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Dec. 12, 2025

Robot Punching is Easy, Standing is Hard

A clip from our episode "Combat as the Minimum Viable Product | Cix Liv, REK" #robotics #RealSteel #UFC #FutureOfSports #MMA #Tech #AustinNext #CombatSports #HardTech

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Dec. 11, 2025

Robot Sports Before Laundry and Soldiers

A clip from our episode "Combat as the Minimum Viable Product | Cix Liv, REK" #robotics #RealSteel #UFC #FutureOfSports #MMA #Tech #AustinNext #CombatSports #HardTech

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Dec. 10, 2025

Robot Title Match: Little Girl vs Navy Seal

A clip from our episode "Combat as the Minimum Viable Product | Cix Liv, REK" #robotics #RealSteel #UFC #FutureOfSports #MMA #Tech #AustinNext #CombatSports #HardTech

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Dec. 10, 2025

EP 168: Combat as the Minimum Viable Product | Cix Liv, REK

Cix Liv challenges the Silicon Valley consensus that humanoid robots belong in the warehouse or the battlefield. By explicitly rejecting the “Terminator” military arbitrage and the “Jetsons” domestic servant model, REK validates a new thesis: entertainment is the only sector where the reliability is acceptable and economically viable. The discussion…

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Dec. 5, 2025

Texas & Florida's Winning Business Models

#Texas #florida #califronia #growth

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Dec. 4, 2025

Is the Billion Dollar VC Fund Actually a Trap?

#VC #venturecapital #startups #tech

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Dec. 3, 2025

Is the Venture Capital Model Broken?

#VC #Austin #Startups #Funding

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Dec. 3, 2025

EP 167: Is The Venture Capital Model Broken? | Andrew Romans, 7BC

The venture capital model of the last two decades, characterized by the "30-minute rule" and the race to a quick IPO, is obsolete. We are witnessing a fundamental decoupling of capital from geography and a restructuring of how liquidity is manufactured. In this episode, Andrew Romans of 7BC Venture Capital…

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Oct. 5, 2025

Is AI a Creator Boom, Job Destroyer, Both?

A clip from our episode "Zachary Levi | Can Austin Build an Ark for Human Creativity?" #zacharylevi #ai #aiart #aimovies

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Oct. 3, 2025

You Can’t Stop AI Progress. Guide It.

From our episode "Zachary Levi | Can Austin Build an Ark for Human Creativity?" #Zacharylevi #austin #AI #aimovies #movies

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Oct. 2, 2025

We Were Made to Create, Not Stamp Widgets

From our episode "Zachary Levi | Can Austin Build an Ark for Human Creativity?" #Zacharylevi #austin #AI #purpose

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Oct. 1, 2025

Can We Build an Ark for Creativity Against the AI Flood?

From our episode "Zachary Levi | Can Austin Build an Ark for Human Creativity?" #Zacharylevi #austin #AI #aimovies #movies

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Oct. 1, 2025

Ep 166: Zachary Levi | Can Austin Build an Ark for Human Creativity?

How do we nurture and protect the most human endeavors of creation and discovery? Zachary Levi joins us to discuss calling, technology, and a creative Ark in Austin. We move from one’s life mission to concrete plans for land and film incentives. The central question of our time is whether…

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Sept. 26, 2025

What is the Soul of the Austin Music Scene?

A clip from our episode "s Austin a Music Incubator | Terry Lickona, Austin City Limits" #Music #Austin #AustinCityLimits #LiveMusic

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Sept. 25, 2025

AI in Music: A new era

A clip from our episode "s Austin a Music Incubator | Terry Lickona, Austin City Limits" #Music #AI #aimusic #innovation

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Sept. 24, 2025

Austin a Music Incubator

A clip from our episode "Is Austin a Music Incubator | Terry Lickona, Austin City Limits" #Austin #livemusic #AI #austincitylimits

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Sept. 24, 2025

Ep 165: Is Austin a Music Incubator | Terry Lickona, Austin City Limits

Austin exports culture the way it exports tech. Terry Lickona, longtime executive producer of Austin City Limits, argues Austin is a music incubator, not the music industry, and that’s a feature. We map venues, economics, the tech crossover, and what keeps the scene original. Highlights 01:12 Austin Music Today: vibrant,…

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Sept. 9, 2025

100M Wristbands and Now Trusted AI

A clip from our episode "From Wristbands to AI: A New Cancer Playbook | Suzanne Stone, CEO, Livestrong" #livestrong #cancer #cancersurvivor #Austin

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Sept. 9, 2025

Ep 164: From Wristbands to AI: A New Cancer Playbook | Suzanne Stone, CEO, Livestrong

How do you go from a cultural icon like the yellow wristbands to building AI products? Livestrong’s CEO Suzanne Stone argues that the through line is a focus on survivorship, the life you live from diagnosis onward. This is the leap from story to community to software and back again.…

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Sept. 6, 2025

Poppi’s first $750k from the Kitchen to Whole Foods

A clip from our episode "Did Austin Turn Soda Into Fashion? | Stephen Ellsworth, Co-founder, Poppi" #poppi #wholefoods #startup #cpg

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Sept. 5, 2025

Mission Driven Founders Win in Austin

A clip from our episode "Did Austin Turn Soda Into Fashion? | Stephen Ellsworth, Co-founder, Poppi" #austin #startups #founder #missiondriven #authenticity

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Sept. 4, 2025

Poppi is Fashion because Health is the New Wealth

A clip from our episode "Did Austin Turn Soda Into Fashion? | Stephen Ellsworth, Co-founder, Poppi" #Poppi #fashion #soda #health #healthyliving

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Sept. 3, 2025

Poppi is a $2B Fashion Soda

A clip from our episode "Did Austin Turn Soda Into Fashion? | Stephen Ellsworth, Co-founder, Poppi" #Poppi #Soda #cpg #pepsi #fashion

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Sept. 3, 2025

Ep 163: Did Austin Turn Soda Into Fashion? | Stephen Ellsworth, Co-founder, Popp

Poppi is a fashion brand that happens to be soda. Stephen Ellsworth, Co-founder of Poppi, joins us to walk through the operating choices behind turning a vinegar problem into a modern soda badge. It’s how you build, scale, and exit a consumer brand. It’s another signal that Austin’s flywheel is…

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