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Ep. 11 | $10B PropTech Exit Coming? Plus AI Actress Sparks Hollywood Panic

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AI data centers are the new gold rush, billionaires are measuring towers, and Hollywood just cast its first actress who doesn’t technically exist. 

 

Welcome to the future — it’s weird, lucrative, and slightly unhinged.


We get into all the weird, wild ways tech, money, and ego are colliding right now. We talk about the AI-fueled data center craze that might already be overheating, the Big Tower Energy battle between Citadel and JPMorgan, and Tilly Norwood, Hollywood’s first AI actress who’s already getting more attention than most humans.

We also cover today’s hottest trends:

  • 🏢 The AI data center gold rush — why everyone’s racing to build them, who’s getting caught in the liquidity trap, and how the smartest players are turning buildings into dynamic, multipurpose “boxes” that mix office, data, and experience space.

  • ⚖️ Zillow vs. CoStar, a.k.a. real estate’s main event: lawsuits, copyrights, and the eternal question — who really owns that listing photo?

  • đź’° Private capital is flowing back into commercial real estate, but only the patient (and the lucky) will win. Hint: Hines might’ve cracked the cycle.

  • 🏙 Welcome to the era of Big Tower Energy — where billionaires like Ken Griffin and Jamie Dimon battle for skyline supremacy, while Boston gets its own shiny new South Station Tower.

  • 🤖 Meet Tilly Norwood, Hollywood’s first fully AI-generated actress — sparking an identity crisis in the film industry and maybe a SAG-AFTRA meltdown.

  • đźš— Waymo gets pulled over. Yes, a self-driving car tried to dodge a DUI checkpoint and got a ticket. We’re officially in the “AI vs. cops” era.

  • 🏛 How a U.S. government shutdown could freeze key real estate data — forcing lenders and developers to fly blind (and still pretend they’ve got it under control).

  • 🎰 The casino comeback in New York: Steve Cohen’s $8B Queens project, Vegas energy on the East Coast, and why it’s all about local clout meets global flash.

  • 🎬 Pop culture chaos: The Social Network 2 (because apparently Zuckerberg wasn’t done), McDonald’s Monopoly goes digital, and somewhere between the nostalgia and the nonsense, we’re still lovin’ it.

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    TIMESTAMPS:

    01:18 Instagram Analytics and Viewer Feedback

    03:13 Commercial Real Estate Trends

    12:14 Residential Real Estate Legal Battles

    16:28 CoStar vs. Zillow: The Data Wars

    20:40 Private Capital and Market Trends

    24:30 Casino Developments and Big Tower Energy

    29:00 Big Tower Energy in Boston

    29:09 South Station Tower Tour

    29:12 Impact on Boston's Skyline

    29:18 Tenant Highlights

    29:26 South Station Terminal Expansion

    30:28 Trendsetting in Real Estate

    30:55 PropTech Developments

    31:03 MRI's Potential Sale or IPO

    33:29 Government Shutdown Effects

    36:17 AI's Impact on Entertainment

    36:41 AI-Generated Actress Tilly Norwood

    42:52 AI and Legal Challenges

    43:54 The Social Network Sequel

    46:14 McDonald's Monopoly Returns


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