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Groq, Hotel Delivery Robots, and Mark Launches a Company

06 January 2026 1:01:33 Mark and Shashank

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It’s been a travel-heavy hiatus—Mark’s been living in Spain and Shashank’s been bouncing across Asia (including a month in China)—but they’re back to unpack a packed week of AI news. They start with the headline hardware story: the Groq (GROQ) deal/partnership dynamics and why ultra-fast inference is becoming the next battleground, plus how this could reshape access to cutting-edge serving across the ecosystem. From there, they pivot to NVIDIA’s CES announcements and what “Vera Rubin” implies for data center upgrades, cost-per-token curves, and the messy real-world math of rolling hardware generations. Shashank then brings the future to life with on-the-ground stories from China: a Huawei “everything store” that feels like an Apple Store meets a luxury dealership, folding devices that look straight out of sci-fi, and a parade of robots—from coffee bots to delivery robots that can ride elevators and deliver to your hotel room. They also touch on companion->
Link mentioned: Novacut — https://novacut.ai

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