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i build robots | co-founder & ceo @gradientrobots | prev. head of product & engineering @kscalelabs

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Our robots are at NVIDIA GTC this week — bringing autonomous operations to data centers at scale with one of the world's largest computing infrastructure companies. More to share soon.
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swyx@swyx·
RIP K-Bot and Z-Bot 💔 was so proud to host JX of @kscalelabs at the last @aidotengineer World's Fair. Everyone is rooting for affordable open source robotics built in the US and they seemed to be the furthest along. Hope the team finds a buyer because they can clearly do a TON of work with the surprisingly limited resources we just found out they had.
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Harrison Kinsley@Sentdex

K-scale cancels orders and refunds deposits for kbot. I thought all the VCs were excited about US-based robotics, what happen?

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@chrisvtom @chrisvtom is one of the most ambitious, hard working, and amazing designer I've ever worked with. Proud to have founded the K-Bot and Z-Bot projects with you. ❤️❤️❤️ LFG!!! The acceleration doesn't stop
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Chris Thomas
Chris Thomas@chrisvtom·
It’s tough seeing K-Scale come to an end, but I’m proud that most of what we built is now out in the world. Every late night, broken servo and failed print feels worth it if someone else can pick it up and keep going. K-Bot was born at 4am one December night. @JingxiangMo and I were staring at the Z-Bot and knew we had to build something bigger, something that would make open-source robotics in America impossible to ignore. We called Ben on the spot. No pitch deck, just conviction. After the Zeroth and Z-Bot, we locked into our garage over winter break, and two months later the first K-Bot prototypes were built in the US. K-Scale’s chapter might be closing, but the fire isn’t out. It lives in the people still building. Keep an eye on @JingxiangMo @_kelsey_pool @mattfreed and @pfbudzianowski . Our belief in open-source robots is stronger than ever. I’m now building at @humancomputerlab, starting from first principles and asking how humans will live with machines. Apple started with the simple music player before building an ecosystem. We’re starting with a robot lamp. DMs are open, you can join us here: discord.gg/t5frbh58
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clem 🤗@ClementDelangue

Let's applaud @kscalelabs for the contributions to open-source & their bold endeavor! Robotics is extremely hard as a new startup (which is why I'm quite excited about our projects on the topic as a more established startup) but they gave it a real go and will be an inspiration for many people! Let's go open-source robotics!

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JX@JingxiangMo·
Agreed. Anyone's visited the top Chinese robot companies in China would know that China is leading only in low-cost robots manufacturing I really don't understand the US hardware pessimism. The US has more than enough great engineers and manufacturing capabilities that hasn't been leveraged yet We're going to fix this by the end of next year
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Arne Halleraker@arnehalleraker·
@chris_j_paxton I think this fear of missing the train is good. Puts the onus on us to really step up. And i think people exaggerate the Chinese lead in certain areas. Yes, the lead in scalable manufacturing at low cost. No question. But they don’t lead on autonomous capability.
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Chris Paxton
Chris Paxton@chris_j_paxton·
"Let's be honest. America is not going to catch up to Chinese robotics companies. The Chinese ecosystem is far more advanced than even in San Francisco. I've been visiting as many in the San Francisco ecosystem as I can and they all tell me this is true, with the exception of Tesla." What are we doing here guys
Robert Scoble@Scobleizer

How will USA compete with China in robotics? @stash_pomichter and his team have a huge answer. Rip out their OS and put an American-made OS into the Chinese robots. Let's be honest. America is not going to catch up to Chinese robotics companies. The Chinese ecosystem is far more advanced than even in San Francisco. I've been visiting as many in the San Francisco ecosystem as I can and they all tell me this is true, with the exception of Tesla. So, the world is about to be flooded with Chinese robots of all types. Do business people anywhere, whether they are in Europe, India, America, or Asia, want to gift all their data to the Chinese? No. @dimensionalos has the answer, and here I visit with Stash and his team who already have an OS running on a variety of Chinese robotics. And they are building a new kind of OS (I call it a World Model, but it doesn't matter what you call it, we are headed toward an AGI that can make a robot get smarter and smarter over time and do more and more things autonomously over time) and here Stash goes into his work and gives you a very intimate look into one of San Francisco's most interesting robotics startups I've met.

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Matt Freed
Matt Freed@mattfreed·
A thing to know here is that multiple ex-k-scalers have now gone to found new hardware companies We've seen where the opportunity lies @JingxiangMo @_kelsey_pool And myself There's now more, not less hardware. Some have also gone to go do just software, but we dont talk about those @pfbudzianowski :P
Harrison Kinsley@Sentdex

K-scale cancels orders and refunds deposits for kbot. I thought all the VCs were excited about US-based robotics, what happen?

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clem 🤗@ClementDelangue·
Let's applaud @kscalelabs for the contributions to open-source & their bold endeavor! Robotics is extremely hard as a new startup (which is why I'm quite excited about our projects on the topic as a more established startup) but they gave it a real go and will be an inspiration for many people! Let's go open-source robotics!
Harrison Kinsley@Sentdex

K-scale cancels orders and refunds deposits for kbot. I thought all the VCs were excited about US-based robotics, what happen?

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Thomas Wolf@Thom_Wolf·
Despite all the big funding rounds and flashy demos in US robotics, K-Scale’s inability to raise more money should worry us We're at risk of replaying the LLM story all over again in robotics: - Chinese companies are going open-source and collaborating across the value chain (from EV suppliers to downstream integrators) - most US teams are going full-stack proprietary, closed-source, all in-house Guess which robots the next wave of US research labs and startups will actually be able to build on when they want to invent new algorithms or tackle unseen real-world use cases?
Harrison Kinsley@Sentdex

K-scale cancels orders and refunds deposits for kbot. I thought all the VCs were excited about US-based robotics, what happen?

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@lukas_m_ziegler @kscalelabs As K-Scale's founding engineering team, we've founded @gradientrobots and we'll carry the torch forward!!! 🚀🚀🚀 x.com/JingxiangMo/st…
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We’ve inherited the K-Scale spirit, mission, and core engineering team at @gradientrobots We closed our pre-seed round in Sept and we’re accelerating fast 🚀 We're building U.S.-manufacturable robots at scale. WE'll be the open-source Unitree for America Join us! We're hiring

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Lukas Ziegler
Lukas Ziegler@lukas_m_ziegler·
Very sad news in robotics world. 😔 @kscalelabs shuts down. First of all, huge credit to them for their contribution to open-source and promoting DIY robotics. Looks like they didn't secure the funding in time. Bit more context below. Palo Alto-based humanoid robotics startup K-Scale Labs has officially shut down operations and refunded all preorders for its open-source humanoid robot, K-Bot. Founded in 2024, K-Scale aimed to create a mass-produced, affordable, open-source humanoid, priced under $10,000. The compact 1.4-meter robot had attracted significant early interest, with 100 preorder slots and a few initial units shipped. In an email to customers, their CEO Ben Bolte cited difficulties raising capital in the U.S. compared to well-funded Chinese competitors such as Unitree, Booster Robotics, or EngineAI, which have already moved into mass production. Sad to see that, but I think they did an enormous work towards making humanoids and robotics in general more accessible! 🦾
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