First Time Founders with Ed Elson – This Physicist Is Building AI Droids

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Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Ed speaks with Matan Grinberg, co-founder and CEO of Factory, an AI company focused on bringing autonomy to software engineering. They discuss the long-term future of AI, the role of regulation, and whether or not he’s concerned about an AI bubble. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The world is changing faster than ever. Now, with The Economist Insider, a new premium video offering,
0:05.8	we're giving you unprecedented access to the debates shaping our world. I have set around that
0:10.6	table at NATO. There is an incoming missile attack now. Could you answer the question? I'm sorry,
0:15.3	we've got way little time left. With a few surprises along the way. I can't promise we'll have a cocktail
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0:25.9	Get on the inside track with The Economist Insider.
0:28.8	Go to Economist.com to join the conversation.
0:32.6	Support for this show comes from Nordstrom.
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1:02.6	Support for this show comes from Volkswagen.
1:07.6	As the U.S. gets ready to host soccer's biggest moment on a worldwide stage,
1:13.6	Volkswagen is helping people discover new turfs and new ways to play the beautiful game right here in the U.S.
1:22.9	From deaf and power wheelchair soccer to beach and futsal, Volkswagen is actively supporting all the communities and teams within the U.S. soccer ecosystem.
1:50.6	They're supporting talent from across the U.S. soccer extended national teams and are focused on helping to give these less widely known forms of soccer a platform moving forward. From the pitch to the sand and everything in between, welcome to our-time founders.
1:52.0	I'm Ed Elson.
1:54.8	Seven and a half billion dollars.
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