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Right now is the AI gold rush. And that means everybody who builds an app, a platform, a piece of software, a gizmo that somebody, anything, everybody is trying to put AI everywhere. And for two weeks in a series on The Verge Cast, we are talking through what that looks like. We're talking to developers about what they're building and how they're building it. And whether AI actually does make sense everywhere or is just gonna ruin everything in the process. That's the AI miniseries on the Verge cast, wherever you get podcasts. This series is presented by MongoDB. Yeah, what is up, people of the internet? Welcome back to another episode of the Waveform Podcast. We're your hosts. I'm Marques. I'm Andrew.
And I'm David. And it's December, which means there's still huge videos happening and still a lot to talk about, which is very exciting. We had two really big videos we can talk about from this week. We had the Smartphone Awards 2025, so feel free to argue with me about any of them. And we also had the Xiaomi SU7 video go up, which was a long time in the making. We had to import a car, a whole bunch of, like, living with it, shooting it. It went really well and obviously that video's been out. Also new Android XR stuff and Glass and a Pebble Ring. But first, I just want to shout out that this channel is a mere, at the time of recording, 4,000 subscribers away from half a million on YouTube. The Waveform YouTube channel is so close to 500,000 subscribers.
So I just want to give that little nudge. If you're watching on YouTube, or even better, if you're listening somewhere and haven't subscribed on YouTube, go subscribe to the YouTube channel. and then we'll be able to celebrate before the end of the year.
It's the last chance to hype us. It is the last chance to hype us.
What is the significance of the AI gold rush?
We become ineligible for hype once we cross over the threshold. Oh, true. We want to pass the hypes on to other channels. Yeah, help us graduate from hype. And once we hit 500K, Netflix will put us on the platform. And we will be part of Warner Brothers Discovery. By the way. Oh, my God, yes. Someone, I think it was on Threads. There was a clip. Yeah, there was a clip from us from a year and a half ago predicting that Netflix would eventually buy Warner Brothers. Predicting is a strong word. Well, joking. But also it turned out to be right, oops. Unless, you know, that kind of thing. Dude, I can see it now. Netflix, Paramount, Skydance, Discovery, Warner. Don't put this out there now. Waveform. Waveform, that's right.
Excuse me? Waveform, Netflix, Paramount, Skydance. Look, Netflix, I know that you're getting a bunch of hostile bids for Warner Brothers and you might not even be able to buy it, but if you want a good B plan, we're available.
We have like $6.
I just want to say, speaking of hostile bids, hilarious story that showed up on a timeline this morning. It was just someone who was squatting on Lambo.com, obviously waiting for a certain car manufacturer to scoop it up, got nothing out of the deal. A judge ruled that they were acting in bad faith. So what? Yeah, I know. They own it. When you just sit on a domain because you know you're going to eventually sell it to someone, that's... maybe arguably good faith. That's called capitalism. That's like reserving it for their rightful owner. But I read the story and it's like this person called Richard Blair from Arizona, he bought this for $10,000 in 2018. Lambo was already well known to be Lamborghini by then.
But then he listed it for $1.1 million in 2020. And then raised it to $1.5 million. And then raised it to $3.3 million. And then raised it to $12 million.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the key features of MongoDB for developers?
0:00–2:38
2
What is the significance of the AI gold rush?
2:38–5:44
3
What are the highlights from the Smartphone Awards 2025?
5:44–6:35
4
What new products are discussed in the context of Android XR?
6:35–1:01:07
5
What design features make the Samsung phone stand out?
1:01:07–1:01:28
6
What makes the TCL Nexpaper a notable phone?
1:01:28–1:01:59
7
What are the key features of the iPhone Air?
1:01:59–1:02:43
8
Why is the Nothing Phone 3 considered a bust?
1:02:43–2:00:44