Y Combinator Startup Podcast
00:47:45 · Dmitri Dolgov, S1
Physical AI right now is where digital AI was a few years ago, and we have all of the right ingredients to go after it. We have degenerative world models, we have the architectures, we have affordable compute and sensing, we have proven scaling laws, and we have a real product operating at scale. And the last decade of AI happened in the digital world, and the next decade will also happen in the physical world, and for those of you who decide to build in this space, good luck, have fun, and remember who you're building for. Your mission and your customers, that's what matters. Otherwise, tech is just a science project. And at the end of the day, as exciting as exhilarating as tech is, nothing really beats the joy of making a difference in people's lives. What are we doing? [00:48:39] S1: We're in our first ever Waymo. And what does it mean when we're in a Waymo? It means that there is nobody Nobody driving this thing. And this is a fully autonomous Waymo ride. I cannot believe this. The car did a better job than if somebody was driving. The truck was over the yellow line, so the Waymo brake and moved to the side. They knew how to pronounce my name. Oh my god. Look at his smile. How is that? I say, love it. This is Luke. I'll never forget this. Never.