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Why AI will dwarf every tech revolution before it: robots, manufacturing, AR glasses from CES 2026

Shownote

(0:00) Guest intros: Jasons introduces Bob Sternfels (McKinsey) and Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst) (2:52) The pace of innovation and why VC's are buying hospitals (9:30) CFOs vs CIOs and unlocking growth (20:46) The job market and why graduates aren't...

Highlights

The conversation dives into the transformative power of artificial intelligence, exploring how it is reshaping industries, redefining work, and exposing systemic gaps in education and workforce development.
05:49
Anthropic has seen 10x year-over-year revenue growth.
18:05
Client-facing teams grow 25% while non-client teams shrink 25% with higher output
25:59
Healthcare, housing, and education are the most regulated, expensive, and difficult sectors in America.
38:36
Tesla's Optimus will be the most transformative product in human history
40:03
Google Glass was ahead of its time and should have been iterated on rather than abandoned.

Chapters

Guest introductions: Jasons introduces Bob Sternfels (McKinsey) and Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst)
00:00
The pace of innovation and why VC’s are buying hospitals
02:52
CFOs vs CIOs and unlocking growth
09:30
The job market and why graduates aren’t getting hired
20:46
Why education is broken
27:33
Tech time capsule
40:03

Transcript

Jason Calacanis: Thanks for coming out, everybody. We're going to have a great, full contact, super hardcore discussion about the future, specifically around AI, which I think is the most important theme, not only of CES 2026, as we've seen, with all the i...