Ex-Harvard surgery resident turned AI founder raises $5M seed for Robyn AI
hey_abusiddik · x · 2026-11-02
Episode 5 of the nontechnical podcast tells the story of the Robyn AI founder, who left a Harvard surgical residency to build AI after being told Silicon Valley would never accept her. She cold-messaged an early Canva backer on LinkedIn, got a reply the next day, and landed her first investors after one 90-minute call.
Google Maps co-founder Lars Rasmussen followed, Amanda Terry backed her at pre-seed, and M13 with Latif Peracha led a $5M seed round that included an xAI co-founder. Robyn AI launched and ran out of invites on day one; her dad thinks they'll IPO in three years.
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