DynaRobotics CEO on napkin-folding robots, Din Tai Fung deployment, and Dyna 2.1
JasonMa2020 · x · 2026-11-07
Savant VC sat down with Jason Ma, cofounder & CEO of DynaRobotics, covering his path from PhD to NVIDIA to startup founder.
Key points:
- Why the company starts with a task as simple as folding napkins to nail real-world deployment, including a partnership with Din Tai Fung
- Whether Dyna is a model company or a deployment company, hardest deployment lessons, and moats beyond deployment
- Demos of Dyna 2.1, in-context learning in Dyna 2.0, multitasking vision, and the importance of owning the embodiment
- His take on Astra and similar foundation models as potential threats, and what comes after Dyna 2.1
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