Dream Machines: Physical AI, Robotics, Being Human
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Episodes: 39
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
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Evan Helda - A writer and technologist focused on spatial computing for the past 9 years. He is currently Head of Physical AI & Robotics at Nebius (world’s leading AI clouds).
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Will McDonald - High-fidelity 3d Content Delivery At Scale; Pixel Streaming Vs Volumetric Data; Applications Across E-commerce, Gaming, Robotics, And Simulation; Lessons From AWS Customer-obsessed Culture; Moving From Big Tech To Startups
Aravind Kandiah - Simulation For Physical Ai; Evaluation And Synthetic Data; Sim-to-real Gap; Robotics Developers Training/testing/deploying Autonomy In The Real World; Long-term Direction For Simulation
Charles Wong - Simulation For Physical Ai; What Teams Get Wrong With Simulation; Why Real-world Data Alone Is Not Enough; Evaluation As A Bottleneck; Closing The Sim-to-real Gap; The Future Of Simulation
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Episodes
World Models: From Pixels to Physics w/ SpAItial CEO Matthias Niessner
August 21, 2026
World models have become one of the most hyped frontiers in AI — and for good reason. The technology is reaching a tipping point, it’s attracting some of the world’s best AI talent, and many believe world models could be the unlock for both AGI and general-purpose robotics.But ask five people what a “world model” actually is, and you’ll probably get five different answers.That’s because there isn’t one approach. There’s a whole spectrum of world models being built today, each trying to unders...
The 3D Content Problem, Virtual Worlds, and Robotic Simulation w/ Will McDonald
May 17, 2026
Today’s guest is Will McDonald, co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Miris.Miris is rethinking how high-fidelity 3D content gets delivered at scale. Their thesis: the future of 3D depends entirely on simplifying distribution.In that vein… we talk about why pixel streaming falls short, how Miris uses volumetric data instead, and why that matters for everything from e-commerce and gaming to robotics and simulation.Will and I worked together for many years at AWS, so we also dive into lessons...
Synthetic Data, Evaluation, and the Future of Simulation for Physical AI w/ Charles Wong + Aravind Kandiah
May 15, 2026
If you want to understand what it takes to get robots out of the lab and into production, this one’s for you.Today, I’m joined by the cofounders of Bifrost: Charles Wong (CEO) and Aravind Kandia (CTO).Bifrost is one of the leaders in synthetic data generation and simulation for evaluation. They’ve built some of the most impressive tools I’ve seen to date for helping robotics developers train, test, and deploy autonomy in the real world.In this episode, we discuss:* what most teams still get w...
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