Standard Bots CEO Evan Beard aims to build the world's largest robot maker in the US
Rewkang · x · 2026-11-13
Gaming investor Rewkang quotes a Business Insider profile of Standard Bots CEO Evan Beard, saying he's "very bullish on autistic founders building generational companies."
Highlights from the profile:
- Beard describes himself as "autistic and very awkward," and trained himself from struggling with eye contact to speaking with charisma before congressional staffers
- He believes robots are the next major computing platform and the window is open to build the biggest robotics company in the world
- To pick what to build, he hired a Filipino freelancer at $7/hour to arrange customer calls, talking to dozens of businesses weekly about their robot pain points
- General Catalyst introduced him to Washington, where he addressed 40 congressional aides to lobby for US robotics against China
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