OpenRoboto Shift launches: decentralized egocentric video data network for robot brains
markjeffrey · x · 2026-09-23
Figure investor markjeffrey argues humanoid robots hinge on the AI brain, which hinges on data. Figure does a 'closed AI' version of crowdsourced data collection, while Bittensor subnet 80's OpenRoboto just launched Shift — a decentralized network collecting egocentric first-person video of real people doing real work, positioning itself as the open counterpart to Figure's data strategy.
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