AI megadeals, government tech flops, and a new era for construction’s reality capture.
In this week’s Bricks, Bucks & Bytes episode:
💰 Oracle seals a $300B deal with OpenAI, propelling Larry Ellison past Elon Musk (for a moment).
📉 UK government’s Microsoft Copilot trial finds no clear productivity boost despite 10,000 licenses.
📸 OpenSpace’s CEO Jeevan Kalanithi joins to reveal how they’re moving beyond reality capture.
But that’s not all:
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Oracle’s forecasted data center boom to $144B by 2030, but can they actually build fast enough?
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Dustin explains why rosy projections sound like “startup pitches on steroids.”
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Martin unleashes on taxpayer money wasted in the UK’s AI experiments.
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We debate the ultimate workplace controversy: barefoot in the office.
🎧 Listen now for:
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Why Oracle might be the Levi Strauss of the AI gold rush.
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What OpenSpace’s shift from reactive to “field system of work” means for contractors.
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The hidden risks of overbuilding data centers.
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Where value engineering and AI could actually change how projects get priced.
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