To help you answer this question, let me give you a sneak peak into the coming wave in Robotics.
The field is shifting towards foundation models. There's elegant dynamics to be built, and a universe of robotics to be unlocked. Here’s a rapid tour of what’s coming—and why joining an early‑stage team is a five-way bet on talent-density, future-direction, skill, wealth, and future‑founder credibility.
Nvidia's trailer best captures what's coming:
Google, as they moved from SayCan to RT-2, reached the same conclusion more diverse data, gives better results, than specialised efforts:
Physical Intelligence doubled down on this insight and have trained Robotic Foundation Models Pi 0 and Pi 0.5:
It's the bitter lesson over and over again. Though it might be an essential stepping stone, especially for validation and RL, we'll eventually need to leave 3D behind:
There's a treasure to unlock in materials and dynamics. Even if we master statics with end to end models, the next forentier Athletic intelligence:
There's a love of mathematics, physics and hardware at play here. And a lot of good ideas that we'll be building on come from varied fields beyond - nature, finance, games etc. haring a few videos that would spark your curiosity beyond immediate inspiration
When AlphaGo beat Lee Sedon, it's a beautiful and inspirational documentary to watch:
Jim Simons story is just for the love of math, even before you unpack mathematical insights:
Who you work with trumps everything. If who is correct, mostly you'll come to the right what.
Don't worry too much about structure. It's important, but yesterday’s “best structures” won’t solve tomorrow’s problems.
The fastest way to stay relevant is to embed yourself where experimentation cycles are shortest.
Like Greg Brockman, In 2010 he dropped out of MIT, joined five‑person Stripe, became CTO at 26, then co‑founded OpenAI in 2015. The through‑line? Early ownership in a talent‑dense environment.
Or how alumni of flipkart now dominate Indian Startup Ecosystem. We'll be more. Unlocking much more than Internet and AI unlocked.
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