Serial Entrepreneur & Exits, Game Veteran, Fund Mgr, Corp Dev @NRNAgents @ArenaXLabs, Investor/Advisor to Tech Companies & Accelerators/Incubators.
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Accelerating AGI Through Embodied AI and Robotic Sports.
A lot cooking ahead.. we are only scratching the surface..
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In San Jose, California March 16-19th attending @NVIDIA GTC along Brandon Da Silva (@sihing_guppy), @ArenaX Labs, CEO.
Looking forward to discuss @CompeteSai , catch up with business partners and make new friends. (ping me separately if you are around).
#NVIDIA #GTC2026 #AI
We’ll be at @NVIDIAGTC next week in San Francisco.
@sihing_guppy and @MarcAlloul will be there talking about model transparency and evaluation for robotic policies: how to understand what your models are actually doing before you deploy them.
If you’re building or deploying robotic systems, send us a dm or come find us. We’d love to chat.
Glad to have @EngNadeau on our side. Tremendous value added already.
Looking forward to what's ahead. 🦾
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ArenaX Labs is driving model innovation through reinforcement learning (RL), accelerating the development of intelligent robotics.
Have a look SAI (competesai.com/)
We’re thrilled to announce that Dr. Nicholas Nadeau is joining NRN as an advisor.
A leading mind in robotics, AI, and hard-tech systems, Nicholas brings a rare blend of engineering rigor and builder experience—the kind of strategic insight that will accelerate our mission to redefine how embodied intelligence is built, benchmarked, and deployed.
Why Nicholas Fits Perfectly
• Co-Founder & CTO at Onix: Leads a Montréal-based AI company pioneering Personal Intelligence™—private, human-centered AI that empowers individuals rather than exploits their data.
• Former CTO at 1X: Helped pioneer humanoid robotics for human-robot collaboration and was instrumental in scaling the company with leading global investors, including OpenAI.
• Proven Deep-Tech Leader: Advises and co-founds ventures across AI and robotics, mentors startups through Creative Destruction Lab and Next AI, and bridges research, productization, and commercialization.
• Academic & Industry Authority: Holds a PhD in Robotics and AI, coupling frontier innovation with a pragmatic drive to bring ideas to life.
What This Means for NRN
• Technical Depth: Guiding our roadmap to build the global evaluation and reproducibility standard for embodied AI—across both simulation and real-world systems.
• Network Leverage: Opening access to leading labs, research hubs, and AI institutions driving the frontier of embodied intelligence.
• Credibility & Acceleration: Infusing veteran leadership to convert breakthrough concepts into real-world impact at scale.
From Dr. Nicholas Nadeau:
“I’m excited to support NRN’s mission to advance embodied intelligence through rigorous evaluation and reproducible progress. By building a trusted performance layer that connects simulation and the physical world, we’re setting the foundation for transparent benchmarking and measurable real-world advancement.”
Looking Ahead
Nicholas’s addition strengthens our core—deepening our technical bench and amplifying our reach as we shape the next era of embodied AI and robotics.
Stay tuned for upcoming announcements as we expand our advisory network and unveil the next phase of the roadmap.
Marc Alloul retweeted
No remote. No pre-programmed path.
Full autonomy... powered by NRN RL.
Show me another project in web3 pulling all of this together...
I'll wait.
Public Access - Coming Soon
This is our quadruped navigating a maze entirely on its own. Trained end-to-end using the NRN sim2real pipeline.
Public access to the platform is coming soon and here's what you need to know.
Scalable Data Collection
‣ Our web app allows anyone to "play" in simulation and contribute data for robotics training. You can think of "data contribution" as a game the user is playing, whereby they are controlling a robot in a simulated world.
Data Efficient
‣ In this demo It was only our internal team that contributed data for this test, so the dataset was quite small. Needless to say, the performance will improve with more data contributed by the public.
Sim2Real
‣ The robot's policy was learned entirely in simulation, and we were able to seamlessly apply it to a real robot using our proprietary sim2real techniques. We'll continue to improve on our capabilities.
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Reflections from Singapore.
If you want to understand what’s coming next for $NRN, keep reading.
Just know... this is going to be one of those “I told you so” moments later on.
First of all...
After spending the week at Token2049, one thing is obvious... Robotics is going to be massive.
Right now, the setup feels a lot like Q4 last year before the agent explosion… except this time, the barriers to entry are much higher.
Building in robotics isn’t easy. It’s a complex problem that touches hardware, data, simulation, and coordination.
Which means it’s much harder to fake progress only real builders will thrive.
And that’s a good thing. Web3 gets an opportunity to turn its attention toward real innovation.
More importantly...
The market is massively underestimating how $NRN is positioned.
We’re sitting in an incredibly unique spot. There’s basically no competition doing what we’re doing in web3.
‣ Our focus is on innovation in robotics models (software)
‣ Our edge is in our expertise in Reinforcement Learning (RL).
That's our superpower.
And because of this, we’re going to become a critical hub for the entire web3 robotics ecosystem.
I met with nearly every serious robotics project in web3 last week in Singapore… and let’s just say, expect (many) collaborations and growing utility for $NRN.
