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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 17, 2025

Solana ETFs Are Coming With Carlos Gonzalez Campo

Lightspeed

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Solana ETFs are knocking on the door**, potentially armed with staking yield and a clearer TradFi narrative than their Ethereum counterparts.
  2. **The DEX arena is a battlefield**: CLOBs on specialized infrastructure are rising, challenging AMMs and reshaping liquidity for everything from blue-chips to memecoins.
  3. **Stablecoins are crypto's killer app going mainstream**, with Circle's IPO firing the starting gun for broader investor participation and a new wave of competition.
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June 17, 2025

How to Actually Grow on Crypto Twitter in 2025

The DCo Podcast

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Authenticity Over Algorithms: Ditch the generic social media playbook; your genuine interest in a specific crypto niche is your most potent growth tool.
  2. Niche Down to Blow Up: Become the go-to source for your specific passion (e.g., memecoins, DeFi protocols) by sharing your unique process and insights.
  3. The Audience Knows: Users can "sniff out" disingenuous content. Real interest and transparent sharing build trust and attract a loyal following.
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June 16, 2025

The State Of Crypto Derivatives

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Risk Re-Priced**: Post-2022, understanding and mitigating counterparty and correlated risk is paramount; high returns often masked these dangers.
  2. **TradFi Rails Accelerate Crypto**: Publicly traded vehicles and ETFs are becoming key on-ramps, channeling traditional capital into crypto and reshaping market dynamics, notably compressing volatility.
  3. **Fundamental & On-Chain Focus**: Durable value (on-chain credit, strong L1s like Solana, revenue-generating protocols) and innovative on-chain derivatives platforms (like Hyperliquid) are prime areas of growth and investor interest.
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June 16, 2025

How to Value L1s?

Lightspeed

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. App Revenue as a Current Yardstick: For now, L1 "GDP" (market cap / app revenue) offers a more stable cross-chain valuation tool than direct fees, providing an "apples-to-apples" comparison.
  2. The Inevitable Value Shift: Expect a future where applications, not L1s, capture the lion's share of value, as app take rates and business models mature. L1 valuations may compress as app valuations expand.
  3. L1s Must Innovate to Retain Value: Blockchains like Solana are actively strategizing (e.g., application-specific sequencing) to keep successful apps within their ecosystems, highlighting the growing pressure on L1s to prove their enduring value proposition beyond basic infrastructure.
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June 15, 2025

VCs Weigh In On Crypto Treasury Companies

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Treasury Strategies: High-Risk, Short-Term Plays: These vehicles are built for quick flips, not lasting value, with a high chance of premiums vanishing and values dropping below NAV.
  2. Beware the "Mania": The proliferation of treasury vehicles with increasingly lax terms signals a speculative fever; MicroStrategy is an outlier, not the rule.
  3. VCs Bet on Endurance: True crypto investing, from a venture perspective, demands patience and a focus on fundamental, long-term growth, distinct from chasing fleeting treasury premiums.
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June 14, 2025

The Next Crypto Companies To IPO

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Scale is King:** Sub-$3 billion valuation companies will struggle for analyst attention and institutional investment post-IPO.
  2. **SaaS Sells:** Crypto firms with predictable, recurring revenue (like Fireblocks, Chainalysis) have a stronger IPO narrative than those riding crypto price waves.
  3. **Trust is Currency:** For select businesses like Anchorage, an IPO isn't just about capital; it’s a strategic move to bolster their fundamental value proposition—trust.
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