Anthropic Gives Away 5% of Its Shares, Clone’s Muscle Robot, ElevenLabs Steals Podcaster's Voice

October 20, 2026 · 1 h 34 min

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This Week in Startups covers four major stories: Nathan Fielder's new A24 documentary "You Can See Everything" about Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, which has achieved near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes scores (98% critics, 98% audience); Anthropic's announcement of a 5% stock pledge to public benefit projects valued at approximately $100 billion, with potential to grow to $500 billion or more as the company scales; Clone Robotics' development of hydraulic artificial muscle technology for humanoid androids that could hit the market in 2-3 years at potentially affordable price points; and ElevenLabs' apparent use of podcaster Chris Williamson's voice for their "Archer" voice model without permission, which the company removed from their platform. The episode explores themes of wealth distribution, technological advancement, ethical AI development, and voice cloning liability.

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Today’s show:

Jason can’t stop praising Nathan Fielder’s new A24 hybrid documentary about Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, “You Can See Everything,” and he’s insisting that Lon check it out before the next podcast. Hear his spoiler-free review, how the film upended his expectations based on Fielder’s previous work, and why Lon also recommends Lance Oppenheim’s HBO Max series “Ren Faire.”

Plus, we’re talking to Clone Robotics co-founder and CEO Dhanush Radhakrishnan about why he thinks robots should not just be humanoid but should look and move precisely like humans. We’re digging deep into how his hydraulic myofiber artificial muscle technology alters and even improves on the pulley-based systems being deployed by competitors, why he thinks the models that power domestic helper-bots will be commoditized, and how quickly he thinks he can put a robo-butler in every American home.

Plus we’re comparing the potential impact of Anthropic’s new Public Benefit Fund vs. Elon Musk’s plan to give every baby a share of SpaceX, and re-considering simulation theory after Odyssey dropped an artificial fruit fly brain into an artificial landscape.

Guest

Dhanush Radhakrishnan on X: https://x.com/dhanushisrad

Clone Robotics: https://clonerobotics.com/