My interview with
@freethinkmedia
captures our vision better than anything: We're rooting for robots because they help us with major problems we face. They reduce resource consumption & pollution, boost local commerce, & make last mile delivery affordable to all
I couldn't get my dad a visa to watch me and
@ServeRobotics
ring the
@Nasdaq
bell today; so I did the 2nd best thing: put his photo on Times Square.
Like most immigrant parents, he's never too impressed ;)
We're taking
@ServeRobotics
public!
Our robots are the most reliable delivery method (99.9% success, ~10x couriers), and our volume is growing 30% monthly! This thing is working, and all it needs now is fuel
Thanks
@Uber
and
@nvidia
for your continued support 🙏
@garrytan
Garry, I've been a fan of you, your advocacy about SF, and YC.
But fair criticism is fair. YC has done amazing things, but it's not unfair to say that when you build a factory churning 500 startups per year, the 1:1 support will diminish.
And using your platform to bully and
I have a framework that has helped me preserve through the ups and downs of startup life. I believe resilience is one of the most important qualities in founders, so I'm sharing this here in case it helps anyone else: 1/4
I was honored to be invited to give a talk at TED this year about our friendly robot that reduces carbon emissions, frees up cities from cars, and brings us lunch with joy!
Never thought I'd give a TED talk, leave alone giving one from my house :)
I don't understand the religious fervor around this topic (not Paul's comments necessarily but the overall discourse). Why can't we just accept that this may not be one size fits all? That companies' success in going remote depends on so many factors, and we will each have a
I've talked to multiple founders recently who have changed their minds about remote work and are trying to get people back to the office. I doubt things will go all the way back to the way they were before Covid, but it looks like they will go most of the way back.
I am an LP in many funds and have been generously supported by an incredible VC community. However, as a sector, VC is in serious need of disruption.
VCs who are independent-minded and principled are far and few. As a sector, this is a FOMO-driven industry with a surprising
Us: “venture capital will never be disrupted by AI because it encapsulates decades of hard-earned institutional knowledge about how to run startups!”
Shopify:
Better comparison: Vancouver's city+state budgets for its portion of population: $4.85B
SF's city/county+state budgets (similar set of services) for its portion of state population: $19.7B!
That's FOUR times the $ for a much worse outcome & they have the gall to ask for more $
Robots are roaming the streets....
@UberEats
is making a big investment in autonomous delivery, and plans to put 2,000 delivery robots in cities across America as soon as the end of this year.
@ahkashani
, CEO of
@ServeRobotics
, explains why a robot may deliver your next order:
My holiday book recommendations for (1/2):
A week doesn’t go by without my recommending
@scottbelsky
's The Messy Middle. Belsky is a great storyteller who paints a vivid picture of how messy it is to create & innovate....
US border agent: What's your education?
Me: PhD in robotics
BA: Where were you born?
Me: Iran
BA: Why are you moving to the States?
Me: I accepted a job in silicon valley
BA: ... They give jobs to just anybody these days ...
#reallyhappened
US border agent: What are you doing in Boston?
Me: I'm working on my PhD
BA: Wow, you work!? But you are on a student visa. That is illegal! Please go to the special inspections room over there...
#reallyhappened
Can a delivery bot be a good citizen of the sidewalk?
@Postmates
VP of Special Projects
@ahkashani
thinks so, and explains how he convinced San Francisco and Los Angeles to issue exclusive permits to test his new Serve sidewalk-based delivery bot.
🌈 We are excited to launch our first local artist-designed robot with
@inkedbyskut
in honor of
#PrideMonth
! 🌈
Come meet Marsha at
@PinkDotDelivery
tomorrow in West Hollywood with
@JohnEricksonWH
!
And keep an eye out to see her around town all June!
Best decision I made in my life was NOT to follow my parents' advice to study Electrical Engineering! After the first year, I secretly switched to CS and failed to mention it at home for a whole year😊
Of my high school class, it's very obvious what correlated most with happy
What you major in has more impact on your future salary than the name of the school.
“Overall, computer science, engineering and health sciences programs provide the highest returns on college investments.”
Profit motive sounds dirty but it's the cleanest and most transparent way to make incredibly complex things efficiently.
Non-profit sounds clean but any non-profit organisation that amasses power will have a different but hidden motive. It becomes a hotbed that attracts the
Asked ChatGPT to write a hollywood movie proposal about the SVB failure. My prompt was a tweet-size summary (and keep in mind ChatGPT has no references of the SVB collapse in its training). Here's what it produced:
Title: "Code Red: Silicon Shutdown"
Summary:
"Code Red:
Want to join a mission-driven startup?
@ServeRobotics
has grown our team by over 30% this year as we work to deliver a more sustainable future.
Come join us!
And this is where understanding the above helps you become more resilient: If you see your job as converting high entropy into lower entropy, then dealing with a constant stream of tough decisions becomes expected, and you can remain focused. Knowing that this is exactly the job
Bad take,
@mvpeers
. Any reasonable person at
@Meta
knew they won't hold a monopoly on such an important platform. But if you've spent billions on something with little to show for it, wouldn't you want your market to finally come to life?
@Apple
gave
@Meta
an amazing gift: 1/3