
Improving Alpha: Innovation in Investing, ESG and Technology
Hosted by Michael Oliver Weinberg · Michael Oliver Weinberg
4.2from 5 ratings
- 48
- Episodes
- 27
- Transcribed
- 5
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About Improving Alpha: Innovation in Investing, ESG and Technology
The Improving Alpha: Innovation in Investing, ESG and Technology podcast with host Michael Oliver Weinberg, is built to engage with innovative allocators on forward thinking investment management business strategies and the challenges across alternative investment sectors. Through each of these discussions we will explore achievements, lessons learned and future advice for dealing with today’s financial markets. This podcast series is being powered by Vidrio. Learn more at Vidrio.com.
- Publisher
- Michael Oliver Weinberg
- Category
- business · business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 10 Nov 2022
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
27 of 48 episodes have a transcript.

6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Improving Alpha: Global AI Investment & ROI: Navigating US, China, and Asian Markets

14 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Zita Cobb on Capital, Community, and the Future of Philanthropy

17 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Improving Alpha: How Frank Mihail Runs One of America’s Top Sovereign Wealth Endowments
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Improving Alpha: Global AI Investment & ROI: Navigating US, China, and Asian Markets
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But in China, if you are investing in batteries and autonomous mines, robotics, Unitree, for example, is amazing. Unitree, the average price of robots has gone crazy. gone down by 50%, but the gross margin has gone up 60%. So they're increasing the economies of scale by saying, if I apply AI into this robotics world, I can build an amazing robot at a much better price and margin than anyone else. And now they're shipping 80% of the world's humanoid robots. So if I was an investor in China, I would invest in manufacturing and services which utilize AI because that's what they're using. If I'm in the US, I would still continue to bet on the frontier models. 10 years was great for 10 years is a long time to predict in this world. […]
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- Farhan Ahmad
- Zita Cobb
- Frank Mihail
- Cheryl Einhorn
- Michael Ewens
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