Ex-Meta CTO invests in Planted, robots that make solar installs 2x denser
sudoraohacker · x · 2026-09-16
Former Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer shared his deep dive into solar costs: panels are only 30% of a solar farm's cost, so slashing build cost and time is the real lever. His first investment from this research is Planted, which builds robots that make installation 2x as energy dense, faster, and cheaper — with more investments to come.
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