Dream Machines: Physical AI, Robotics, Being Human

Evan Helda

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Booking Overview

Dream Machines digs into physical AI and robotics with a futurist lens on how these systems will reshape “being human.” It’s a strong fit for PR pitches from founders and technical leaders working on simulation, autonomy, and the next generation of spatial/3D infrastructure.

Metrics

Episodes: 38

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

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Host

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).

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Founder/exec leadership in robotics, physical AI, simulation, synthetic data, and/or 3D/spatial computing infrastructure—especially people building products that move autonomy or high-fidelity virtual/robotic simulation toward production use.
Required Achievements:  
Co-founding and leading a robotics/physical AI or simulation company, Shipping evaluation/synthetic data/simulation tools used by robotics teams, Product leadership for scalable 3D/volumetric delivery systems

Recent Guest Discussions

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

Recent Topics

Robotics, Simulation, Artificial Intelligence, Spatial Computing, Autonomy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Dream Machines: Physical AI, Robotics, Being Human
:

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...

The 3D Content Problem, Virtual Worlds, and Robotic Simulation w/ Will McDonald

April 30, 2026

Apple Podcast LinkSpotify Podcast LinkToday’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 year...

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