The Best One Yet
🎮 “Mario Hits Puberty” — Nintendo’s Switch 2 sellout. Our 401K password trick. AI Traffic Lights.
Fri, 06 Jun 2025
Nintendo’s Switch 2 release caused chaos worldwide… because of Paul Rudd.Retirement accounts have surged, so we share our top savings rule… Forget your password.The new target of tech disruption? Traffic Lights… Stop signs haven’t changed in 100 years.Plus, the Oklahoma City Thunder are in the NBA Finals.... Thanks to an investing strategy.$NTDOY $SCHW $BRK.BWant more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks to listen.TBOY Live Show Tickets to Chicago on sale NOW: https://www.axs.com/events/949346/the-best-one-yet-podcast-ticketsAbout Us: The daily pop-biz news show making today’s top stories your business. Formerly known as Robinhood Snacks, TBOY Lite is hosted by Jack Crivici-Kramer & Nick Martell.GET ON THE POD: Submit a shoutout or fact: https://tboypod.com/shoutouts NEWSLETTER:https://tboypod.com/newsletter SOCIALS:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tboypod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tboypodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tboypod Anything else: https://tboypod.com/ Our 2nd show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinksEpisodes drop weekly.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Chapter 1: Why is Nintendo's Switch 2 causing chaos?
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For our third and final story before the weekend, traffic lights. They are the dumbest technology with the biggest impact on our lives.
The number one thing we hope AI replaces, it's the traffic light. Totally. And it's happening right now. But yetis, in order to tell this story, let's travel back in time to New York City, 1914. Union Square is a mix of cars, pedestrians, horses, bikes, trolleys, and one sec, Jack, I think I see a cow. A police officer had to stand on a podium trying to maintain some semblance of order.
besties, with the rise of the car, intersections in cities became chaos. So police had to manually conduct traffic like maestros in an orchestra. Until 1914, when a police officer in Cleveland got tired of all the chaos, quit his job and invented the first electric traffic signal. Pretty simple. Just green. Green for go.
In 1920, a police officer in Detroit invented the three-color system that we know today. Red, green, and yellow for slow. And then in the 1950s, traffic signs became automated. They were controlled by the Municipal Circuit Board. But honestly, we've done the research and that's it. No change in traffic light technology for the last 70 years.
Which is why odds are you're listening to this podcast while waiting at a red light right now. Yeah, and a trucker just blasted his horn at you at the 18th time. I know, I'm trying to get out of the way. You're worried about gridlock. It's stressful. And that's why we're excited for the rise in startups who are reinventing the traffic signal.
Yeah, the new trend is the disruption of the traffic light. Get this. Avio just raised $22 million for solar-powered AI traffic cameras. Their goal is to catch the nonstoppers. Yeah, also, if you're making an illegal turn, a rolling stop, AI will identify all the types of traffic violations. And then send an email with a photo of the evidence to the police. Interesting business model here.
They actually give this technology to the city for free, but then they take a portion of the citation as their revenue. A more interesting startup is one called No Traffic, which raised $50 million last year to make there be no traffic. Basically, it's hardware and software to sync up traffic lights with the reality of the traffic on the ground.
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Chapter 3: How is AI transforming traffic management?
This one sent in by legendary Yeti Khaled from Kuwait. This week, Muslims around the world are observing Eid al-Adha, which also marks the time of the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia that's known as Hajj. And the numbers are huge. 1.8 million Muslims made the pilgrimage last year, which you only have to do once in your life, ending at the Great Mosque.
And the Great Mosque goes back to 638 A.D., It's huge. It has a capacity to hold 2 million observers at once. All the numbers we're talking about here are just huge numbers. So to all the Yetis making the pilgrimage right now, Haj Mubarak. And to those observing Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Adha Mubarak. Yetis, you look fantastic over there. You look fantastic all week.
Jack, I can't wait to see you in just a few days. Thank you for coming out. We're going to have a blast. Yeah, I'm going to give Maxie his early birthday present. Oh, very excited about that. Very excited about it. So, Yetis, if you haven't yet, drop down to give us five stars and a five-star review. We love reading them every week. If you do, we'll add it to our wins list for the week.
And after that, check out our weekly show, The Best Idea Yet, because we did a whole episode on Tommy Bahama. Specifically, their beach chair. And Nick and I will see you Monday. Can't wait. And before we go, a happy birthday and happy middle school graduation to Yeti Alessandro Montoya down in Charlotte, North Carolina. Happy 36th birthday to Andrew Zamsky in Waltham, Mass. Just outside Boston.
And Maddie King in Phoenix, Arizona is a Gonzaga grad with the best birthday yet. Happy year and a half birthday to Amelia in Orlando. She's 18 months old and she's beauty. And a congratulations to Seth and Felicia on the birth of their daughter, Sloane Giada, down in DeBerry, Florida. Happy 40th birthday to Ryan Suet in Las Vegas. who's doing a gender reveal of baby number one over in Maui.
And Mugo Jaguna, the little league baseball coach is celebrating the best birthday yet in Brookline, Mass, getting dunked at the games. Just that side post. And a big shout out to Manish, Apoorva, Alana, Genevieve, Constance, Zelda, and Atticus, who all attended the Salt and Straw event that Nick, Was the host for? Is host right there? I got the hostage. I mean, amazing to meet all these yetis.
And Atticus, you've got fantastic parents. Big shout out to Christine Buccino from Florusa, who's got a promotion and is a run club junkie. And congratulations to Andrea and Tom Klausen in Gulfport, Florida, for celebrating 10 years together with another fantastic wristband. A big shout out to Andrew Castro in San Mateo, California, graduating eighth grade, headed to high school.
And Anthony Tran in Henderson, Nevada, congrats on the new job at Clark County Aviation and closing on that home, baby. And congrats to Anglis for getting a Berkeley Executive MBA. That's a huge accomplishment. And to anyone else celebrating something today, make it a T-boy. Celebrate the wins. This is Jack. I own stock of Disney. Nick and I both own stock of Apple and we both own some Bitcoin.
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