Math Wars, GG Navier Stokes, Greg Brockman Joins | Dan Wright, Eric Seufert, Scott Wu, Sahir Jaggi, Andrew Borovsky, Harry Mellsop

September 8, 2026

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The episode opens with a debate that cuts to the heart of the AI narrative: does solving the Navier-Stokes millennium problem actually matter? The hosts and guests wrestle with this tension throughout, acknowledging that while the proof itself is unlikely to improve airplane wings or weather models overnight, it serves as a visceral signal of AI’s accelerating capability. The conversation then fans out across a packed news cycle—Astra’s computer-use breakthrough, Meta’s new agent app, a wave of fundraising, and the ongoing recalibration of what “progress” means when models can now tackle the hardest open problems in mathematics.

The Navier-Stokes Breakthrough and the "Cool Calculator" Problem

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1 (00:02) **Show Open & Christmas Countdown** - Hosts banter about the 107-day countdown to Christmas and the speed of time.
2 (00:51) **Math Wars: Does Navier-Stokes Matter?** - The hosts debate the public significance of AI solving the Navier-Stokes millennium problem.
3 (10:12) **Astra & The Rise of Computer Use** - Discussion on Astra's new computer use capabilities and real-world demos.
4 (20:49) **Instinct Bans & The Future of AI Agents** - The hosts discuss the viral story of an AI agent getting banned from Resy for aggressively booking reservations.
5 (23:47) **The Vibe Coding Boom & Distribution** - The hosts ponder whether a "vibe coding" boom will flood platforms like Steam, similar to the App Store.
6 (26:55) **Trailer Zone: Nathan Fielder & Elizabeth Holmes** - The hosts react to a trailer for a new Nathan Fielder film featuring Elizabeth Holmes.
7 (32:19) **Trailer Zone: "Artificial" & "Social Reckoning"** - The hosts watch and react to trailers for two new tech-focused movies.

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Guests on this episode

Greg Brockman

Show Notes

(00:57) - Math Wars
(14:38) - Astra Reactions
(26:47) - Trailer Zone
(39:19) - AI Job Boom Beats the Doom
(52:57) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(01:02:27) - Dan Wright discusses Armada’s mission to bring modular AI infrastructure to underserved regions as the “hyperscaler for the edge.” He highlights the company’s rapid growth, scalable Galleon data centers, use of stranded renewable energy, and focus on speed, scale, data sovereignty, and real-time edge computing.
(01:12:07) - Eric Seufert, founder of Mobile Dev Memo and an expert on mobile advertising and digital platforms, discusses the convergence of Netflix and YouTube, Apple’s expanding advertising ambitions, and Meta’s AI strategy. He argues that advertising—particularly conversion-optimized auctions—will remain the most scalable way to monetize streaming, AI agents, and digital commerce.
(01:48:28) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions
(01:49:49) - Scott Wu discusses Cognition’s fundraising, the rapid advancement of AI agents, and Devin’s growing role in enterprise software development and cybersecurity. He explains that effective orchestration depends on combining models, tools, and context, while emphasizing AI’s remarkable progress in mathematics and real-world applications.
(02:10:49) - Greg Brockman discusses OpenAI’s advances in mathematical reasoning, computer use, image generation, healthcare, and agentic AI. The OpenAI co-founder and president emphasizes how increasingly capable, unified AI tools could generate new knowledge, solve everyday problems, transform healthcare, and empower people while being developed safely.
(02:35:42) - Sahir Jaggi discusses Forest, the AI Network for Medicine he founded and leads, and its rapid growth to a $3 billion valuation while serving patients, physicians, and major biopharma companies nationwide. He explains how Forest uses AI and healthcare data to streamline clinical trials, drug launches, distribution, and patient access, ultimately making medicine development faster, cheaper, and more predictable.
(02:43:57) - Andrew Borovsky discusses Split, a fintech company that gives consumers flexibility to schedule major bill payments around their income. He explains its cash-flow underwriting model, ACH-based payment technology, rapid growth to nearly $80 million in annualized originations, and recent Series A and B fundraising rounds led by Khosla Ventures.
(02:52:14) - Harry Mellsop discusses his work as co-founder and CEO of Antioch, a startup developing simulation technology for physical AI and autonomous systems. He explains Antioch’s hybrid approach to narrowing the simulation-to-reality gap, accelerating robotics development through data flywheels, and serving markets ranging from humanoid robots and autonomous vehicles to Amazon Ring devices.

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