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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

June 20, 2025

The Rise Of Crypto's App Ecosystem Mike Dudas

Lightspeed

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Revenue is King**: The "revenue meta" isn't a meme; it's the future. Invest in applications and protocols generating real cash flow.
  2. **Solana's DeFi Gap is an Opportunity**: Solana needs robust, user-friendly DeFi, especially perps. Building best-in-class products here is a massive opportunity, even if not unseating current L2 leaders.
  3. **IPOs & M&A Signal Maturation**: The success of Circle’s IPO and increasing M&A activity point to a maturing industry where equity value is re-emerging, offering alternative liquidity paths beyond token launches.
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June 19, 2025

Crypto Options Are Broken

Forward Guidance

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Listed is Better (For Now): For functional crypto options, look to products on established, regulated exchanges with competitive market-making; on-chain options are largely unworkable due to poor liquidity and structure.
  2. US Spot Market Needs a Shake-Up: The high costs and concentration in US spot crypto trading stifle accessibility; more competition is essential.
  3. Market Structure is Destiny: The design of a market—its rules, incentives, and competitive landscape—ultimately determines execution quality and cost, far more than the underlying asset itself.
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June 19, 2025

Institutional Capital Is Reshaping Crypto | Analyst Round Table

0xResearch

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Fundamentals First: The "revenue meta" is here to stay; projects without real earnings or clear paths to profitability will struggle.
  2. Institutions are Driving: With institutional players dominating trading volumes, expect crypto valuations to increasingly align with traditional financial metrics and scrutiny.
  3. Value Accrual is King: Tokens must demonstrate how they capture and return value to holders; mechanisms like revenue share and buybacks are becoming non-negotiable.
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June 19, 2025

How The Token Transparency Framework Will Impact Prices

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Transparency Pays:** Projects embracing transparency will likely see a long-term price premium, appealing to sophisticated, long-horizon investors.
  2. **Clarity Cuts Through Noise:** Fundamentally strong but poorly communicated projects can leverage the framework to gain visibility and investor trust.
  3. **Bad Actors Beware:** The framework is designed to punish extractive and scam projects, cleaning up the ecosystem and redirecting resources to genuine innovation.
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June 18, 2025

Introducing The Token Transparency Framework

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Shine a Light: The Framework allows legitimate projects ("peaches") to differentiate themselves from opaque or scammy ones ("lemons"), potentially reducing the 80% "lemon discount."
  2. Investor Shield: Provides investors a standardized checklist to assess a token's structural integrity beyond just its hype, looking at critical areas like equity vs. token alignment and fund use.
  3. Market Integrity Boost: Widespread adoption could significantly improve market transparency, attract institutional capital, and discourage nefarious actors, ultimately strengthening the entire crypto ecosystem.
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June 17, 2025

Analyzing Public Crypto Vehicles This Cycle

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Public Equities Offer Familiarity:** Investors are gravitating towards public crypto vehicles for their established legal structures and operational simplicity over direct token holdings.
  2. **Leverage Looks Different Now:** Today's public crypto plays (e.g., MicroStrategy) exhibit significantly less leverage than the high-risk trades that caused meltdowns last cycle.
  3. **Securities Classification Could Be Bullish:** Regulating tokens as securities might unlock substantial institutional capital, providing clearer rules and bolstering market stability.
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