen, Hidden Multipliers: https://shop.hiddenmultipliers.com/ Smart Bear Live: https://www.youtube.com/@asmartbear The Rest Is Science (Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens): https://therestis.com/science Christian's Clippings: https://podcasts.gxb.vc/christians-clippings/index.html GXBerience: https://podcasts.gxb.vc/gxberience/index.html Yann LeCun, AMI Labs / world models: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/19/yann-lecun-confirms-his-new-world-model-startup-reportedly-seeks-5b-valuation/ Nick Bostrom, simulation argument: https://simulation-argument.com/ Ditto (AI dating agents, Hang the DJ): https://ditto.ai/ Christian on implementing a Black Mirror episode: https://x.com/cgenco Polymarket on Ditto: https://x.com/Polymarket/status/2099865319854559525 Black Mirror, Hang the DJ: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_the_DJ Fruit fly connectome: https://research.google/blog/a-connectomics-milestone-mapping-the-complete-male-fruit-fly-brain/ Fruit fly brain in Minecraft: https://x.com/sowmay_jain/status/2096596676534489134 Planck length: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_length Plato, allegory of the cave: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave oMLX: https://omlx.ai/ MLX: https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx Frigate NVR: https://frigate.video/ Google Coral: https://coral.ai/ Kaggle: https://www.kaggle.com/ Tailscale: https://tailscale.com/ Chris Achard: https://x.com/chrisachard Rails World 2026 (Austin, Sep 23-24): https://rubyonrails.org/world/2026/ PyTorch Conference (San Jose, Oct 20-21): https://pytorch.org/event/pytorch-conference-2026/ NeurIPS 2026 (Sydney, Paris, Atlanta): https://neurips.cc/

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