Adcock's AI Talent War: The $36M Meta Offer & His "Scar" Test
Brett Adcock reveals Meta's $36M AI talent grabs and his counter-strategy: finding "obsessed" engineers over "mercenaries" using a unique technical assessment.
4 wild AI predictions from a $39B tech founder
With Sam Parr, Shaan Puri, Brett Adcock · Sunday, August 16, 2026
In this episode, entrepreneur Brett Adcock discusses his ventures Figure (humanoid robots) and HARK (digital AI symbiosis), highlighting their progress and challenges. He shares his predictions for AI's impact, the escalating talent war in the industry, and his personal philosophy on tackling "hard things" in business while making significant personal sacrifices to achieve success.
Brett Adcock: Doing Hard Things Is Easier (and How to Endure It)
Entrepreneur Brett Adcock argues complex problems yield 100x payoffs for 3-4x effort. Learn his "Day-for-Day Punch List" for enduring startup rock bottom.
Brett Adcock's HARK AI Lab: Post-iPhone Hardware and Autonomous Agents
Brett Adcock's HARK AI Lab is building beyond the iPhone. He reveals their breakthrough in AI using computers like humans and designing entirely new 'AI phones.'