In the final episode of 2025, Scotty and Matt celebrate 33 episodes of Built 2 Scale by diving into Yann LeCun's ultimate entrepreneurial pivot, raising $3 billion in euros after getting ousted from Meta by Alexander Wang to work on spatial intelligence. They dissect why this is terrible news for Elysium (autonomous homes now have a 10 year delay), celebrate Sergey coding again at Google while the Qantas vs United business class wars rage on, and introduce the year end segment Receipts or Regrets where they review their boldest predictions. From Brett Adcock's 200x Apple claim to robots in homes by 2025, from AI in the avocado to Limitless getting acquired by Zuck with zero notice, they hold nothing back in this year end wrap up featuring domain buying confessions, builder vs coder rants, and why coders should never be called builders.

Built 2 Scale | Episode 33

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Final Episode of 2025: 33 Episodes Complete

2:01 Yann LeCun Raises $3B for Spatial Intelligence Startup

4:06 Why This is Terrible News for Elysium Autonomous Homes

7:00 Brett Adcock's Figure AI Christmas Party: Robot Rave with Deadmau5

9:02 Voice AI Bandwidth Solution: Scotty's 30 Year Long Bet

13:44 Human Like Voice vs Fast Intelligence: What Do You Actually Want?

16:51 Sergey Back Coding at Google: The Return of the Founder

21:57 Receipts or Regrets: Year End Prediction Review Begins

23:41 Matt's Receipt: Robots in Homes by 2025 (Chinese Did It)

25:47 Scotty's Escalate: Make Every Australian a Millionaire With Raw Materials

28:52 Receipt: AI in the Avocado, Guzman y Gomez Down 55%

31:01 Regret: Sesame AI Bot in Bedroom, Wife Not Impressed

33:17 Regret: Steve Irwin Tech Talk in Dallas

35:38 Qantas Fanboy vs United Points: The Business Class Debate

40:09 Receipt: Peak Waymo, Tesla Has Long Game Sewn Up

44:19 Regret: First Year ARR is Nonsense, Y Combinator Circular Economy

46:39 Receipt: OpenAI Wants to Be Apple of AI (Johnny Ive Hire Confirmed It)

52:27 Rant: Coders Shouldn't Be Called Builders, Leave Us That One Term

56:26 Receipt: Just in Time Software Revolution Happening Now

58:52 Matt's Dirty Drunk Habit: Domain Buying, Sold Usainboat.com for $20

1:00:34 Limitless Acquired by Meta: Zuck Now Has All of Scotty's Dog Arguments

This Episode Covers:

1. Yann LeCun raising $3 billion in euros for spatial intelligence after Meta exit, choosing Europe where innovation goes to die
2. Why Yann working on spatial intelligence is terrible news for autonomous homes timeline
3. Brett Adcock throwing robot rave with Deadmau5 while still having no product after 3 years
4. Voice AI bandwidth debate: Human like conversation vs fast accurate intelligence
5. Sergey back coding at Google, spending 90% of time teaching rather than sitting on $500M yacht
6. Year end Receipts or Regrets segment reviewing boldest predictions of 2025
7. Robots in homes by 2025: Chinese delivered with $20K Unitree, not Tesla or Figure
8. AI in the avocado: Guzman y Gomez down 55% from peak, now $2B market cap
9. First year ARR is nonsense: Y Combinator circular economy needs to exclude internal revenue
10. OpenAI wants to be Apple of AI: Johnny Ive hire proved the hardware thesis
11. The builder rant: Coders sitting in Starbucks with Frappuccinos aren't builders, leave us that one term
12. Just in time software: LLMs writing code on the fly rather than predefined workflows
13. Qantas vs United business class points arbitrage strategies

KEY INSIGHTS:

1. Yann's strategic retreat: Raising $3B in Europe for spatial intelligence after Meta exit shows classic researcher move to longer horizon tech when pressure mounts. Europe welcomes unproductive research with...