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I build products, I sell products. My top 20 list
I build products, I sell products. My top 20 list
In the last two decades, I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity to build products and services for customers…
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Voice of Reason - Designing ambient voice interfaces for Smart HomeMay 10, 2017
Voice of Reason - Designing ambient voice interfaces for Smart Home
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Two and a half tips to creating a new business/startup/ventureDec 25, 2015
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Simple secrets to creating a WearableNov 2, 2014
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Sridhar Solur shared thisThe Physical AI scene is 🔥… Spent the week with Gulshan and Shobhit going beyond the pitch deck — into farms, factory floors, manufacturing facilities and construction sites. And here’s the truth: Physical AI doesn’t break in demos. It breaks in the real world. That’s where the real conversations happen: • Safety & reliability (not just accuracy %) • Supply chains (not just slideware) • Form factors that survive edge cases • BOM costs that make or break scale • And young operators actually running the show This is why at Avataar Venture Partners , we do things differently. We’re not just writing checks. We’re built for Physical AI from first principles → scale: • GTM + scaling muscle • M&A and roll-up thinking • Supply chain + manufacturing depth • HALT/HASS + real-world reliability infra • And we engage before we even invest Because in this space, cap tables don’t build companies — operations do. There are very few VC’s who are this hands-on in the Physical AI space..Sridhar Solur shared thisBangalore’s robotics scene is LIT! Sridhar and I spent a week this month meeting companies at their facilities, which were not (just) offices but farms, NY-style apartments, automotive factory floors. We saw plenty of robots in action, doing alot more than demos ;) Sure, Zoom pitches bring out pointers like model accuracy, pick rates, training data gaps etc. Seeing robots, however, started conversations around - safety and reliability certifications, - supply chain dynamics, - form factor tweaks to handle edge cases, - BOM costs and how they can be optimized, - and finally, talent (PS - in all cases we had young product and ops owners demo the product, not necessarily founders!) We like vertical robotics that are capturing large markets, starting with one objectively painful use case. We saw: - Niqo Robotics - agri robots, starting with weeding - Origin - construction robots, starting with dry wall finishing - CynLr - object intelligence, starting with dexterous manipulation in manufacturing Thank you for hosting us - we did miss out meeting a few more and wished the traffic gods were with us as we hopped between facilities. Next time, hopefully! Avataar Venture Partners Mohan Kumar Shobhit Gupta Krish Kupathil George Thangadurai #robotics #physicalai #deeptech
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Sridhar Solur shared thisOur friend Alex, continuing to change the world for good..Sridhar Solur shared thisWriting with a delinquent career update. In 2020 as Covid was raging, my friend Saul Griffith asked me to start Carecubes to develop deployable isolation units to help hospitals extend their capacity to care for infectious patients. Together with Otherlab and world-renowned clinicians at the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Davis Global Center, we built a team, identified US manufacturing partners to reduce supply-chain risks, and designed our first product in collaboration with nurses and doctors from busy urban and academic medical centers as well as sparse and under-resourced rural health clinics. Blood, toil, tears and sweat (and persistence and patience) secured the first permanent FDA authorization for a deployable isolation room. Today, I am proud to share that hospitals in 13 states and across more than 36 communities have purchased a Carecube. We successfully closed our $6.5M Series A financing from investors including Betsy Z. Cohen, Henrietta Holsman Fore, Mark Bertolini, Andy Palmer, Mike Cassling, Tracy Wolstencroft, CQuence Health, Radiate Capital, Lifeforce Capital, Schooner Capital and several others. Mike C. Kaufmann and Joe Grogan have joined our board. I am incredibly appreciative of the trust and faith these investors and leaders have placed in our small but mighty team. Our mission at Carecubes is to eliminate the transmission of infectious diseases in healthcare settings. We believe hospitals should be places where people go to get well, not to get sick. The CDC estimates that between 75K and 100K Americans die each year from a Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI). That’s 200-300 people each day who go to the hospital seeking care for a broken hip or cancer or clogged arteries and never come home as they end up dying from pneumonia, sepsis or other HAI. Beyond lives lost, these HAIs have substantial financial implications estimated at $28-$45 Billion in additional direct costs to healthcare providers. Hospitals need flexible, affordable and easily deployable surge capacity to manage increased numbers of infectious patients while operating on capital-constrained budgets. At Carecubes we believe we can make a meaningful difference. We also believe that nurses and doctors do heroic work and that they shouldn’t have to worry about their own health and safety as they provide life-saving care for the rest of us. A country that treats its healthcare workers as disposable and replaceable commodities and its rural and urban hospitals and health clinics as dispensable assets is in need of healing. Please follow Carecubes here on LinkedIn, on our website and watch our intro video. Finally, we would welcome introductions to trusted people in your network in leadership roles at hospitals and public health agencies. Feel free to share this post and connect us at partners@carecubes.com Special thanks to my colleagues and partners who have helped get us to this milestone (comments).Carecubes Closes $6.5 Million Series A to Transform Infectious Disease ResponseCarecubes Closes $6.5 Million Series A to Transform Infectious Disease Response
