Hardtech Roundtable: China vs USA, Manufacturing, AI Cults, Silicon Valley, Regulation

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This is a mostly hard tech roundtable that we shot on a ferry in San Francisco with Sam D'Amico, Jason Carman, Will O'Brien, Michael LaFramboise, and Laurence Allen.

Sam D'Amico - Impulse: https://www.impulselabs.com/
Jason Carman - Story: https://www.story.inc/
Will O'Brien - Ulysses: https://www.ulysses.eco/
Michael LaFramboise - Aurelius: https://www.aureliussystems.com/
Laurence Allen - Terranova: https://www.terranova.inc/

Timestamps:
0:37 Introductions
2:49 Why they started their companies
15:40 Building a future you actually want to live in
23:38 Storytelling & narrative aircover
26:43 Future of appliances
32:37 Building in China vs America
37:04 Overpaying software & AI talent
44:16 AI cult houses
46:35 Silicon Valley’s cultural shifts over the last 60 years
54:07 What’s wrong with SF
58:34 Turning Presidio Golf Course into the next Kowloon Walled City
1:04:37 Resetting regulations so we can actually build things