Don't take robot startup advice from investors who've never shipped actual robots
NYCounihan · x · 2026-10-22
A pointed take circulating in robotics circles: if an investor has never been on the board of or invested in a startup that went through real robot development, integration and deployment, you shouldn't listen to their advice on building a robot startup — hands-on hardware experience trumps generic VC pattern-matching.
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