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Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332

2026-08-31 · 67 min · episode 2332 · 40 entities

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  • → references twistartups.substack.com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://twistartups.substack.com/
  • → references @Calacanis website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://substack.com/@calacanis
  • → references Dwarkesh Sp person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://x.com/dwarkesh_sp/status/2093833419377815719
  • → hosted by Jason Calacanis person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Feed author/publisher: Jason Calacanis
  • → discusses Technology company
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    evidence rules-v5
    Feed category: Technology
  • → references ThisWeekIn website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://youtube.com/thisweekin
  • → references Twist website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://rippling.ai/twist
  • → references @Thisweekinstartups website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups
  • → references partners.launch.co company
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://partners.launch.co/
  • → references Twistdomain website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twistdomain
  • → references Withyou website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://claconnect.com/withyou
  • → references heartaerospace.com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://heartaerospace.com/
  • → references jsx.com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://jsx.com/
  • → references Microduck website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck
  • → references Openai Huggingface person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://dwarkesh.com/p/openai-huggingface
  • → references sentios.io website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://sentios.io/
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigation
  • → references Pc 12 website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://pilatus-aircraft.com/en/fly/pc-12
  • → references surfair.com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://surfair.com/
  • → references z.cash website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://z.cash/

Entities found in this episode

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  • mentioned twistartups.substack.com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://twistartups.substack.com/
  • mentioned @Calacanis website
    0.90
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://substack.com/@calacanis
  • references twistartups.substack.com website
    0.77
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://twistartups.substack.com/
  • references @Calacanis website
    0.77
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://substack.com/@calacanis
  • mentioned ThisWeekIn website
    0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://youtube.com/thisweekin
  • mentioned Twist website
    0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://rippling.ai/twist
  • mentioned @Thisweekinstartups website
    0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups
  • mentioned Twistdomain website
    0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twistdomain
  • mentioned Withyou website
    0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://claconnect.com/withyou
  • mentioned heartaerospace.com website
    0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://heartaerospace.com/
  • mentioned jsx.com website
    0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://jsx.com/
  • mentioned Microduck website
    0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck
  • mentioned sentios.io website
    0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://sentios.io/
  • 0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigation
  • mentioned Pc 12 website
    0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://pilatus-aircraft.com/en/fly/pc-12
  • mentioned surfair.com website
    0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://surfair.com/
  • mentioned z.cash website
    0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://z.cash/
  • references ThisWeekIn website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://youtube.com/thisweekin
  • references Twist website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://rippling.ai/twist
  • references @Thisweekinstartups website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups
  • references Twistdomain website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twistdomain
  • references Withyou website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://claconnect.com/withyou
  • references heartaerospace.com website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://heartaerospace.com/
  • references jsx.com website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://jsx.com/
  • references Microduck website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck
  • references sentios.io website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://sentios.io/
  • 0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigation
  • references Pc 12 website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://pilatus-aircraft.com/en/fly/pc-12
  • references surfair.com website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://surfair.com/
  • references z.cash website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://z.cash/

persons 6

  • mentioned Dwarkesh Sp person
    0.90
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://x.com/dwarkesh_sp/status/2093833419377815719
  • references Dwarkesh Sp person
    0.77
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://x.com/dwarkesh_sp/status/2093833419377815719
  • mentioned Jason Calacanis person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Feed author/publisher: Jason Calacanis
  • hosted by Jason Calacanis person
    0.55
    evidence rules-v5
    Feed author/publisher: Jason Calacanis
  • mentioned Openai Huggingface person
    0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://dwarkesh.com/p/openai-huggingface
  • references Openai Huggingface person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://dwarkesh.com/p/openai-huggingface

companys 4

  • mentioned Technology company
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    evidence rules-v5
    Feed category: Technology
  • mentioned partners.launch.co company
    0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://partners.launch.co/
  • discusses Technology company
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    evidence rules-v5
    Feed category: Technology
  • references partners.launch.co company
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Are AI Agents forming "civilizations" or is this just a psy op? | 2332": https://partners.launch.co/
Episode description as stored
This Week In Startups is made possible by: Northwest Registered Agent https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twistdomain CLA https://claconnect.com/withyou Rippling https://Rippling.ai/twist Today's show: Hugging Face's $399 Microduck and the art of companies taking on side quests. Then, we get into Dwarkesh Patel's "The Rise and Fall of Agent Civilizations," which blew up online this weekend. Jason calls the "secret AI civilization" framing deliberate PR, and thinks it's inflammatory enough that someone might attack a data center over it. Then, Anders Forslund of Heart Aerospace shows off the X1, a battery-powered electric airliner designed for regional flights that can fly for 30 minutes on just $5 of juice. PLUS, we've got John Yu of Bitsec explaining how his subnet project outperformed Fable 5 in website vulnerability checks. Guests: Anders Forslund on X: https://x.com/AndersForslund1?s=2 Heart Aerospace: https://www.heartaerospace.com/ John Yu on X: https://x.com/yubrew Bitsec: https://sentios.io/ & https://sentios.io/ Relevant Links: MicroDuck: https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/ Dwarkesh Patel, "The Rise and Fall of Agent Civilizations," https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/openai-huggingface Dwarkesh's launch thread on X: https://x.com/dwarkesh_sp/status/2093833419377815719 METR's independent investigation of the OpenAI/Hugging Face incident: https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigation/ X1 first flight announcement — https://www.heartaerospace.com/newsroom/heart-aerospace-completes-first-flight-of-world-s-largest-electric-aircraft JSX (JetSuiteX) — https://www.jsx.com/ Pilatus PC-12 —https://www.pilatus-aircraft.com/en/fly/pc-12 Surf Air — https://www.surfair.com/ Zcash → https://z.cash/ Timestamps: 0:00 Is Hugging Face's Microduck the greatest side quest ever? 5:31 Jason puts Clem Delangue and Jensen Huang in charge of AI PR 11:20 Northwest Registered Agent - Got a new business idea? Northwest Registered Agent helps you bring it to life. Get a free domain, email, phone number, and more - with no purchase required! Learn more at https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistdomain 18:55 Top story: Dwarkesh Patel's "The Rise and Fall of Agent Civilizations" 19:22 Why agents act like people: they were trained on us 19:30 CLA - Innovation takes balance. CLA's CPAs, consultants, and wealth advisors can help you get from startup to where you want to end up. Get started now at https://www.claconnect.com/withyou 21:49 "I know good PR when I see it" 23:11 The prompt Jason says OpenAI should have written instead 26:44 The data center backlash and the politicians who will flip 30:07 Rippling - Don't settle for AI that's all talk. Head to https://Rippling.ai/twist to get the only AI built to give you full visibility across your startup and take complex actions across your entire business. 33:19 Guest: Anders Forslund, Heart Aerospace, and the X1's first flight 39:40 Turboprops vs. jets and the regional routes America lost 42:33 JSX, Santa Monica Airport, and 5,000 underused airports 44:54 Why Boeing won't build this: the innovator's dilemma 53:14 Guest: John Yu, Bitsec — Bittensor Subnet 60 55:01 How the subnet works: miners, validators, $10K a day 57:17 Bitsec vs. a frontier model: 160+ vulnerabilities to 60 59:37 Was the agent civilization story a pre-IPO PR play? 1:05:10 Sentios.io and continuous coverage Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.com Check out the TWIST500: https://www.twist500.com Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp Follow Lon: X: https://x.com/lons Follow Jason: X: https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis Check out all our partner offers: https://partners.launch.co/ Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland Check out Jason's suite of newsletters: https://sub