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AI Podcasts

February 11, 2026

Ep#62: PolaRiS: Scalable Real-to-Sim Evaluations for Generalist Robot Policies

RoboPapers

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. PolaRiS simplifies new benchmark creation.
  2. Adopt PolaRiS for rapid policy iteration on pick-and-place tasks.
  3. PolaRiS provides the tools to build a community-driven suite of benchmarks.
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February 11, 2026

Ep#62: PolaRiS: Scalable Real-to-Sim Evaluations for Generalist Robot Policies

RoboPapers

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The rise of generalist robot policies, trained on large real-world datasets, demands a new evaluation framework. PolaRiS provides a scalable, real-world correlated simulation, moving robotics towards an LLM-like benchmark ecosystem where models are tested for zero-shot generalization across diverse, easily created environments.
  2. Adopt PolaRiS to rapidly iterate on robot policies. Leverage its real-to-sim environment generation and minimal sim-code training to achieve high correlation with real-world performance, significantly cutting development time and cost compared to physical testing.
  3. For builders and investors, PolaRiS means faster, cheaper, and more reliable robot policy development. This tool accelerates the path to deployable, generalist robots, making advanced robotics more accessible and competitive in the next 6-12 months.
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February 11, 2026

Ep#62: PolaRiS: Scalable Real-to-Sim Evaluations for Generalist Robot Policies

RoboPapers

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The push for generalist robot policies, akin to foundation models in other AI fields, necessitates a shift from bespoke, real-world-only evaluations to scalable, correlated simulation benchmarks.
  2. Adopt PolaRiS for faster policy iteration. Integrate small, diverse sets of *unrelated* sim data into your co-training mix to significantly boost real-to-sim correlation.
  3. Robotics is moving towards LLM-style benchmarking.
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February 10, 2026

The Secretive PE Firm Behind Burger King, Tim Hortons, Skechers and Hunter Douglas (3G Capital)

Invest Like The Best

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. While the market obsesses over "bits" and rapid tech disruption, 3G Capital demonstrates that enduring value often resides in "atoms"—physical businesses with strong brands and direct customer relationships. This highlights a counter-cyclical opportunity in overlooked, tangible assets.
  2. Cultivate an owner-operator mentality in your ventures. Focus on attracting and empowering top talent with significant equity, then decentralize execution while maintaining clear strategic alignment.
  3. In the next 6-12 months, prioritize investments in businesses with defensible customer relationships and clear, long-term growth runways, even if they appear "boring." Your ability to instill a true ownership culture will be a differentiator, driving outsized returns where others chase fleeting trends.
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February 10, 2026

The Secretive PE Firm Behind Burger King, Tim Hortons, Skechers and Hunter Douglas (3G Capital)

Invest Like The Best

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. In a world where capital is abundant but truly great businesses are rare and often overpriced, 3G's model highlights a strategic pivot: deep, operator-led concentration on defensible, customer-centric assets with long-term growth potential, rather than broad, passive diversification.
  2. Cultivate an "owner operator" mindset within your organization, pushing decision-making closer to the problems and aligning incentives with long-term shareholder value, not just short-term metrics.
  3. Over the next 6-12 months, focus on identifying businesses with strong, direct customer relationships and inherent resistance to technological disruption. These "forever businesses," often family-controlled, offer a more reliable path to compounding returns than pursuing fleeting trends or commoditized assets.
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February 10, 2026

The Secretive PE Firm Behind Burger King, Tim Hortons, Skechers and Hunter Douglas (3G Capital)

Invest Like The Best

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Shift: In an era of rapid technological change, businesses with strong, direct customer relationships and physical moats are increasingly resilient. Technology should improve, not replace, core offerings.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Cultivate a "brand bigger than the business" mindset. Seek out established brands with global recognition but underperforming operations, then apply rigorous, owner-operator principles to create latent value and growth.
  3. The Bottom Line: Long-term thinking and a relentless focus on people and business quality, even in a concentrated portfolio, remain the most powerful engines for compounding capital. This means patience, deep operational involvement, and a willingness to bet big on exceptional talent.
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February 10, 2026

The Secretive PE Firm Behind Burger King, Tim Hortons, Skechers and Hunter Douglas (3G Capital)

Invest Like The Best

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. 3G commits to one investment per fund, deploying significant internal capital alongside partners. This focus allows for rigorous downside analysis and patience, ensuring only truly exceptional businesses are acquired.
  2. 3G partners are seasoned operators who step into businesses, aligning incentives with ownership. This hands-on approach ensures decisions serve the business's long-term health, not just short-term management goals.
  3. 3G prioritizes businesses that directly own their customer relationships, like Burger King or Hunter Douglas. This direct connection reduces disintermediation risk from retailers or new technologies.
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February 10, 2026

The Secretive PE Firm Behind Burger King, Tim Hortons, Skechers and Hunter Douglas (3G Capital)