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Sridhar Solur shared thisBangalore has been magical these past few days. Ahead of tomorrow’s Avataar Venture Partners AGM, the energy in the city has been incredible. Over 70+ LPs will be joining us, along with founders, operators, and investors who are all thinking deeply about the future of Physical AI. What I’ve loved most, though, has been the rhythm of the days here. Every morning, many of us who’ve traveled in from different parts of the world gather at different corners of Bangalore for a run — exchanging ideas while the city wakes up. Conversations about AI, robotics, scaling laws, and venture investing somehow feel even better at mile five. And of course, no Bangalore morning is complete without a reward. Today we stopped at the legendary Mavalli Tiffin Rooms (MTR Foods Private Limited ) and treated ourselves to one of the city’s great treasures — a perfectly crisp masala dōse (Kannada pronunciation). Hard to beat that combination of a great run, great company, and great food. We are also visiting several startups and seeing their work up close. One particularly fascinating stop was Niqo Robotics , an agricultural robotics company where you can literally see models meeting atoms — real machines operating in real fields, using AI and robotics to transform how farming gets done. Moments like this remind you that the future of AI isn’t just happening in data centers — it’s happening in factories, kitchens, vehicles, and even farms. Looking forward to a fantastic Avataar AGM tomorrow and the conversations ahead. #PhysicalAI #Robotics #AI #VentureCapital #Bangalore #Avataar Gulshan Dhanani Shobhit Gupta Rapti Gupta Spurthi Naidu George Thangadurai Krish Kupathil Mike Mulica Mohan Kumar Nishant Rao Anirudh Singh Krushi Jain Amit K. Sanjeev Kumar Arjun Vikas Saksham Bhandari Maxence Cacheux Arha Padman Jaisimha Rao
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Sridhar Solur posted thisHumanoids danced Kung Fu with humans at the Spring Festival. Anthropic was labeled a "supply chain risk" by a sitting U.S. Senator. The noise around AI has never been louder. And yet — the most powerful story I heard recently had nothing to do with headlines. It happened in a 250,000 sq ft facility in Nashville, Tennessee. Where millions of returned smartphones get triaged, graded, cleaned, and given a second life. Where a single letter — A vs B — means $80 per device at scale. Where Physical AI isn't a concept. It's a balance sheet entry. Biju Nair and his team at Assurant didn't chase the trend. They bucked it. No coastal robotics hub. No imported talent playbook. No generic automation vendors. Instead — first principles. A $500K internal seed fund. A flywheel where every dollar saved reinvested three back into automation. Smart glasses. AI-based cosmetic grading. An intern's idea that solved a QR code problem in a dry-ice blower system. Culture that made problems easy to solve regardless of title. The outcome? Virtually zero attrition in an automation team — inside an insurance company — in a non-traditional tech city. That doesn't happen by accident. That's system design. I had the privilege of moderating this fireside chat for Avataar Ventures — and I'm carrying it with me on a flight from Boston to Bangalore for the Avataar AGM. Biju said it best: build products like air and water — easy to consume, hard to live without. The future of Physical AI isn't being built in labs. It's being built on factory floors. In Middle America. By teams willing to do the unglamorous, hard, real work. Thank you, Biju. This one stayed with me. And to everyone traveling right now — safe travels. 🔗 Full story in the comments. #PhysicalAI #Robotics #ReverseLogistics #Innovation #BuckingTheTrend #Assurant #Avataar Krish Kupathil George Thangadurai Mohan Kumar Shobhit Gupta Gulshan Dhanani Rapti Gupta Spurthi Naidu Nishant Rao Anirudh Singh Mike Mulica Sanjeev Kumar
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Sridhar Solur reposted thisSridhar Solur reposted thisMy annual decarbonization deck is here. 200 slides. Everything from cement production to nuclear power sentiment to gas power plant costs to electric vehicles in Sri Lanka and the rise and fall of Arctic whaling. 2025 was tied for the second-hottest year in recorded history, and it was another record year for global coal consumption. At the same time, China’s emissions from fossil fuel have been flat for 18 months, and India’s emissions only barely increased year-on-year. ESG fund managers may debate whether the three-letter acronym is dead or not, but sustainable assets under management increased. Electric vehicle sales in North America declined, while they increased everywhere else. As ever, there are fine signals to be found in coarse noise. I’ve grouped the presentation in three themes, as I do every year. 1. Parameters: the numbers that define the macro environment 2. Dollars and sense: fund flows, fund vectors, and fund volumes devoted to decarbonization 3. Electrons, Photons, Molecules: the three big vectors for changing our energy (and transport and industrial systems) Thank you as ever to the many people who bounced ideas my way, listened to themes and theses from me, and engaged this ongoing effort over the past year. Happy reading. https://lnkd.in/gtqqvQWA
