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While CES has kicked off this week we’ll be doing an in-depth writeup of the biggest announcements and coolest product reveals next week. Some of our content this week will cover what we’ve seen so far but we are only scratching the surface.

Whether you’re using Replit, Claude, Gemini or the plethora of other options to build software without writing a single line of code yourself we have entered the golden age of democratized software creation. While this will bring plenty of slop, it presents one of the best opportunities of our lifetime to make money on the internet.

What used to take years or months now takes days. You won’t be able to ignore this when people around you start making 10s of thousands a month from a simple app idea.

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Razor has announced (and we preordered) a Grok powered hologram projector of your favorite anime inspired AI companions.

Brought to life as an animated 5.5" 3D hologram, she uses human-like vision and audio sensing for full contextual awareness which may or may not be a privacy concern.

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NVIDIA’s new "Rubin" technology drastically reduces the cost and energy required to run AI, making it ten times cheaper to generate responses while handling more complex tasks.

Major companies like Microsoft are already adopting it to build massive "AI factories," which means you will soon see a wave of much smarter, faster, and more affordable AI tools.

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Stanford scientists have created a new model that can predict more than 100 health conditions from a night’s sleep. Now imagine that technology in your smart bed that provides a report for you in your phone every morning.

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Most AI tools chat. Gladly actually resolves. Returns processed. Tickets routed. Orders tracked. FAQs answered. All while freeing up your team to focus on what matters most — building relationships. See the difference.

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Mainly a virtual display device that still needs to be tethered to a phone, computer or console. It mirrors your device which a giant screen and the differentiator is that it can convert 2D to 3D giving your experience a unique parallax effect.

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The ROG XREAL R1 glasses are meant to be your way to high quality visual fidelity for your games at home or on the go. They do look pretty sweet for the technology that they have packed in there. I’m curious how comfortable they are and how the screen looks while playing games and watching movies.

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The update is still in early access but the new features are being tested with real users out in the world. Giving presentations and speeches will get a whole lot easier with a virtual teleprompter.

The handwriting feature is interesting and I wonder how accurate it is and how it feels to write that way. (I just tried it on my macbook and it felt weird not holding anything and trying to write, but that’s only one attempt with no visual feedback)

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They are calling it the biggest product update to their popular bricks in years. People were already building complex robotics with regular bricks, just imagine what will be possible now. I know my kids will love it when they’re old enough so I might as well try them out.

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2026 deployments are scheduled for Hyundai and Google Deepmind. The robots will start in the automotive sector but as they learn and the AI models improve you can bet these robots will be found in more places than we can currently imagine.

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The PrimeBOT is a more affordable alternative to full size and industrial ready humanoids. It’s open source and tailored more for students, engineers and early adopters. Looks like something we should test out once it becomes available.

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The pair of companies plan on releasing the level 2 driver-assistance system in the US later this year. Capable of point-to-point urban navigation this system should help usher in an age of autonomous vehicles whether someone’s in the driver seat or not.

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In collaboration with Uber and Nuro, Lucid Motors revealed their production-intent (that’s a new phrase) version of their autonomous robotaxi that will compete with Tesla and Waymo to be the king of driverless vehicles.

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Solid-state batteries have been an elusive technology that have many advantages over traditional electric vehicle batteries on the roads right now.

Donut Lab unveiled their solid-state batteries that are being put into vehicles as early as Q1 of this year. The first will be the Verge TS line of motorcycles. Let’s see if this goes well and if we have an energy revolution on our hands.

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Riot adds another free to play game to their portfolio based on the popular League of Legends franchise. This game is 2v2 and can be played solo or with a friend with a roster of champions from their LoL and Netflix’s Arcane.

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From AGI to energy and robots they discuss why abundance is the most likely outcome for humanity’s future. The question is, will we be able to get universal high income without civil unrest?

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The renowned podcaster is going to dive into the AI rabbit hole and translate the complex jargon for the rest of us. Whenever it’s available we are going to report on it here.

2026 has already put it’s foot on the gas. We can feel the acceleration of progress all around us and what a better way to throw fuel on the fire than with CES. We’ve seen announcements of new energy breakthroughs, robotics demonstrations, chips that continue to defy limits and holographic AI buddies to hangout in our office with us. Next week we’ll do a deep dive but CES has us excited about what’s to come this year.

NVIDIA and Lucid both show commitment and resolve in autonomous driving which is really making me think that my kids (both under 2) are not going to be getting a license and driving a car the way I did as a teenager. We’ll probably just use our phones or glasses to get a car from the autonomous fleet on demand.

On the coding front we’ve been building things at light speed. The amount of progress you can make as a solo engineer now is astounding. In one day I took 3 ideas from concept to reality and even deployed a website for Ronin Ventures. The golden age of software creation is upon us, are you ready to capitalize and finally build that “amazing idea” you’ve had for years?

Lastly for this week it looks like the AI glasses and portable display glasses market is off to a hot start with a bunch of new collabs and announcements. How comfortable and useful these glasses are will be seen over the coming weeks when reviews pour in. Maybe we’ll start doing our own product reviews this year.

We couldn’t be more excited for this year and to see where technology takes us. Will there be ups and downs and probable job loss? Yes. But we’re here to help you navigate this uncertain yet exciting future.

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