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Farzad: Can Cybercab Kill Uber?
Farzad posted Can Tesla’s Cybercab Actually Kill Uber? as a subscribers-only sneak peek then a public clip, argued Tesla is signaling third parties to run fleet ops like an airline or Amazon model, and said he wants safety validation so Austin can drop a couple thousand Cybercabs with a wider geofence. He also posted Why 2nm Chips Need Light 50x Shorter Than Visible, reposted a Cybercab-over-Uber comfort ranking and a Robotaxi app chart, and liked Elon’s Cybercab factory line plus pushback after Jason Calacanis’s Uber jab.
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036Farzad: Uber Is Cooked. Own the Stack.Farzad said AI winners will own power, chips, model, and distribution, with SpaceX and Terafab as the hardware bet, and that Uber partnering with driver unions to slow robotaxis only locks in higher human cost per mile…035Farzad: X Ads API Plugin Same DayFarzad asked for a Grok Bot X Ads API path to manage book ads and got a plugin the same day. Elon replied Will fix on his ask to lift the 10-minute video upload API cap. He also laid out a Master-agent setup that pings…034Farzad: Cybercab VINs Point to ~2,500 BuiltFarzad says Cybercab VINs point to about 2,500 built so far and that weekly run-rate by year-end could hit 1,000–2,000. He quotes Sawyer on Austin Cybercabs and tells him to count the steering wheels. He also argues…
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455Tesla Cybercab First Ride: A Living Room on Wheels With No Driver ControlsFarzad’s cabin walkthrough of Tesla’s purpose-built Cybercab in Austin. Two seats, no steering wheel or pedals, eight cameras, a huge screen, Grok in the cabin, and a trunk that fits two suitcases. The invite event was…454I Rode Tesla Cybercab. The Real Tell Is Who Owns the FleetFarzad’s unsupervised night ride across Austin’s full Robotaxi geofence. No wheel, no pedals. Public Cybercab fares open Sept 4 at 5pm CT. His read: Tesla wants third parties on cleaning, repairs, and the balance sheet…453Forget Nvidia. Farzad Says SpaceX Is the New King of AIGrok 4.6 scored 61 on Artificial Analysis, level with GPT-5.6 Sol, at $2/$6 per million tokens versus Sol at $5/$30. Farzad’s case is the full stack: Grok Bot, Colossus build speed, orbital compute targets, and Terafab…
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