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Sridhar Solur shared thisA little over four years ago, I walked into an interview that felt very different from anything I’d done before. I was coming from the world of robotics and high-tech, and I was stepping into my first CEO role, taking over two iconic American brands — Kenmore and DieHard — at a moment when both needed a full turnaround and transformation. It was a role that came with a long history and high expectations, which made the responsibility very real from day one. At the time: -We had one refrigeration supplier -No suppliers for laundry, dish, cooking, or microwaves -That single supplier’s products had significant quality and reliability issues -We had one major distribution channel, which had already indicated they didn’t want to continue the relationship Fast forward to today: -Nine global OEM partners -A tariff-resilient, diversified supply chain -Kenmore and DieHard available in 6,000+ retail locations, including Canada and other international markets -A rebuilt portfolio spanning laundry, kitchen, refrigeration, HVAC, small kitchen appliances, floor care, and home resilience -A business that moved from survival mode to scale, relevance, and durable value creation None of this happened overnight, and none of it was done alone. I’m proud of what the team accomplished and grateful to the partners, retailers, and colleagues who believed these brands could matter again. As many of you already know, the next couple of months will be focused closer to home. My wife is undergoing planned surgeries—important but not life-threatening—and I’ll be stepping back to support her recovery. One other thing worth noting: Within the first year, there was inbound interest in the business. Over time, that interest evolved as the company strengthened. The clearest validation came as the business began to be viewed as worth several times what it had been at the start—a reflection of the resilience, scale, and durability the team built together. I’m still in my current role and focused on a thoughtful transition. I’ll share what’s next soon. For now, if someone asks what I’m focused on: I used to run a company. Now, I simply run. (More to come.) #Transformation #Turnaround #Kenmore #DieHard #Innovation #Teamwork
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Sridhar Solur shared thisNothing says Happy New Year like boarding the nerd bird to Las Vegas for CES. In and out in two days — just enough time for consumer tech, Physical AI and separating real innovation from shiny demos. If you’re around and want to connect (or do a fast coffee), reach out. #CES
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Sridhar Solur reposted thisSridhar Solur reposted this𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 2025 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐬. This year, our portfolio delivered outcomes that matter: An IPO, record revenues, breakthrough M&A integrations, and category-defining AI innovations across industries. Capillary Technologies listed with 53x oversubscription and won ET Startup Awards' "Comeback Kid." Amagi secured SEBI approval for its IPO while leading 84% of global FAST live sports streaming. Zenoti crossed $1B in customer revenue generated and earned its 7th consecutive Deloitte Tech Fast 500 recognition. ElasticRun turned profitable at scale. LambdaTest became a Gartner Magic Quadrant Challenger. HealthPlix scaled AI clinical decision support to 14K+ doctors and 100M+ consultations. Chalo won the Hurun India 2025 Tech Transport Award and WEF Digital Innovation recognition. 𝐖𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: Intangles ($30M) scaling physics-enabled AI across 400K+ vehicles. Safe Security ($70M) acquiring Balbix to create an AI-native cyber risk platform. Chef Robotics ($43M) deploying 60M+ servings globally. QpiAI ($32M) launching India's most powerful quantum chip! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬: governance systems built from Series A. M&A integrations that create category leaders. Global GTM execution that scales companies across continents. Profitability discipline when it mattered most. 2025 proved our approach: operator-led capital doesn't just scale companies—it builds outcomes that last. To our founders and LPs—thank you for the partnership and for believing in building for the long term. What a run 2025 was! Here's to a splendid 2026 🚀 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 🥂 Swipe through to see the full story → Mohan Kumar | Nishant Rao | Anirudh Singh | George Thangadurai | Krish Kupathil | Mike Mulica | Shobhit Gupta | Arjun Vikas | Gulshan Dhanani | Krushi Jain | Saksham Bhandari | Amit K. | Spurthi Naidu | Surya Soni | Dinky Sanghvi | Ganesh Nayak | Maxence Cacheux | Rapti Gupta | Bhavana Subramanian | Sanjeev Kumar | Sridhar Solur
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Sridhar Solur posted thisWhat a holiday season for Kenmore. - 37% YoY growth - #1 market share on Amazon in Laundry, Refrigeration & Cooking - Strong growth across Sam’s Club, Home Depot, Lowe’s & Walmart Canada has been a major growth engine with our partner Koolatron Corp. In a year, we relaunched major appliances after a 6-year gap, expanded into Costco Canada, The Brick, Home Hardware, and independent retailers, and are now #4 in major appliance retail sales at Costco Canada. Next stop: Australia. We’re excited to announce the upcoming launch of Kenmore major appliances with Costco Australia, marking another milestone in our global expansion. Huge thanks to our teams and partners for delivering results in a challenging and uncertain environment. Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, and peaceful holiday season. #Kenmore #Leadership #GlobalExpansion #Growth #HappyHolidays
