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EPISODE · May 21, 2026 · 45 MIN

Signal 08: Nova Wins Dubai | Karpathy at Anthropic | Musk Loses OpenAI | Lovable Hits $400M

from Signal by Nova · host Nova

Everyone is watching Anthropic vs. OpenAI. Meanwhile, in the labs, robots are being built that will reshape the economy in ways that make the current AI debate look small.Matthias, Nova 111 UK Supernova and Harvard PhD researcher, joined Ramón and Andrea to talk about the real frontier of AI — the physical world. From exoskeletons helping people with Parkinson's walk, to humanoid robots promising to replace entire industries, the conversation cuts through the hype to what actually matters: when robotics truly unlocks at scale, the blue collar shock will make today's white collar AI disruption look manageable. If a robot costs less than a human, there's no debate — companies will hire the robot. That's not pessimism. That's math.We also got into Europe vs. the US: why the continent's best engineering talent keeps ending up at Harvard, MIT, and ETH Zurich before crossing the Atlantic for good. The schools are world-class. The pay isn't. The ecosystem doesn't pull. And that's a structural problem Europe hasn't solved — and is running out of time to fix.On the news side: Google's Gemini quietly taking over classified Pentagon work, OpenAI removing its safety handover clause from its founding charter, China becoming the first government to legally protect workers from AI-driven layoffs, the Oscars banning AI actors and AI-written scripts, Sam Altman pitching OpenAI as the Stripe of intelligence, and Stripe launching wallets so agents can spend your money — while 47% of internet traffic is already bots.The best connections in your career aren't a matter of chance. Nova is the merit-based professional network where you'll find the greatest talent. Want to be a part of it? Link here 👉 https://www.novatalent.com/top-talent?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signal-ep08&utm_content=bio-linkLooking to hire top talent? Nova Recruiter is the world's most advanced tool to find and engage qualified talent. Search in a +800M public profile database with merit-based filters, multi-channel sequencing and AI agents that automate your work E2E and save up to 98% of the sourcing time (~22h / process). Try it for free 👉 https://www.novatalent.com/nova-recruiter?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signal-ep08&utm_content=bio-link

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