"Using AI does not mean you've created a shortcut from A to B. You should be applying the same amount of thought and care that you would if you were going to make this image yourself."

"I wish that founders could just approach talking about what they're doing with that mindset that it doesn't have to land perfectly. It just needs to be authentically you."

"The last 20 years, the United States and much of the world is focused on desert wars, right? Not to quote Dune but we don't need desert power. We need water power."

"I would say probably  within the next three to five year horizon, we will see humanoid robots in homes that are actually doing tasks."

"I would say photo-real is usually the way to go just because it keeps it more grounded. And when they show it to a high ranking official, for example, they can connect to that more."

"One use case that like very much excites me is this ability to speak with whales and dolphins."

"A voice feature for a robot can be very unpleasant or very pleasant depending on the taste of the person creating it."

"The sea is definitely a harsh mistress. In the desert, if you're flying, you have to deal with some sand. The sea wants to corrode everything."

"There's a wreck off the coast of Colombia that has about 20 billion dollars of emerald and gold on board."

"How do you create that thing where you think, "This is friendly robot"? And it has to be obvious the moment you look at it or the moment they start speaking."