Meme contrasts $100B-funded robotics firms with a $1,688 humanoid you can buy now
scott_e_reed · x · 2026-08-19
A viral robotics-circle joke contrasts SF robotics startups with hundreds of billions in funding — a website with just a hand photo, impossible to buy (maybe by 2040), 3,500 employees — against a tiny team with $10K in funding that shows the whole thing including source code and slaps on a BUY NOW button for under $2K.
The quoted tweet is Nori Robotics' $1,688 humanoid, with a limited second batch shipping this fall. The comparison pokes fun at the gap between funding narratives and shippable products in robotics.
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