Michael Medrano

Interested in web3, games, startups, and finance. Alum: @PUBG @Blizzard_ent @Stanford @ChicagoBooth

[Viren @vtellis]

Human action in. Robot motion out.

This is a glimpse of what it looks like when motion becomes portable across bodies.

@Uthana_Inc and @UFBots just demonstrated a faster, simpler path from human action to robot motion.

Here’s the pipeline:

A human performs the action
The video is uploaded
Uthana converts it into robot-ready motion
The Unitree G1 executes it

From video upload to output-ready motion took under 3 minutes.

What matters is not just that the robot moved. It’s that the same motion system that powers digital characters can also transfer action into the physical world.

This is day 1. It’s only getting started.

[Michael Medrano @MichaelJMedrano]

@RebelMan32 @PeteThamel He ran football and basketball into the ground. What else do you need?

[Michael Medrano @MichaelJMedrano]

@ABC @DanWetzel love the pod. Sounds like something else to crowd your Labor Day

[Michael Medrano @MichaelJMedrano]

@thelilianajas Hi @thelilianajas can I have a follow? We were talking about AI but Craigslist flagged my post

[George Mack @george__mack]

What is ignored or neglected by the media -- but will be studied by historians?

Here's the full list of 25 examples:

[Katelyn Bourgoin 🧠 @KateBour]

I’ve spent 1500+ hours learning about cognitive biases and heuristics (AKA the stuff that drives *your customers* to buy)

Here are the top 19 concepts that marketers need to know:

[Michael Medrano @MichaelJMedrano]

@karl_0x Angel investing is probably the only way

[Nathan Baugh @nathanbaugh27]

Most storytelling advice sucks.

So I crowdsourced tips from actual experts – Rowling, Nolan, and Jobs.

Here are 10 dead-simple tips to become a better storyteller:

[Michael Medrano @MichaelJMedrano]

@KatiaAmeri Their babies would be marketing geniuses

[Jaleh Rezaei @jalehr]

Preparing for my first board meeting as Gusto's Head of Marketing was painful.

I felt lost, scared and self-conscious.

I wish I had a playbook for navigating the board.

So I put one together.

Here's my 3C framework—everything CMOs need to nail the board meeting:

[Michael Medrano @MichaelJMedrano]

@CryptoStache @TroverseNFT

[Viren @vtellis]

I'm stopping my planned fundraise that I spent months investing time into.

After the first four days of pitches, I changed course.

Here's why--> 🧵

[Route 2 FI @Route2FI]

8 things to think about in crypto to improve your probability of making money

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[Michael Medrano @MichaelJMedrano]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $43 billion offer for Twitter contains as many questions as answers https://t.co/7QxNIjB8zl

[Michael Medrano @MichaelJMedrano]

Chris Dixon thinks web3 is the future of the internet — is it? https://t.co/quIPMQ2ELx via @Verge

[Michael Medrano @MichaelJMedrano]

@HeathrCartr Who do you find has the most compelling POV from that side of the aisle? I agree and I find @GeorgeWill to be well reasoned but would love to find others

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Truth is the first casualty.

[Eric Seufert @eric_seufert]

Apple is exposing a prompt in iOS 15 that asks users to opt into "Personalized Ads," but the setting only applies to its own ad network (1/X) https://t.co/Vsz27kdWaN

[Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer @EvanKirstel]

The robots are getting stronger, faster, smarter! #ai #robots #robotics #tech #technology #TechNews

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Apple app store fees are a de facto global tax on the Internet. Epic is right.