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Sridhar Solur reacted on thisHonored to be invited to deliver the keynote at CONNECTIONS this year. Looking forward to sharing exciting updates on Amazon Sidewalk and the future of connected communities.Sridhar Solur reacted on thisWe are excited to welcome Jay Desai, GM for Amazon Sidewalk, Ring / Amazon.com to the CONNECTIONS stage for the keynote on Wednesday, May 5, 2026, at 3:45 PM PT. CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference is an executive conference with a focus on new business models, tech innovation, partnerships, and marketing and sales strategies for new products in the connected home industries. Join us in Santa Clara, CA, May 5-7 for the connected home event of the year: https://lnkd.in/dVEfhxub #smarthome #security #safety #CONNUS26 #ai #leaders #broadband #devices #iot #monitoring #innovation #businessmodel #amazonsidewalk #keynote
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Sridhar Solur reacted on thisSridhar Solur reacted on thisThanks you so much, George Thangadurai, for all your support and for believing in Manzana verde ever since we first met in Mexico City. I’m glad you’ve already visited 3 out of 5 franchises 🍏 Carlos Andrade
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Sridhar Solur reacted on thisSridhar Solur reacted on thisTwo acquisitions signal a clear trend in the robotics industry. Serve Robotics has acquired Diligent Robotics for $29 million to enhance their indoor navigation capabilities. Meanwhile, Amazon has acquired Amazon RIVR for multiples of $100 million to improve their doorstep delivery solutions. Both companies are seeking "completeness" due to their original architectures being designed for silos. At Ottonomy Inc, we took a different approach. We didn't create a sidewalk robot that required an indoor acquisition or a warehouse robot that needed a doorstep solution. Instead, we built the Physical AI Backbone that seamlessly connects all aspects of delivery from day one. Key features of our approach include: - Native indoor-outdoor transition - The 10-compartment Ottobot Locker, enabling 10 deliveries in a single trip - Level 4 autonomy without GPS or remote operators - Ottumn.AI, a vendor-agnostic orchestration system that manages our robots, third-party drones, and even competitors' fleets While industry giants are spending the next 24 months integrating distinct stacks and cultures, we are already ahead with a unified, scalable architecture. The future winners in Physical AI will not just excel in one area; they will adapt to wherever delivery needs to go. We have been prepared for this evolution for some time. Read the full breakdown in the comments. #PhysicalAI #Robotics #AutonomousDelivery #OttonomyInc #LastMileDelivery #AIOrchestration PS - Deep respect for 🤖 Ali Kashani, Ph.D. Marko Bjelonic @Dr. Andreas Thomaz and fellow roboticists for what they have built, these insights have nothing against the wonderful companies they all have built 🙏The Multi-Billion Dollar Gap in Physical AI: Why Recent Acquisitions are Just Catch-Up MovesThe Multi-Billion Dollar Gap in Physical AI: Why Recent Acquisitions are Just Catch-Up MovesRitukar Vijay
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Sridhar Solur reacted on thisSridhar Solur reacted on this𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐈 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧? The old playbook — whiteboard algorithms, system design on paper, five rounds of interviews, each interviewing same set of questions to each applicant — does not work anymore. When your entire engineering team is 5-15 people, every hire either raises the ceiling or lowers it. You are not hiring someone to fill a role. You are hiring someone to co-build the company. Here is a 10-point framework I have been developing with our portfolio founders. Not a checklist — a way of thinking about what actually matters when the team is small and the stakes are existential. I will post how to evaluate each one of them as I collect the best practices. 𝟏. 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐈, 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞. Can they direct AI tools to ship real, working products — not toy demos? 𝟐. 𝐀𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬/𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. Can they decide on the harness infrastructure and architectural choices before AI writes a single line? The decisions AI cannot make for you. 𝟑. 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭. Can they catch what AI gets wrong? When 90% of the code is AI-generated, the remaining 10% is the safety net. 𝟒. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞. Do they care about the user's problem — and know what "great" looks like for the specific market you are going after? 𝟓. 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. Do they ship in days, not sprints? Do they deploy their own code? Do they fix what breaks without waiting for someone to assign it? 𝟔. 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠. When they pick a tool or a framework — do they reason from first principles or follow what is popular? Can they explain what they rejected and why? 𝟕. 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞𝐭. Do they think about how the product acquires and retains users — as an engineering approach to growing customers. 𝟖. 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠. Do they make the people around them better? In a 3 person team, there is no "my code" and "your code." Everything is shared. Every conversation should produce a better outcome than either person started with. 𝟗. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲. Can they explain complex technical decisions simply — to engineers, to founders, to customers? 𝟏𝟎. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭. After everything else — do you want this person in your office, or would you rather they were building for a competitor? There is no room for "maybe." I would love to hear from you. How are you evaluating AI engineers today? What is working? What is failing? Drop your approach in the comments. I will incorporate the best responses into the detailed version and re-post the same.
