This Week In Startups is made possible by:Superhuman: https://superhuman.com/Paypal: https://paypal.com/businessOdoo: https://odoo.com/twistPlaud: https://plaud.ai/twistHarmonic: https://harmonic.ai/twistToday’s show:Hugging Face built a $399 open-source robot duck as a side quest, and sold 16,000 units off a single tweet. Co-founder Thomas Wolf joins Jason and Lon to explain Microduck happened, why storage is the company's real business, and what it felt like to get hacked by OpenAI's agents.Jason takes apart Gavin Newsom's new AI "kill switch" executive order: if these models are so dangerous, why not start with the same KYC every bank already requires? PLUS, Snap’s new AI-integrated glasses could be a game-changer.Guests:Thomas Wolf on X: https://x.com/Thom_WolfHugging Face: https://huggingface.co/Relevant Links:Hugging Face — https://huggingface.co/Microduck — https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/Pollen Robotics — https://pollen-robotics.com/OpenAI: the Hugging Face incident and the road ahead — https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-incident-and-the-road-ahead/Governor Newsom's executive order — https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/californias-newsom-issues-executive-order-to-weigh-ai-oversight-including-kill-switch-3a98040fAnthropic Wet Lab — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/18/anthropic-quietly-sets-up-biology-lab-as-it-ramps-ai-drug-program-report.htmlLucid and Bolt to deploy 25,000 autonomous EVs across Europe — https://electrek.co/2026/09/17/lucid-bolt-25000-autonomous-evs-europe/Snap opens pre-orders for Specs at $2,195 — https://www.specs.com/Ray-Ban Meta Display — the $799 comparison https://www.meta.com/ai-glasses/Clavicular at All-In Summit — https://x.com/clavicular/status/2099994778616348811?s=20Physical: 100 (the Korean original) → https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical:_100Bad Therapy — https://www.abigailshrier.com/Full Show Notes and Transcript from Pluad: https://plaud.ai/twistTimestamps:Subscribe to TWiST on Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com/Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcpFollow Lon:X: https://x.com/lonsFollow Jason:X: https://twitter.com/JasonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanisCheck out all our partner offers: https://partners.launch.co/Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarlandCheck out Jason’s suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanisFollow TWiST:Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartupsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekinInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartupsTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartupsSubstack: https://twistartups.substack.com