building robots @roborobots prev founder of Atlas
Joined September 2020
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Really excellent post on the economics of robots by Anthropic. Cost is the critical input for adoption. (We also wrote about this in depth here: robo.inc/blog/robotics-model…)
anthropic.com/research/what-…
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robots are going to be part of everyday life
we think they should have a friendly face!
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Today we're announcing Robo.
We build affordable, useful robots that anyone can deploy (get yours below)
Robots will be everywhere. But first, they have to be affordable and useful.
Read our launch post and more!
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v excited for @roborobots to come out of stealth
a new robotics company based in los angeles
have known @gpudad and @kylenoble a long time
they are high integrity, big hearted, brilliant dudes who just seem to be wired up to solve difficult engineering problems
historically across stuff like blockchains, software, hardware, AI
robo is built on v simple idea
beautiful, low cost robots, owned end to end, deployed fast in the real world, for a wide range of outcomes
low cost robots mean accessible deployments, more deployments means more data, more data means model improvements, better models improve robot costs/performance, better robots unlock more novel deployments
robo's robots are rolling out across apparel warehouses, hospital pharmacies, supply chain logistics, food manufacturing
i hope to see them all over LA soon
gg
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We believe robots are going to reshape the world, making work and businesses that were previously impossible a reality.
Over the last three months, we’ve been working on a robot useful enough to do real work and affordable enough to deploy at scale.
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In talking to many physical AI companies, a pattern has emerged: there are two types of robotics founders: Hardware-first and software-first.
And software-first founders are growing.
They don't just build differently, they think differently. The gap between them is where a new field of opportunities can come from.
hapticlabs.ai/blog/2026/04/0…
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Co-sign. I’d add, though, that the best version of this isn’t built for humans. It should just be an MCP plus good cli tooling.
2026 is a terrible time to build a robotics company.
Imagine building a software company without AWS, Stripe, or GitHub. Everything from scratch. That's robotics today.
Most robotics teams waste their first 6–12 months rebuilding the same data infrastructure, telemetry, internal tools, pipelines. None of it is core IP.
I started @AlloyRobotics to SPEEDRUN all of it. A modern stack so robotics teams can iterate 10x faster than their competition.
If you're building in this space, lets talk.
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i was visiting a hackathon where 80+ participants were training pi0/0.5, gr00t, smolvla, ACT, DP, etc. on lerobot arms
the best and most sample efficient policies were trained *from scratch*
we still do not have an open source x-embodied GPT-2, but i'm hopeful for this year
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I talked to legend @hipcityreg about decades, persona play, design as a realization of values, relationships + more
Announcing EP 1 of ETTO TALKS, a new video series exploring style as a technology for the self — intimate conversations with great creatives, stylists, & makers.
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today we're launching @dawnanalytics -- the first product analytics platform built for ai products.
with daily slack digests, automatic topic detection, powerful filtering, and semantic redaction rules, we're making it easier than ever to keep a pulse on your ai product.
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Introducing Etto – a new vision for the way you interact with your wardrobe.
Buying things you actually align with is impossible. There are endless options, and not enough context on how to parse them according to your evolving tastes.
We're solving this with AI and hardware.
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if you refer someone we end up hiring, we'll give you $5k!
we're looking to hire a founding react native engineer at @AtlasInterfaces! we're seeing 80% MoM growth and need help asap to continue accelerating our growth
you'll get
- competitive cash comp and generous equity
- engineering autonomy (the entire team is engineers — shipping >>> meetings)
- support for OSS efforts
- visa sponsorship (if needed)
- relocation benefits
requirements
- 3+ years of react native experience
- must be located in the united states/canada. nyc is preferred (we'll help you relocate)
if that sounds good to you, and you're interested in joining an early-stage startup that's growing insanely fast, dm me with a link to something showcasing your work/professional experiences
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we're looking to hire a founding react native engineer at @AtlasInterfaces! we're seeing 80% MoM growth and need help asap to continue accelerating our growth
you'll get
- competitive cash comp and generous equity
- engineering autonomy (the entire team is engineers — shipping >>> meetings)
- support for OSS efforts
- visa sponsorship (if needed)
- relocation benefits
requirements
- 3+ years of react native experience
- must be located in the united states/canada. nyc is preferred (we'll help you relocate)
if that sounds good to you, and you're interested in joining an early-stage startup that's growing insanely fast, dm me with a link to something showcasing your work/professional experiences
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want to work on ai + education + react native at an awesome early stage co?
check out @AtlasInterfaces they're hiring for a new role!
We're hiring a react native engineer to work on the future of Education x AI at @AtlasInterfaces!
Role is in person in NYC with competitive salary/benefits. Please reach out to [email protected] or DM if interested!
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Inspired by @HipCityReg “New Hardware”, @heyellieday and I will be hosting an intimate session exploring embodied objects for builders and creatives working on consumer hardware x AI.
There will be vintage hardware for inspo. Comment/DM for invite if you're in LA this week.
