@i2cjak: SF robotics startup w/ $100 billion in funding: website with pic of hand impossible to buy, maybe in 2040 3,500 employe…
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The post contrasts a secretive, well-funded San Francisco robotics startup with Nori Robotics, which is selling an affordable humanoid robot for pre-order at $1,688.
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SF robotics startup w/ $100 billion in funding: website with pic of hand impossible to buy, maybe in 2040 3,500 employees
SF robotics startup w/ $10k in funding: show basically the whole thing including source code BUY NOW button, less than $2k 3 chuds in a trench coat
Nori (@NoriRobotics): $1,688 humanoid
limited second batch shipping this fall.
What would you build with it?
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