Invest Like The Best

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The value of businesses with strong physical moats and direct customer relationships increases.
  2. Cultivate an "owner-operator" mentality within your organization.
  3. Identifying and transforming businesses with inherent quality and defensibility will be the key to compounding capital.
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February 10, 2026

The Secretive PE Firm Behind Burger King, Tim Hortons, Skechers and Hunter Douglas (3G Capital)

Invest Like The Best

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. As capital markets become increasingly efficient and competitive, the edge moves from financial engineering to deep operational expertise and long-term, owner-aligned management.
  2. Prioritize identifying and enabling high-potential individuals early in their careers, granting them significant responsibility and ownership.
  3. Disciplined focus, patient relationship building, and an unwavering commitment to operational excellence in established, defensible businesses can still yield generational wealth.
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Crypto Podcasts

July 4, 2025

0xResearch Cross-Post: Crypto Regulation, Breakout Apps, and TradFi’s Impact | Jon Charbonneau

Bell Curve

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Go-to-Market > Tech Specs: In the race between new chains, attracting a single breakout app is more critical than marginal performance gains. Value accrues to whoever owns the user relationship.
  2. Bet on Improvable Niches: The biggest startup opportunities are in high-demand but clunky sectors like prediction markets and memecoin launchpads, where superior UX can create a dominant new player.
  3. Look Forward, Not Sideways: Don't get trapped by the "revenue meta." Successful investing requires a forward-looking view of a project’s potential to capture future value, a lesson exemplified by the early thesis for Solana.
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July 4, 2025

It’s A Bull Market But Not The One You Wanted With Rob Hadick & Santiago Santos | Weekly Roundup

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **The Real Bull Case is Boring.** The most significant trend isn't the next memecoin, but the "boring" migration of real-world finance onto blockchains via stablecoins. The winners will be those who solve for on-chain credit and build seamless user experiences, not just hype.
  2. **Tokenization is a Double-Edged Sword.** While providing access to new assets, current tokenized stocks are riddled with counterparty risk, thin liquidity, and opaque structures. They are a step forward but risk backfiring if not communicated with radical transparency.
  3. **The Altcoin Shakeout is Here.** Institutional interest is hyper-focused, leaving most altcoins without a bid. Protocols must now justify their existence with real revenue and utility, as the era of "liquidity-as-a-product" is over.
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July 4, 2025

Robinhood's Announcement Sets off Stock Tokens Frenzy (Weekly Crypto News)

Bankless

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Tokenized Stocks Are Here, But Imperfect. Major players are live, but the current products are IOUs, not direct equity. The real test will be liquidity, price tracking, and regulatory endurance.
  2. Tom Lee Is Creating the "MicroStrategy for ETH." He's pitching ETH to Wall Street not on decentralist ideals, but as the indispensable settlement layer for the coming stablecoin boom, front-running demand from major banks.
  3. The US Is Pumping Crypto Bags. A massive deficit bill combined with an expected dovish Fed creates a perfect storm for liquidity, positioning assets like BTC and ETH as a necessary hedge against currency debasement.
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July 4, 2025

All Roads Lead To Debasement | Weekly Roundup

Forward Guidance

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. All Roads Lead to Debasement: Both political parties are now committed to a policy of fiscal dominance and financial repression. The goal is to inflate away the debt, which makes holding cash and traditional bonds a losing proposition.
  2. Get Out on the Risk Frontier: The only rational response is to move capital into assets that can benefit from currency debasement and a manufactured asset boom. This means frontier tech, crypto, and other high-growth, high-risk assets.
  3. The Social Contract is Breaking: These policies will blatantly exacerbate wealth inequality, fueling populist anger. The system is no longer a free market but a manipulated game, and the backlash will define the political landscape for the next decade.
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July 4, 2025

0xResearch - Crypto Treasury Mania, Stocks Onchain, and Crypto Venture | July 3rd, 2025

0xResearch

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **The Great Bifurcation:** Capital is rotating out of altcoins and into two main buckets: Bitcoin (channeled through treasury companies) and crypto-adjacent equities (COIN, HOOD). Don't mistake isolated pumps for a broad "alt season."
  2. **Synthetics are the New Speculation:** The next wave of on-chain gambling will be on synthetic versions of real-world assets, from private company shares to public stocks, providing exposure without the complexity of ownership.
  3. **Apps Over Chains:** The most valuable real estate in crypto is no longer the base layer but the application layer. Companies that build sticky, revenue-generating products with great UX—even if they just clip fees—are winning.
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July 3, 2025

Robinhood vs. Coinbase: The Trillion Dollar Race to Build the Financial Super App

Bankless

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Bet on a Thesis:** Coinbase is a pure-play bet on the entire global economy moving on-chain, positioning itself as the essential B2B infrastructure provider.
  2. **Follow the Money:** Robinhood is a bet on demographics, strategically positioning itself to capture the next generation's financial life and inherit trillions in the great wealth transfer.
  3. **The Next Frontier is On-Chain:** The new battleground is Layer 2. Coinbase’s established Base ecosystem will face a formidable challenge from Robinhood Chain, with tokenized stocks as the initial prize.
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