Brett Adcock

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Founder of cover.ai

Founder and CEO of Figure

Co-founder of Archer Aviation Inc.

Personal website - brettadcock.com

twitter.com/adcock_brett

linkedin.com/in/brettadcock

instagram.com/brett_adcock

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Humanoid robots may be closer than we think

May 24, 2023

Episode 52: Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) chats with Brett Adcock (@adcock_brett), founder of Vettery, Archer, and Figure. Figure is a cutting edge AI robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid robot to provide labor for undesirable and unsafe jobs. From the successes of his former businesses, Brett continues his entrepreneurial venture towards fixing the human labor shortage. There are many assumptions about AI robotics and Brett dispels some of them, namely, general purpose robots may be closer than we think.

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EXCLUSIVE: $3B Founder Reveals His Next Big Idea

Jun 17, 2024

Episode 597: Sam Parr talks to Brett Adcock about his next big idea, his checklist for entrepreneurs, and his framework for learning new things and moving fast.

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Show Notes:
(0:00) Solving school shootings
(3:42) Cold calling NASA
(7:05) Spotting the mega-trend
(9:06) "Thinking big is easier"
(13:44) Brett's philosophy on company names
(17:22) Brett's ideas note app: genetics, super-sonic travel, synthetic foods
(20:45) "I just want to win"
(22:46) Brett's checklist for entrepreneurs
(26:17) Being fast in hardware
(31:15) Brett's framework for learning new things
(34:00) Who does Brett admire