Kyle Vogt is a serial entrepreneur and engineer often recognized as the co-founder and former CEO of Cruise, the autonomous vehicle company acquired by General Motors for $1 billion. Before Cruise, he co-founded Twitch, which transformed how people watch and share gaming online. Kyle is now building a new company at the frontier of intelligent home automation, aiming to bring advanced robotics into everyday life. A few highlights: Labs beginning to see their ChatGPT moment Most robots will be specialized, not humanoids Robots will be cooking steaks in less than 5 yrs Indefinitely operating with less than 100 people Running a marathon on every continent in 81+ hrs --- Timestamps: (0:00) Introduction (0:34) Why robotics is suddenly booming (1:48) AI unlocking the next wave (3:31) Special-purpose vs generalized (5:32) Designing robots people actually use (9:00) Building for scale, impact, and affordability (12:17) The myth of the humanoid robot (15:04) Trust, safety, and privacy in your home (17:51) The data powering robotics intelligence (21:01) Why Kyle keeps starting hard companies (22:32) The 100-person rule and elite teams (26:10) How to move fast and actually ship (27:28) What home robotics will do first (35:05) Home security applications (37:07) Robots should elevate our standard of living (38:41) Lessons from Tesla vs Waymo (41:08) Thoughts on when to sell the company (42:41) Running marathons on every continent --- More on Kyle: https://www.bot.co/ https://x.com/kvogt More on Jack: https://www.altcap.com/ https://x.com/jaltma --- https://linktr.ee/uncappedpod Email: friends@uncappedpod.com