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Sridhar Solur liked thisSridhar Solur liked thisHere's EVERYTHING that happened in Robotics during March Major Funding Rounds: 1. Rhoda AI raised a massive Series A round of $450 million at a $1.7 billion valuation, focused on building a video-trained intelligence layer for general-purpose robots. 2. Mind Robotics (a Rivian spin-out) raised $500 million Series A to advance AI-powered industrial manipulation. 3. Sunday AI closed a $165 million Series B at a $1.15 billion valuation for its home-oriented humanoid Memo. 4. Machina Labs secured $124 million Series C to scale its AI-driven intelligent factory for defense, aerospace, and advanced mobility. These rounds brought significant new capital into the ecosystem and pushed several companies into the unicorn+ territory. Other Notable Announcements: 1. Agile Robots SE entered a strategic research partnership with Google DeepMind. They will integrate Gemini Robotics foundation models into their bots and share data to improve the models, targeting industrial use cases like electronics manufacturing and logistics. 2. NEURA Robotics the German humanoid company is reportedly in talks to raise up to €1 billion in a new round led by Tether, which would value them at around €4 billion. Focused on AI-powered humanoids for both industrial and domestic settings. 3. Unitree Robotics filed for a $610 million IPO on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (the first major humanoid robotics IPO). They aim to use part of the proceeds for their own VLA model development. 4. NVIDIA GTC secured multiple partnerships with robotics companies (ABB, FANUC America Corporation, Yaskawa, etc.) to accelerate physical AI deployment using Omniverse and Isaac platforms. Also highlighted progress on humanoid hardware with European chipmakers (Infineon Technologies, NXP Semiconductors, STMicroelectronics). 5. Amazon acquired Fauna Robotics, a startup developing humanoid/soft-bodied robots, signalling Amazon’s deeper push into the humanoid space.
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Sridhar Solur reacted on thisSridhar Solur reacted on thisExcited to see Michelle Muller thriving with her new venture, The Order Edit! She's built a standout organizing business that's already turning heads, which is no surprise. Michelle has always had a gift for bringing clarity and order to any space she touches. If you need help organizing your home, office, kitchen — anything! — or you're a journalist seeking a knowledgeable expert in the space, look no further. I can personally vouch for her. She's one of the best! https://lnkd.in/eimDGkFQ
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Sridhar Solur reacted on thisSridhar Solur reacted on thisA CEO sent me this after their third cross-border deal got pushed to “let’s revisit next quarter.” At this point, half the M&A market is running on vibes-adjusted EBITDA. The founders who will come out ahead are the ones scenario-planning right now instead of waiting for calm seas. Calm seas aren’t coming. Learn to sail in chop.
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Glen Gaidos
CTL • 8K followers
I've been doing ITAD for well over two decades now. It's more important now than ever to work with a trusted partner for the management of your EOL IT assets. I'm stil surprised when I talk to decision makers who have no idea what is really happening with their IT equipment after it leaves their hands, and their only concern is getting rid of stuff "for free". There is no "free" in this world. There are always hidden costs. You are either leaving value on the table, or exposing yourself to unecessary risks, or both. You should have all the facts before you make a decision on who manages your surplus technology assets. https://lnkd.in/gpVxZp5h
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Shelly Henry
MooresLabAI • 4K followers
When AI makes chip development 10x faster and 50% cheaper, the market changes. The New Silicon Era is about expanding who can build silicon — and how fast they can do it. Honored to speak at The Times Group’s ET NOW Global Business Summit 2026 on “The New Silicon Era: How AI is Redefining Who Gets to Build Chips.” #NewSiliconEra #AI #Semiconductors #DeepTech #AgenticAI
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Kit Yu
33K followers
Powered Shell Capacity a Primary Constraint. Industry demand for GPUs and AI infrastructure more broadly has significantly outpaced available supply and while the timeline for this constraint to alleviate is open to interpretation, the power required to support the needs of hyperscalers and other non-traditional cloud providers within the broader GPU economy is significant and powered shell delivery has remained a key bottleneck across multiple providers. Despite these bottlenecks, Microsoft remains best positioned as supply/demand continues to approach an equilibrium given that its level of AI-related capex over the last few years (and our expectation for the coming years) has consistently been revised higher. As such, we lean on our capex driven forecast model to yield our sustained bullish conclusions about the trajectory of Microsoft Azure growth (see Exhibits below). In particular, Microsoft is already spending >$30 billion per quarter on capex to expand AI infrastructure, giving it a scale advantage that should endure even after capacity starts to catch up with demand, coupled with commercial bookings growth of 228% YoY in constant currency (cc) in the latest quarter, which provides revenue visibility that should continue to convert as more capacity comes online (i.e., recently announced AI Superfactory in Wisconsin). Separate from Microsoft, the supply constrained environment combined with the company’s domain expertise has driven meaningful benefits to CoreWeave with revenue growing from $1.9 billion in FY24 to an expected $5.1 billion in FY25 with active power increasing to an expected 850 MW in FY25 (vs 360 MW in FY24). Similarly, total contracted power now sits at 2.9 GW with 1.9 GW set to come online over the next 12 months and the remaining 1 GW potentially activating over the next 12-24 months. While broader AI demand remains robust, worth noting CoreWeave's capex-related delays (for two consecutive quarters) highlight 1) the incremental risk associated with the company's reliance on third party data center providers delivering on time and 2) risk to top-line performance as these delays push revenue recognition further out (see company commentary below). Nebius has witnessed similar benefits with revenue expected to grow >460% YoY to ~$525 million in FY25 (at midpoint of guidance) and active power scaling from ~20 MW in FY24 to ~100 MW in FY25 with a path to >2.5 GW of contracted power at the end of FY26. The company has also signed a $17.4 billion deal with Microsoft and a ~$3 billion agreement with Meta, supporting its FY26 ARR target of $7-9 billion (vs ~$890 million in FY25 using midpoint of guidance).
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Bharath Aitha
eInfochips (An Arrow Company) • 6K followers
Pleased to share that eInfochips (An Arrow Company) has entered into a strategic collaboration with InOrbit.AI, a leader in AI-powered robot orchestration, to accelerate the large-scale deployment of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in warehouses, industrial hubs, large factories, and other indoor environments. By combining our extensive expertise in edge-to-cloud robotics development and integration with InOrbit Space Intelligence, a robust, vendor-agnostic robot operations platform, we will enable businesses to deploy diverse AMR fleets, increasing flexibility and achieving true operational scale. https://lnkd.in/dJHauarv Arrow Electronics #eInfochips #inOrbit #robotics #amr #autonomousmobilerobots #fleetmanagement Image by Inorbit.ai
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Saar Yoskovitz
Augury • 12K followers
Great write-up of how reliable AI is already impacting manufacturing beyond the hype - specifically in the Food & Bev space. Spot-on summary by Abhishek Roy from Cargill: "AI will transform how the world grows, makes and moves the products our customers and consumers depend on … today and for generations to come." https://lnkd.in/ePi35Ymt
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Irakli Kashibadze
University of California… • 8K followers
Sustained ~252–291 GiB/s of HBM memory throughput on H100s under decode load — essentially hitting the hardware roofline. This matters because HBM throughput, not FLOPs, is the real bottleneck in LLM inference. By keeping memory nearly fully saturated, I’ve unlocked far higher efficiency and throughput than standard engines. The result: 0.9–1.36M tokens/sec with ~0.1 ms first-token latency #AI #LLM #GPURouter #H100 #Inference #CostEfficiency #Innovation #DeepLearning #AIInfrastructure #HighPerformanceComputing NVIDIA AMD OpenAI Google Shilpa Kolhatkar Keith Strier a16z speedrun
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Biren Gandhi
FI Labs - Foundational… • 15K followers
🌍 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗼𝗧 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 Thrilled to share insights from my recent Speak to IoT conversation with Brian Marshall of 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿: 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 podcast, where we moved beyond buzzwords to tackle the real challenges—and opportunities—at the intersection of IoT, GenAI, and Platform Sustainability. 🔹 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱: IoT that doesn’t just collect data—but creates context. Today’s enterprises are drowning in data. What they need is interpretable intelligence, rooted in real-time awareness. Sustainable, scalable systems over throwaway tech. At Speak to IoT and SMART INDIA, we design for long-term interoperability, not short-term hype. GenAI meets industrial reality: We discussed how generative models—when grounded in domain-specific data—can unlock serious operational efficiency, from anomaly detection to decision support. 🔹 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 The future isn’t just about smarter machines. It’s about human-centered systems that are: • Energy-conscious • Secure by design • Built to evolve with business needs—not around them. The real impact of AI and IoT lies not in flashy demos—but in quietly optimizing workflows, reducing carbon footprints, and making industries more resilient. 🎧 Full conversation here: https://lnkd.in/g_MD925U 𝙒𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨—𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙄 + 𝙄𝙤𝙏 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣? #SustainableTech #IoT #GenerativeAI #EnterpriseInnovation #PlatformThinking #SpeakToIoT #EdgeToAI #SpeakToIoT #SMARTINDIA
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David Langton
5K followers
By 2030, 1.1 billion ambient IoT devices will harness energy from light, RF, vibrations, and heat, driven by innovative new technologies and alliances. So, what is ambient IoT? It's smart devices that that harvest naturally available energy source - learn more in this article on RCR Wireless News
