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Alright, Jason. So perhaps the biggest news today in startup land is that Jeff Bezos is going to be CEO again. What? Not of am I know. Hear me out, though. Not of Amazon. And it's going to help kind of bridge the difference between AI systems and the real world. The company has raised $6,200,000,000, just came out of stealth. What we're talking about is real world AI. Does that mean humanoid robotics? Does that mean robots? Bezos is now back in the CEO seat. This is extraordinary news. I thought for sure Bezos was gonna come back to Amazon. I think there's two things left for Bezos. Number one is to go back to Amazon at some point. Possible, not probable. The second is to run for president. And that would be a bummer for his lifestyle, I think, because being pre so and he's still young. Like This Week in Startups is brought to you by Dev Stats. Dev Stats integrates your dev work and your business goals into a shared language that everyone can understand. Get 20% off plus access to their dedicated Slack channel. Just go to devstats.com/twist. Vanta. Compliance and security shouldn't be a deal breaker for start ups to win new business. Vanta makes it easy for companies to get a SOC two report fast. Get $1,000 off for a limited time at vanta.com/twist. And NetSuite. The business landscape is very chaotic right now. That's why you need NetSuite by Oracle. Download the CFO's guide to AI and machine learning for free at netsuite.com/twist. Alright, everybody. Welcome back to This Week in Startups. I'm your host, jet lagged. Jay Cal here on the program. I am back from one of the longest business trips I've ever been on in my life. I think the longest I ever did was, like, fifteen or sixteen days, and this one was, like, thirteen or fourteen. I left on a Saturday, came back on a Saturday. Man, the jet lag hit me hard last night. I was up till three or four in the morning. And, but I got some sleep. And, the night before, I got twelve hours of sleep. I am just whipsawing around. But, man, did I have the trip of a lifetime? So I wanna start there actually because I'm really curious what you're hearing. I mostly talk to people that are very much in the Silicon Valley American startup technology mindset, but you were in Japan. You were over MENA. So what's the vibes out there, Jason, and what surprised you from founders and investors that you talked to? I, have the luxury at this point in my career to pursue, opportunities, that I think are either personally interesting or accretive to the returns of our funds. And in this case, I've been studying what's going on around the world my whole career. I've been traveling, doing speaking gigs, covering as a journalist, you know, different regions. And for the last three …