{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Startup Building the First Hotel on the Moon\u2026","description":"This Week In Startups is made possible by:  Every.io - visit every.io Sentry.io - sentry.io\/twist Vanta - vanta.com\/twist  Today\u2019s show: The next SpaceX won't be building rockets; it'll build the first hotel on the Moon. Today on TWiST, GRU Space founder Skyler Chan brings a brick made from lunar soil into the studio and lays out a plan to manufacture on the Moon as early as next year. We get into the science, the business model, and the regulatory land-grab ahead! Then, the US government forces Anthropic to pull Fable 5 and Mythos 5. Jason and Lon unpack what it means when a single AI model can vanish overnight, and the US government's emergency order. Stick around for the winner (or winners?!) of the $5,000 AI podcast-companion bounty!  Timestamps: 0:00 Knicks playoff run, San Antonio &amp;amp; Texas BBQ (Black's vs. Terry Black's) 8:23 Plaud: If your work depends on conversations \u2014 interviews, meetings, calls \u2014 you need a Plaud NotePin. You can check it out at https:\/\/Plaud.ai\/twist and use code TWIST for 10% off! 9:52 Guest intro: Skyler Chan, GRU Space \u2014 and the lunar-soil brick 10:29 Every.io - For all of your incorporation, banking, payroll, benefits, accounting, taxes or other back-office administration needs, visit https:\/\/every.io 12:14 Why the next SpaceX builds habitats, not rockets 15:18 NASA's $20B moon-base signal &amp;amp; the TRL contracting path 16:13 Business model: from construction contractor to owning lunar land 18:06 Building the hotel robotically + $1M refundable deposits 20:00 Sentry - Your team should be focused on shipping features \u2014 not chasing down bugs. New users can get $240 in free credits when they go to https:\/\/sentry.io\/twist and use the code TWIST 31:09 Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https:\/\/www.vanta.com\/twist 39:28 News: US government blocks Anthropic's Fable 5 &amp;amp; Mythos 5 41:34 The politics: Hegseth, Sacks, Jassy &amp;amp; the &quot;conspiracy&quot; angle 1:09:39 Why no single model dependency is safe (multi-model harnesses) 1:18:47 Bounty results: MySidecast wins $3,000 1:19:07 Honorable mentions: Couchverse (Lemon Slice) &amp;amp; Convalenz 1:29:44 Next bounty: the Annotated app \ud83d\udd17 Links &amp;amp; Resources Mentioned: Guest &amp;amp; company Skyler Chan: Founder, GRU Space \u2192  https:\/\/www.ycombinator.com\/companies\/galactic-resource-utilization-space-inc-gru-space GRU Space (Galactic Resource Utilization): YC startup building lunar-regolith bricks and a robotic Moon hotel \u2192  https:\/\/www.ycombinator.com\/companies\/galactic-resource-utilization-space-inc-gru-space GRU Space lunar hotel bookings \u2192  https:\/\/payloadspace.com\/gru-space-opens-bookings-for-planned-lunar-hotel\/  \ud83c\udf99\ufe0f About the Guest: Skyler Chan is the founder of GRU Space (Galactic Resource Utilization), a Y Combinator\u2013backed startup developing a payload factory that manufactures bricks from lunar regolith to build the first robotic hotel on the Moon. Follow GRU Space \u2192  https:\/\/www.ycombinator.com\/companies\/galactic-resource-utilization-space-inc-gru-space 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 Alex: X: https:\/\/x.com\/alex LinkedIn: \u2060https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alexwilhelm Follow Jason: X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jason LinkedIn: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jasoncalacanis 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\u2019s suite of newsletters: https:\/\/substack.com\/@calacanis Follow TWiST: Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/TWiStartups YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/thisweekin Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thisweekinstartups TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thisweekinstartups Substack: https:\/\/twistartups.substack.com  ","author_name":"This Week in Startups","author_url":"https:\/\/thisweekinstartups.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41997880\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/203884205"}