In the episode page's transcript, Liam Fedus is the speaker of the answer that begins at 1:15:06 (video 1:16:27), saying: "So we’ve been customer zero. Now what we’re doing is we’re taking these same tools to different industries, and we’we have a huge focus right now in the semiconductor industry."

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Liam Fedus [01:15:06]: For ourselves. So we’ve been customer zero. Now what we’re doing is we’re taking these same tools to different industries, and we’we have a huge focus right now in the semiconductor industry.

What the source said when we opened it, on 10 Oct 2026.

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Synthesis Superintelligence: from Semiconductors to Superconductors — Periodic Labs' Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk (episode page with transcript)
Latent Space · 2026-10-08

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Periodic Labs' Fedus says its engineers will work on site at customers 10 Oct 2026