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Rayyan Islam
8090 Industries • 18K followers
🚨 It is Journal official 👌 🤝 Nscale acquires American Intelligence & Power Corporation. Nscale - Josh Payne Alice Takhtajan Stuart Pann Tom Burke American Intelligence & Power Corporation - Daniel Shapiro Bengt Jarlsjo Gardner Boulmay Byron Best Pete Hollis Sanjeev Menon Parvez Ahmed Garcia, CFA Kyle Derham Sanjeev Mordani 8090 Industries Kerem Ozmen Wes Mendenhall Christie Allardyce Shilpa Patel Hamid Poorsafar
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Helen Yu
Communications Engineering… • 129K followers
What separates AI infrastructure leaders from the rest? At NVIDIA GTC in Washington DC, I caught up with Savita Raina, VP of Marketing at Nebius, for an impromptu interview that highlighted something critical: in AI, ecosystem partnerships are the real accelerator. As a Reference Platform NVIDIA Cloud Partner, Nebius demonstrates how deep ecosystem collaboration creates unique value: Why Nebius Stands Out: ✅ First-to-Market: Among the first providers of Blackwell Ultra in Europe ✅ Purpose-Built Platform: Full-stack AI cloud built from the ground up with proprietary software and hardware designed in-house ✅ Validated Performance: Achieved Exemplar Cloud on H100 GPUs (95% of NVIDIA's reference architecture) ✅ Industry-Specific Solutions: Integrated NVIDIA AI Enterprise tools including BioNeMo for biotech, NIM microservices, and NeMo for agentic AI ✅ Global + Regional Impact: Strategic deployments across Europe, US, and Israel, enabling local innovation while maintaining enterprise-grade compliance (SOC2 Type II including HIPAA, GDPR) This is ecosystem impact in action: NVIDIA provides the platform, partners like Nebius provide purpose-built infrastructure, and together they enable the next wave of AI innovation. #NVIDIAGTC #AIInfrastructure #Nebius #NVIDIAPartner To stay current with the latest trends in #Technology and #Innovation, Subscribe to 👉 #CXOSpiceNewsletter here https://lnkd.in/gy2RJ9xg Or 👉 #CXOSpiceYouTube here https://lnkd.in/gnMc-Vpj
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Patrick Parodi
9K followers
The manufacturing landscape is shifting. With automation and AI driving down costs and tariffs redefining supply chains, revitalizing production is now a strategic imperative. Success hinges on technology innovation: EdgeAI, P5G, Computer Vision, IOT and of course Robots. US companies installed over 44,000 industrial robots in 2023 alone, up 12% from the previous year... How many are being deployed in 2025? Here is an article by Dallas Dolen and Ryan Hawk describing the double whammy of Tariffs and Automation : https://bit.ly/3FAgE74 #Manufacturing #Robotics #IndustrialAutomation #IOT #P5G #EdgeAI
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Ved Prakash, PhD
Prashik Household • 37K followers
2000: The dot com bubble. 2008: The real estate bubble. 2026: The AI bubble. Any time valuation exceeds actual value, an economic correction happens. And the bubble is going to burst soon. Warren Buffett didn't invest in dot com companies for the same reason. AI is no different. If you want sustainability, focus on real value, not the inflated ones! On a separate note as a scientist, biology solved this problem thousands of years ago when instead of using semiconductors, it used biomaterials to store and process information. I believe, future of AI will involve biomaterials instead of semiconductors.
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Jessie Chen
Global League • 5K followers
@OpenAI launched a new Request for Proposals (RFP) in January 2026 focused on U.S.-based manufacturing across key parts of the AI supply chain, including data center inputs, consumer electronics, and robotics. This is just an example of a big picture. A far more critical strategic decoupling is underway. A series of provisions within various National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAAs) have established legally binding deadlines converging around the year 2027 for a legally mandated purge, so U.S. weapons systems and critical infrastructure must be free of key components, materials, and services sourced from Chinese entities. NDAAs are one of the most consequential “rule-setting” mechanisms for the defense industrial base (DIB) that directly shape US manufacturing supply chains. US or international companies building – or are preparing to build – critical components and systems for the AI, drones and robotics ecosystem, we'll help make connections as possible as we can. Talk soon: Contact@G-L.Ventures. (read more for the full message and collaboration opportunities) #USManufacturing #Semiconductors #HardTech #AdvancedManufacturing #Robotics #PhysicalAI #AIInfrastructure
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Mar Hershenson
28K followers
From our PearX S25 cohort, meet Pravāh, the AI-native operating system for the electric grid When Mohak Mangal, Dhruv Suri, and Aman Gupta looked at the strain on the U.S. electric grid, they saw a system pushed to its limits. Exploding demand and unpredictable supply have made blackouts increasingly common. This costs the economy more than $150B a year, a number that could 10x in the next five years. Mohak Mangal and team founded Pravāh to help fix it. Their platform helps utilities and grid operators make real-time decisions on load, generation, and congestion, reducing blackout risks, optimizing power procurement, and bringing much-needed stability to the backbone of modern life. We’re proud to support the Pravāh team as they take on one of the toughest and most important infrastructure challenges of our time.
