This Week in Startups · November 3, 2026 · 1h 24m

Odyssey CEO Oliver Cameron is 90% sure we live in a simulation | E2358

Jason Calacanis, Lon Harris, Oliver Cameron

Oliver Cameron, CEO of Odyssey, makes the case that we almost certainly live in a simulation, pointing to world models that only render what is observed and the double-slit experiment as a potential glitch. The team’s viral fruit fly brain simulation shows how Odyssey‑3 learns physics from video and could train AI agents. The hosts also discuss Elon Musk throttling Grok Bot over high costs, Jason Calacanis’s huge ROI on AI, and industry efforts to rebrand data centers to win public support.

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We're Probably Living in a Simulation27:32

Oliver Cameron, CEO of Odyssey, estimates a 90% probability that our reality is a simulation, based on the principle that world models only render what an observer is experiencing.

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Foundation World Models Learn Physics from Video40:47

Odyssey‑3 is a foundation world model that learns about physics, gravity, and causality simply by watching videos, then generates environments in real time.

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