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Published · transcript-backedLenny Rachitsky: uncertainty
17 May 2026 Lenny's Podcast Why we’re at the beginning of the AI hardware boom | Caitlin Kalinowski (ex–OpenAI, Meta, Apple)
“I don't know about you, but I'm so excited to have a robot at home doing things.”
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- Lenny Rachitsky
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- uncertainty
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- 17 May 2026
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- Lenny's Podcast
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…Yeah. I actually think Pixar, Disney are probably the world's best at doing this type of design work even though they haven't done as much in physical in volume. If you look at what they do and how they show emotion, intent, approachability, engagement with their characters, they're really world-class. I don't know about you, but I'm so excited to have a robot at home doing things. These videos that they're starting to put out where they're doing your... They can do dishes, at least the prototypes, they can fold laundry, they can do... It's like, yes, please come do this for me. How do you feel about robots in your house? So I'm into it. My partner, not so much. So I'm very lucky to have a partner who's got a high bar, which means was like never going to take Waymo, took one Waymo, and now, never wants to take anything else. So definitely willing to update her position, but it has to be pretty good. So she's in love with the Matic. It's amazing, but the bar is pretty high. So I think in order to have a home robot, it's going to have to be pretty incredible for her to be willing to have it in our home. But I take that as a challenge.…
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