Why OpenAI Should Buy Off the World’s Top Mathematicians | E32

<p>This Week In Startups is made possible by:</p><p><u>PayPal - Pay zero processing fees on your first $100K in eligible PayPal payment volume. Learn more at</u><a href="https://paypal.launch.co/"><u> https://paypal.launch.co</u></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Today’s show:</strong></p><p>OpenAI is claiming to have solved more than 100 math problems on top of Navier-Stokes, and guest Richard Socher thinks it&#39;s absurd for mathematicians to push back on AI solving their problems too quickly. Jason and Lon are also joined by Guy Podjarny of Tessl and Jake Loosararian of Gecko Robotics to argue over who wins when AI agents start collaborating with, and potentially replacing, academics and scholars.</p><p>Plus, why is Amazon blocking Meta&#39;s Muse agent while Shopify hands it Shop Pay? Should we trust Anthropic’s new wet lab? And what’s so exciting about Typesafe’s new text-less model Jev?</p><p><strong>Guests:</strong></p><p>Guy Podjarny on X:<a href="https://x.com/guypod"> <u>https://x.com/guypod</u></a> Tessl:<a href="https://tessl.io/"> <u>https://tessl.io/</u></a></p><p>Richard Socher on X:<a href="https://x.com/RichardSocher?lang=en"> <u>https://x.com/RichardSocher?lang=en</u></a><a href="http://you.com"> <u>You.com</u></a>:<a href="https://you.com/"> <u>https://you.com/</u></a></p><p>Jake Loosararian on X:<a href="https://x.com/jakeloosy"> <u>https://x.com/jakeloosy</u></a> Gecko Robotics:<a href="https://www.geckorobotics.com/"> <u>https://www.geckorobotics.com/</u></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Relevant Links:</strong></p><p><em>The Eureka Machine</em> by Richard Socher →<a href="https://shop.hachettebookgroup.com/products/the-eureka-machine-9781541705708"> <u>https://shop.hachettebookgroup.com/products/the-eureka-machine-9781541705708</u></a></p><p>Shopify and Meta partner so Muse can buy through Shop Pay (Quartz) →<a href="https://qz.com/shopify-meta-muse-ai-agent-shop-pay-checkout-092226"> <u>https://qz.com/shopify-meta-muse-ai-agent-shop-pay-checkout-092226</u></a></p><p>Meta’s standoff with Amazon over Muse —<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/23/metas-standoff-with-amazon-over-muse-comes-ahead-of-meta-connect.html"> <u>https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/23/metas-standoff-with-amazon-over-muse-comes-ahead-of-meta-connect.html</u></a></p><p>OpenAI says its internal model solved 100+ math problems on top of Navier-Stokes (The Decoder) →<a href="https://the-decoder.com/openai-says-its-internal-model-solved-over-100-long-standing-math-problems-after-ju