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Thank You: First-Ever Event at F1 Paddock Las Vegas

Dear Friend,

What a night. Mavka Capital and Helm.ai made history with the first private event ever held inside an F1 garage—with a great group of investors, industry, and partners attending CES.

The setup delivered: I opened as VTLX, and SG Lewis closed as our headliner, featuring his signature sound, which has earned over 2 billion streams. Add fierce competition on the F1 simulator, brilliant conversations, and a room full of visionaries away from the CES chaos—exactly what we envisioned.

To the founders and builders who joined us: thank you. Your energy and openness to real conversation made it exceptional.

Why Helm.ai Matters
Helm.ai just solved one of autonomy's biggest challenges. The industry has been hitting the "Data Wall"—the better your AI gets, the harder it becomes to improve, because edge cases are exponentially rare.

Their breakthrough: Factored Embodied AI separates "seeing" from "driving"—like how a 16-year-old learns to drive in weeks because they already understand geometry and physics. Helm.ai's system first learns world geometry from video, then learns a driving policy on top of it. Real-world results: autonomous driving in complex LA traffic using only 1,000 hours of data—orders of magnitude less than competitors. Honda selected Helm.ai as the Level 3 partner for its mass-produced Honda Zero vehicles, which will hit the road in 2027.

Full technical deep-dive: Factored Embodied AI: Breaking the Data Wall

Hit reply if you’d like us to connect you with the Helm.ai team.

And if you're building in mobility, embodied AI, energy, data center, or proptech—let's continue the conversation.

Vitaly Golomb
Managing Partner
Mavka Capital