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Evgeny Shibanov
EY • 3K followers
The “America’s AI Action Plan” has been published: 90+ measures to launch infrastructure, deregulate, and expand foreign policy reach. — Permits for data centers, chip fabs, and power grids are being simplified. — References to climate, DEI, and “combating disinformation” are being removed from federal standards. — Support for open-source models and test benches via government contracts. — Freedom of speech for LLMs. — Exporting American AI as a geopolitical priority. — State funding only if they forgo “burdensome” AI regulations. No ethics section. No mention of ecology. No balance. A bet on scale and speed. #ai https://lnkd.in/gSyHeksF Post taken from: https://t.me/tmjohn/5658
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Jason Van der Schyff
Sirius • 4K followers
Good idea. Now make it count. The Advanced Capability Investment Fund can be a genuine step forward, but only if it drives fast outcomes, not slow process. Clear priorities, simple pathways for industry, and real accountability for what gets fielded and when. My latest for The Strategist: https://lnkd.in/gC4Y3ftj
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Anna Little
I have always found working… • 2K followers
A defining issue for modern business is the integration of sustainability principles, which has evolved from a peripheral concern to a central strategic imperative. Yet, for sustainability to be truly effective, it must be financially defensible. “At UL Solutions, sustainability is not just something we support — it’s something we operationalize every day,” said Pamela Diaz, senior manager of environmental sustainability at UL Solutions. “We’re focused on building the systems, data and partnerships that turn ESG goals into measurable business outcomes. It’s a journey, but one we believe is essential to long-term value creation.” Read the full article. #ESG #ESGReporting #Sustainability #Environment #weareULSolutions https://bit.ly/4lfjoG3
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Amir Hameed Mir
Sirraya Labs • 7K followers
Introducing Sirraya Codon: The Future of Secure, Intelligent, and Privacy-First Computing In a world where security, privacy, and decentralized computing are paramount, Sirraya Codon is redefining how applications interact with users, data, and devices. Built on the Sirraya Intent Resolution Protocol and Codon Specs, this framework is offline-first, user-first, and edge-computing ready. Key Features: Offline-First: Operates in environments with no internet or intermittent connectivity, ideal for edge computing and IoT. Privacy-First: Uses telomere-based encryption to protect user data and ensure privacy, even offline. Edge Computing Ready: Process data at the edge for real-time intelligence and reduced latency. Perfect for decentralized and centralized applications. NLP & LLMs: Empower apps to understand user intent with Natural Language Processing and Large Language Models. Low-Code / No-Code: Fast-track development with low-code/no-code tools, making it accessible to developers and non-developers alike. Flexible Architecture: Works seamlessly in both centralized and decentralized environments. Why Sirraya Codon? Sirraya Codon is a new paradigm built on privacy, security, and user-first principles. It’s perfect for decentralized apps (dApps), IoT, and edge computing environments, where traditional systems fail to deliver. It provides real-time intelligence, secure data handling, and empowers developers to create smart, intuitive systems that work both online and offline. 🔗 Get Started Now: NPM Package Link: https://lnkd.in/epE7NsWm Build the future today with Sirraya Codon—where privacy, security, and user-first principles lead the way. #TechInnovation #EdgeComputing #PrivacyFirst #NLP #Decentralized #LowCode #SecureComputing #SirrayaCodon #AI #FutureTech
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Maja Xochitle Grätz
O-RAN ALLIANCE • 2K followers
🌍🔬 Innovation meets impact! Thrilled to see the results of our 🌱 seed funding initiative come to life: Northeastern University’s transformation of the Colosseum into a powerful, automated 🧠 O-RAN Digital Twin platform is a major step forward for the research community. 💡 This platform brings Open RAN, AI, and real-time optimization together — and can be deployed in just a few clicks. It’s a big leap toward intelligent, dynamic, and open mobile networks for the 6G era and beyond. 🙏 Proud that the O-RAN ALLIANCE could help enable this milestone. Looking forward to what’s next! #OpenRAN #ORANAlliance #nGRG #AI #6G #Innovation #Research #DigitalTwin 🚀📡
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