Are we already in the Singularity? | E24
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The episode discusses the implications of Sam Altman's claim that we are in the Singularity, featuring insights from a panel of guests.
This Week In Startups is made possible by: Paypal Open Today’s show: On a podcast this week, Sam Altman made a bold declaration: “We are now, like, in the singularity.” A bold claim which Alex puts bluntly to this week’s panel. Grant Lee of Gamma and Philip Johnston of Starcloud sound off… Is this actually the Singularity, and if so, why do things still feel so normal? Plus the panel and guest host Alex Wilhelm discuss the infrastructure and economics that will make singularity-scale AI buildout possible… NVIDIA’s strongly worded letter about open-weight models… Moonshot’s new Kimi K3 twist on open-source licenses… Stripe’s reported $10B run at OpenRouter… and more. Guests Grant Lee on X: https://x.com/thisisgrantlee Gamma: https://gamma.app/ Philip Johnston on X: https://x.com/PhilipJohnston Starcloud: https://www.starcloud.com/ Relevant Links TechCrunch: Gamma hits $110M ARR: https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/ai-powerpoint-killer-gamma-hits-2-1b-valuation-100m-arr-founder-says/ Nvidia: How Starcloud is Bringing Data Centers to Space: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/starcloud/ Open Weights and American AI Leadership letter…
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