Brett Adcock's guest appearances

Brett Adcock

Danny In The Valley

The Pomp Podcast

Moonshots and Mindsets with Peter Diamandis

Bill Gates

Benedict Evans

Ben Thompson

Patrick Collison

Marc Andreessen

Mike Alfred

Alex Mashinsky

Scott Kupor

Ben Horowitz

Naveen Jain

Jeff Bezos

Jordan Fisher

Scott Galloway

Robert Bollinger

Jon Callaghan

OwlTail

In this episode, Peter and Brett discuss the future of humanoid robots, predicting that there could be up to 10 billion humanoids on Earth in the coming decades. Adcock shares his vision for creating autonomous general-purpose humanoids that can be inserted into the economy to perform physical labor, making it a choice rather than a necessity.  07:32 | Humanoid Robots: Near Future  19:10 | A New Humanoid Robot Age  58:09 | Unlocking Humanoid Robot Potential   Brett Adcock is an American technology entrepreneur and the founder of Figure, an AI robotics company building a general-purpose humanoid robot. Previously, Brett founded Archer Aviation, an urban air mobility company that IPO’d at $2.7B. He also founded Vettery, a machine learning-based talent marketplace that was acquired for $110M. Check out Figure _____________ I only endorse products and services I personally use. To see what they are,  please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:  Experience the future of sleep with Eight Sleep. Visit https://www.eightsleep.com/moonshots/ to save $150 on the Pod Cover.   Seed’s DS-01® Daily Synbiotic – a 2-in-1 probiotic and prebiotic that supports digestive health, gut immunity, skin health, heart health, and more.  Try Seed’s DS-01® Daily Synbiotic, and make sure to use the code MOONSHOTS at checkout to get a 25% discount. https://seed.com/partner/moonshots  _____________ I send weekly emails with the latest insights and trends on today’s and tomorrow’s exponential technologies. Stay ahead of the curve, and sign up now:  Tech Blog _____________ Connect With Peter: Twitter Instagram Youtube Moonshots and Mindsets

In this episode, Peter and Brett discuss the future of humanoid robots, predicting that there could be up to 10 billion humanoids on Earth in the coming decades. Adcock shares his vision for creating autonomous general-purpose humanoids that can be inserted into the economy to perform physical labor, making it a choice rather than a necessity. <ul> <li>07:32 | Humanoid Robots: Near Future </li> <li>19:10 | A New Humanoid Robot Age </li> <li>58:09 | Unlocking Humanoid Robot Potential </li> </ul> Brett Adcock is an American technology entrepreneur and the founder of Figure, an AI robotics company building a general-purpose humanoid robot. Previously, Brett founded Archer Aviation, an urban air mobility company that IPO’d at $2.7B. He also founded Vettery, a machine learning-based talent marketplace that was acquired for $110M. Check out <a href="https://www.figure.ai/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Figure</a> _____________ I only endorse products and services I personally use. To see what they are,  please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:  Experience the future of sleep with Eight Sleep. Visit <a href="https://www.eightsleep.com/moonshots/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.eightsleep.com/moonshots/</a> to save $150 on the Pod Cover.  Seed’s DS-01® Daily Synbiotic – a 2-in-1 probiotic and prebiotic that supports digestive health, gut immunity, skin health, heart health, and more. Try Seed’s DS-01® Daily Synbiotic, and make sure to use the code MOONSHOTS at checkout to get a 25% discount. <a href="https://seed.com/partner/moonshots" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow" target="_blank">https://seed.com/partner/moonshots</a> _____________ I send weekly emails with the latest insights and trends on today’s and tomorrow’s exponential technologies. Stay ahead of the curve, and sign up now:  <a href="https://www.diamandis.com/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tech Blog</a> _____________ Connect With Peter: <a href="https://bit.ly/40JYQfK" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://bit.ly/3x6UykS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> <a href="https://bit.ly/3YiAmbM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Youtube</a> <a href="https://bit.ly/3DQGQGM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Moonshots and Mindsets</a>

The Rise of Humanoid Robotics w/ Brett Adcock | EP #57

Brett Adcock is the founder &amp; CEO at Figure, they are building an autonomous humanoid robot. He also previously built numerous other business, including Archer, which is a vertical take-off and landing electric vehicle trying to solve the traffic problem inside urban areas. To say that Brett has big ambition and ruthless execution would be an understatement.  ======================= Pomp writes a daily letter to over 250,000+ investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy-to-understand language while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://pomp.substack.com/ 

Brett Adcock is the founder &amp; CEO at Figure, they are building an autonomous humanoid robot. He also previously built numerous other business, including Archer, which is a vertical take-off and landing electric vehicle trying to solve the traffic problem inside urban areas. To say that Brett has big ambition and ruthless execution would be an understatement. ======================= Pomp writes a daily letter to over 250,000+ investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy-to-understand language while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at <a href="https://pomp.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pomp.substack.com/</a>

#1216 Brett Adcock | Insane Billionaire Wants To Replace Humans With Robots

Adam Goldstein

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Brett Adcock and Adam Goldstein, co-founders of Archer Aviation, to talk about their air taxi startup (6:00), starting out in recruiting (9:00), how they pivoted to flying cars (12:30), setting up an aeronautics lab (18:20), designing a plane (21:30), finding a billionaire backer (30:00), and then United Airlines (33:00), launching by 2024 (37:45), working toward test flights (41:10), the talent war (42:10), unveiling a plane that hasn’t flown (45:10), what air taxis will be able to do (49:15), and the adoption period (54:40). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Brett Adcock and Adam Goldstein, co-founders of Archer Aviation, to talk about their air taxi startup (6:00), starting out in recruiting (9:00), how they pivoted to flying cars (12:30), setting up an aeronautics lab (18:20), designing a plane (21:30), finding a billionaire backer (30:00), and then United Airlines (33:00), launching by 2024 (37:45), working toward test flights (41:10), the talent war (42:10), unveiling a plane that hasn’t flown (45:10), what air taxis will be able to do (49:15), and the adoption period (54:40). Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Archer Aviation’s Brett Adcock and Adam Goldstein: “The world is rooting for our air taxis”