Amazon Ban Hammer, Seedance Strategy, Amazon Blocks Muse | Vinod Khosla, Augustus Doricko, Ben Hylak, Aaron Levie, Lucas Shaw
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(01:46) - AI Video Models (22:59) - Seedance Strategy (29:40) - Meta Up Big (31:10) - Amazon Blocks Muse (44:19) - Augustus Doricko discusses Rainmaker’s $100 million Series B and its mission to address global water shortages through autonomous drone-based cloud seeding. He explains the company’s work with data centers, ski resorts, governments, and researchers, as well as how AI is accelerating its atmospheric science and weather-modification capabilities. (57:45) - Vinod Khosla discusses the emerging personal-agent market, arguing that consumer trust, transparency, task completion, and secure payments will determine success rather than traditional platform lock-in. The venture capitalist…