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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/

Chris gets a new little toy. Christian gives a job search update. Then we talk about what Christian is really interested in right now: AI Agents and MCP.

0:00 Intro
3:11 Dust blowers
5:12 Allergy testing
10:55 Drawing SVGs with LLMs Kaggle competition
18:42 Christian's job path forward
26:30 Consulting updates
28:28 Another SaaS
30:14 Autonomy, mastery, purpose
33:45 FileInbox
39:06 AI Agents with MCP: Model Context Protocol
54:40 What I really want
1:01:03 Building games with LLMs

Chris finished his CS masters! Christian tries to figure out if he wants a "real" job, and what that might look like.

0:00 Intro
2:10 Chris finished his masters
4:50 Santa Kaggle competition
9:30 NVIDIA Blackwell
15:45 Smart vs dumb light bulbs
19:30 Christian had a rough month
21:20 How to better manage consulting projects
39:42 No longer a co-founder of Rootabl
1:02:06 Potential benefits of a "real" job
1:07:16 What kind of job would Christian want?
1:18:42 Different work options
1:24:20 Option 1: Consulting
1:31:30 Option 2: Get a job
1:41:47 Option 3: Start another SaaS
1:46:02 Ideal plan
1:48:00 How to look for a non-technical co-founder
1:49:23 Next steps

Chris got a puppy and is almost done with his masters.
Christian switches back to Ruby on Rails, and tries to convince Chris to use more AI to write code.

0:00 Intro
1:24 Chris got a puppy
5:20 Why do people like pets?
11:59 Are AI coding assistants worth it?
42:07 How Chris' job is going
47:14 Finishing up a CS masters
54:20 Fatherhood
1:03:07 Consulting for Stacks and paying people
1:10:00 Rootabl and affiliate programs
1:19:37 Ruby on Rails vs Serverless js
1:39:59 Going through the pain to get better
1:46:01 Fileinbox rewrite in Laravel ???
1:57:46 Bluesky
2:02:32 Outro

Christian had a baby! and Chris is now a Kaggle Grandmaster.

Muppets Treasure Island is the best movie ever. Chris just got back from Iceland and just re-started his masters classes. He's also considering getting a 3d printer (which Christian is definitely in favor of). Christian's experiments to find new customers aren't going great. Pricing is hard. Christian expands his consulting practice.

Christian continues to try to reach target customers for FileInbox. He's also still full steam ahead on the serverless transition before his baby gets here. Chris is prepping for a trip to Iceland.

Christian tries to outsource some development tasks. Chris built a photo frame and is getting ready for a trip to Iceland.

Chris is prepping for a couple of photo trips. Christian is trying to figure out how to talk to his ideal FileInbox customer. He's also wondering how much consulting to do and what that means for his time working on his own SaaS.

Chris and Christian both went on vacation. Chris is getting back into Photography. Christian is creating user personas for FileInbox, and is getting more consulting gigs too. 

 correction at 27:45 NVIDIA doesn't even manufacture their own GPU chips! They rely on 3rd party manufacturers too. 
 
 0:00 Fun number fact 122: Ozymandias 
 8:13 Chris vacation update 
 13:00 Photography as a hobby 
 23:42 tinygrad ML framework 
 28:28 Fileinbox user personas 
 36:15 Christian consulting 
 44:36 Home Depot adventure