John Werner

@johnkwerner

I bring ideas, networks and people together to generate powerful results. Currently, I serve as Managing Director of Link Ventures. linkventures.com

Boston, MA, USA linkedin.com/in/johnwerner1/ Joined February 2009

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John Werner @johnkwerner Nov 4

A robot that helps you keep cooking for your family is a powerful idea.

Colin Angle makes the case for home robots that support the things we care about.

#PhysicalAI

Imagination in Action @imaginationxyz Nov 4

What if the best home robot still needed your help?

iRobot cofounder Colin Angle shares what Roomba taught him about trust, purpose and designing robots for people.

Watch: youtu.be/31iHQcraP6U

#PhysicalAI #Robotics
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John Werner @johnkwerner Nov 4

Is robotics a power problem or an intelligence problem?

I asked AMD CTO Mark Papermaster at our Physical AI Summit at MIT. “Power is performance,” he said.

Watch his opening keynote and Q&A with Daniela Rus and me.

youtu.be/ny8pV8JyeRI

#PhysicalAI

www.youtube.com Why Smarter Robots Need More Than a Powerful Brain | Physical AI Summit 2026 A robot can make the right decision and still act too late. What do...

John Werner @johnkwerner Nov 3

Robots are only part of the story. The people building them are what made this gathering special.

Thank you to everyone who joined us at MIT for Physical AI: Minds in Motion. More to share soon.

Imagination in Action @imaginationxyz Nov 3

AI that can see, move and act.

A look inside Physical AI: Minds in Motion at MIT with the people building the next generation of intelligent machines.

Thank you to everyone who joined us. More coming soon.

#PhysicalAI

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John Werner @johnkwerner Nov 2

Sertac Karaman thinks machines will eventually do anything humans can. How do we know when?

Alex and I explored robots at home, AI research and the future of work.

Our latest Conversations in Action: youtu.be/2oYNAEde61o

www.youtube.com When AI Does Everything, What Happens to Us? | Conversations in Action What happens to our jobs, our homes and our sense of purpose when A...

John Werner @johnkwerner Nov 2

Why not just teach the robots ourselves?

Take a look at what Tutor Intelligence is building. I explored this question in Forbes today:

forbes.com/sites/johnwern…

www.forbes.com Tutor Intelligence: Why Not Just Teach The Robots Ourselves? Tutor’s mixed-autonomy robots overcome intelligence bottlenecks, demonstrating how machines can transform industries while training on the job.

Josh Gruenstein Verified account @joshgruenstein Nov 2

We raised a $75M Series B to deploy intelligent robots now, led by @a16z, with participation from @usv and @neo.

@tutorintel robots work real jobs across the United States, directed by human “tutors” and the foundation models we’ve trained on the work done. This round accelerates frontier model training, robot manufacturing, and deployment into industry.

We’re in almost 4x as many sites as a year ago; nearly a third of this year’s deployments went to existing customers coming back for more; and we’re on track to have more than 1,000 robots under contract by the end of 2027.

Our mission is to proliferate robotics for the common good. If you want to make robots reliably do things others think are impossible, for people who’ve never had access to this technology, join us.

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