AI Companions (AIC) is 505.3× the size of Podflow AI by Virtuals (POD) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.53 across 23 shared trading days). AIC has been the more volatile of the two, at 314% annualised against POD's 138%.
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0.53over 23 shared trading days
Measured on daily returns rather than on prices. Two assets that both simply trend upward score near 1.0 on raw prices whether or not they move together, so returns are what answer the question people mean by correlation.
| Metric | POD | AIC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -69.8% | -75.6% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.17 | 0.13 |
Relative strength over 90 days: AIC outperformed POD by 47.7% — measured on the POD/AIC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.