Jason starts the show by breaking down Spotify’s latest earnings report before discussing pop star Grimes taking to Twitter to announce a new business model for her AI-generated music (1:44). Then, Cafe X CEO Henry Hu joins Jason to discuss their latest equity crowdfund and being resilient, surviving a downturn, and more (18:22).

(0:00) Jason kicks off the show

(1:44) Spotify Earnings

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(9:56) Grimes takes an AI-based music approach

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(18:22) What is Cafe X?

(26:20) Advantages of a robot arm

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(32:40) Cafe X’s pivot

(38:07) Pricing of the Cafe X system

(40:54) Cafe X’s OS

(42:42) Raising equity crowdfunding

(43:11) Navigating edge issues

(45:22) Finding success and Cafe X’s current focus

(50:38) Inventing menu items and other use cases

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