Exciting!
Feather is betting on a customizable, $30,000 platform built for software developers.View quoted post on X
spr.ly/6013BGiVl1
@geometryvc
Feather is betting on a customizable, $30,000 platform built for software developers.View quoted post on X
spr.ly/6013BGiVl1
We built a new kind of robot for the underdogs.View quoted post on X
Today, robotics is stuck between ~$100k systems and low-cost robots not meant to survive deployment.
We think builders deserve better. Our mission is to develop the best hardware platform for others to deploy on.
Meet Feather, an affordable general-purpose robot designed for real work:
• 1m reach
• Human strength
• 10-hour battery
• Shipping for the past year + available today
Founded by @whoishoa and Parsa Bakhtiari, Feather is coming out of stealth with $7.6m in pre-seed funding led by @GradientVC, with participation from @BuilderVC, @geometryvc, @SEEDInnov, and Virgo VC.
We’re hiring across engineering, ops, and go-to-market. If you’re an absolute maverick, join our cause today – feather.dev
My in-depth, 35 minute conversation about @neurophos's optical prefill accelerator with @PatrickTBowen (CEO).View quoted post on X
0:00 - What's a metamaterial?
1:51 - Why should we care about optical compute?
5:47 - Why it's not about the speed of light
7:17 - Optical compute is a graveyard, why is Neurophos different?
12:08 - Free space optics & silicon photonics - what do these things mean?
16:21 - What's the catch?
19:56 - Compute vs memory constraints in inference
24:25 - The Handoff Problem: How difficult is it for customers to integrate specialized/disaggregated accelerators?
26:11 - What will be improved in the metasurface over time?
27:44 - A surprising feature of the semi industry
30:19 - An unexpected customer reaction
31:26 - If Neurophos were to fail, what would the reason be?
33:51 - & what if it succeeds?
@geometryvc is an investor.