Here's the kicker...
We’re not here just to win web3 robotics.
We’re going after a critical gap that’s holding back the ENTIRE robotics industry.
We’ve been quietly building the infrastructure to solve it. And now, it’s ready to scale.
That’s SAI (@CompeteSai).
I'll unpack the thesis for future posts.
But for now, just know that $NRN will harness web3’s incentive and coordination mechanics to accelerate SAI’s network effects.
And as SAI scales, value will flow right back to $NRN.
Ultimately...
We know we can tell the story of $NRN better... that’s on me.
Leaving Singapore, I'm feeling re-energized and more convicted than ever.
If you takeaway just one thing... this is inflection point.
Because in retrospect, it's all going to be so obvious.
Marc Alloul retweeted
$NRN is entering its next phase of expansion.
To make $NRN more accessible and enhance the trading experience across CEX and DEX venues, we are establishing a Liquidity Enhancement Pool by carving out 3% of the Community Treasury.
This pool will be used exclusively for:
‣ Strengthen depth of $NRN liquidity on current venues (CEX and DEX)
‣ Prepare reserves for future CEX expansion
‣ Potentially extending $NRN liquidity into new chains & ecosystems
You can track the Tx here: arbiscan.io/tx/0x29e13ca2c27…
This is about widening the doors to the $NRN movement and positioning it at the center of the emerging robotics opportunity.
Marc Alloul retweeted
The biggest AI opportunities lie in addressing bottlenecks... particularly high-impact human capital.
@CompeteSai is tackling this.
Since soft-launching a month ago, we've already onboarded over 300 top ML/RL researchers from leading global academic institutions.
Our partnership with @boosterobotics is one of many planned to scale the densest RL talent platform, tackling the toughest AGI challenges.
Our first partner has arrived!
We're teaming up with @boosterobotics to build simulation environments and run competitions on SAI.
Get a taste of what's to come with a soccer environment available now!
Marc Alloul retweeted
We’re officially opening up access to SAI – a new platform for reinforcement learning.
Submit models, compete in structured challenges, and learn from others — anytime, not just during a conference.
Try out SAI now -> 🌐 competesai.com
Documentation -> 📄 docs.competesai.com
Marc Alloul retweeted
$NRN one of few liquid exposure to robotics: focused on leveraging their gaming background to pilot robotic sports i.e racing, combat etc, NRN Agent SDK will crowdsource data contribution for scaled model training to enable this
It was so great to work with Jeongheon KEITH Kim and Oscar Hong on the execution of this deal. Looking forward to support MapleStory as it enters its next successful phase and to continue this great partnership!
🎉 Strategic Partnership Announcement!
@MaplestoryU, a Virtual Worlds ecosystem based on the world-renowned IP, @MapleStory has selected @HelikaGaming as the analytics and game management partner.
Excited to learn more about our journey and how Helika will be supporting us? Let’s dive in!👇
Marc Alloul retweeted
Catch up with our Helikans at Binance Blockchain Week and TON Gateway.
Send @BHelika, @bigdog_max, @MarcAlloul, or @kathylui23 a DM to meet up!
#BinanceBlockchainWeek #TONGateway
Excited to attend #BinanceBlockchainWeek in Dubai.
Ping me separately if you are around.
We are heading to #BinanceBlockchainWeek! 🇦🇪
Keen to hear our keynote and meet our team at our booth?
Follow these steps for a chance to win one of 5 tickets to the conference! 🤑
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Marc Alloul retweeted
The Helika team will be attending the WebX2024 conference this week, Japan's largest Web3 media event 🇯🇵
Meet our Helikans at the event from 28 - 29 August, starting today!
Send @BHelika, @SoichiNS, or @MarcAlloul a DM to meet up.
Marc Alloul retweeted
The Helika team will be at Gamescom this week, the world's largest annual gaming event held in Cologne, Germany.
Meet our Helikans at the event from 21 - 25 August.
Send @bigdog_max or @MarcAlloul a DM to meet up!
Hopefully I’ll make it on time and dry (check the meteo news).
Good thing I brought my bathing suit.
See you there!
In Dubai this week for Token2049?
Meet our CEO, @BHelika, and Head of Corporate Dev & Strategy, @MarcAlloul who will be in town from the 16th-20th of April, 2024 🤝
Marc Alloul retweeted
Announcing Helika Accelerate — $50M Gaming Accelerator Program
Helika is providing up to $50M to top tier gaming startups emerging from Helika Accelerate
In partnership with with
• @PanteraCapital
• @TheSpartanGroup
• @Sfermion_
Web3 has a big issue; games are settling for "good enough"
Helika is fixing this
We're excited to be supporting games with our team's expertise in game development, web3, data analytics, tokenomics, and fundraising
Enhance metrics such as:
- User acquisition
- Engagement
- Retention
- Growth
Apply here (spots are limited) -> helika.io/accelerate/
Keep reading to learn more 👇
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Marc Alloul retweeted
A great tradition to end each @Official_GDC is to play ping pong against @MarcAlloul 🏓