
Chjango Unchained⛓️
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Chjango Unchained⛓️
@chjango
madam of the robo army. investing in robotics @aexoduscapital. ex @NASA 🚀


I think robotics is the next 10x asymmetric trade. VC investment in the sector is still 1/14th of AI, and it's about to catch up fast. Here's why I think this sector liquidity isn't slowing down anytime soon. (and how you can capitalise as an investor): The bear case on robotics for years has been the same two things: 1. AI simply hasn't been good enough 2. Hardware was too expensive to manufacture at scale Both of those constraints are breaking right now. On capability: Robotics general capabilities are rapidly improving. We are currently at the "GPT-2" moment for robotics (capable, but lacking real-world field deployment). And we're finally starting to get the first glimpse of that gap closing. @Figure_robot recently worked for 160+ consecutive hours. @weaverobotics just launched its Issac 1 humanoid bot that can handle daily tasks exceptionally well. There are many such practical examples of the dramatic improvements in robotics over the past year - this is no secret. On cost: Humanoid robot manufacturing prices have dropped from $1M+ in 2020 to $30,000-$150,000 today. Average selling prices are forecast to fall another 70% by 2030. This is the same cost curve that took solar and EV batteries from niche to mainstream in under a decade. The perfect storm is brewing right now: Robotics capabilities are growing exponentially while the cost curve simultaneously rapidly decreases. Software AI already had its moment, and I think if you're a smart investor, you'll look at physical AI. How to get exposure (nfa): → ETFs (lowest risk): $BOTZ, $ROBO, $ARKQ give you diversified sector coverage without picking individual winners. → Large caps (moderate risk): $TSLA for the Optimus bet, $AMZN for the most underrated robotics play in big tech. → Pure plays (higher risk): $OUST for robot perception/lidar, $SYM for warehouse automation. → High risk betas: $BOT (RoboStrategy) for access to private robotics companies nobody is looking at yet. There are also other interesting ways to get exposure through sectors like crypto. My full robotics article drops soon, covering every layer of how I'm personally building exposure to this sector. Be sure to follow me so you don't miss it in a few days.




The humanoid robotics theme is an emerging trade I see right now and almost nobody is positioned for it correctly IMO. 🤖📈 Pay attention... most people only really know $TSLA. Optimus is real and Tesla is the demand creator that legitimizes the entire sector, but the second order trade is interesting too. Here's the chain... simplified drastically... Every humanoid robot needs eyes. Lidar and vision is the layer that lets a robot actually understand the world it is walking through. $OUST is the cleanest public lidar pure play, $MBLY is the vision and ADAS leader pivoting hard into robotics, $AMBA is the edge AI vision chip that processes everything in real time, and $AEVA, $ARBE, $CGNX round out the perception layer. Every humanoid needs precision motion. Harmonic drives, actuators, and motion control are the unsexy compounders most retail will skip right over. $VPG is the precision sensor and load cell pure play, $NOVT is motion control built specifically for robotics, $ALNT is precision motion components, and $RR is the optical sensor name that quietly shows up everywhere. Every humanoid needs a brain. The compute that runs on board has to be cheap, low power, and reliable. $LSCC is the low power FPGA that ends up inside countless edge devices, $INDI is the automotive and robotics semi nobody has on their radar yet, $AMBQ is the analog compute play, and $MRAM is the next gen memory built for exactly these workloads. Every humanoid needs a logistics use case. The first commercial deployments are not going to be in homes, they are going to be in warehouses. $SYM is the automated warehouse pure play, $ZBRA owns enterprise scanning and tracking, $SERV is sidewalk delivery robotics that doubles as data collection, and $KITT is the autonomous platform play. Every humanoid needs an industrial pedigree. The companies that already build robots for factories will be the ones supplying components and software to the humanoid OEMs. $ISRG is the surgical robotics gold standard, $KLIC is the precision assembly tooling, $HG is the heavy machinery name pivoting into robotics, and $BOT is the basket ETF if you want broad exposure in one click. And on the speculative high beta end... $ATOM is robotic software with real adoption, $XPEV has its own humanoid program coming, $AUR is autonomous trucking which is the same playbook applied to the road, and $NEO is the small cap optionality play. Pick the chokepoints. Own the picks and shovels... then wait. Will share more ideas to followers soon. NFA.





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