Startup gap: financing and insurance for robot fleets, underwritten on the same data
antavedissian · x · 2026-09-12
A thread argues robotics lacks the equipment-finance infrastructure mature machinery makers have: operators need financing and insurance for the same robots, underwritten on the same data, and established machine makers run their own lenders because they know residual value — robotics has no equivalent yet. The author predicts a startup will build credit/insurance right where robots are bought, and invites robotics founders and physical-economy lenders to talk.
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