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Evan Beard
@evanbeard
CEO of Standard Bots
New York, NY Katılım Kasım 2007
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Enjoyed the conversation with @IlirAliu_, one of the top robotics curators on X who regularly receives millions of views. Thanks for having me on!
Ilir Aliu@IlirAliu_
🎙️ @evanbeard is the co-founder and CEO of @standardbots, building AI-trained industrial robot arms designed to automate real factory work, not demos: In this episode, Evan shares a founder path that started in software startups and Y Combinator long before robotics. Seeing engineers at YC building giant robots convinced him this was a “cheat code on life” and he taught himself mechanical and electrical engineering to make it possible We talk about the early years spent building prototypes in a small apartment, running more than one hundred calls with manufacturers, and discovering the same problem every time. Companies wanted automation, but robots were too expensive and too difficult to program Evan explains why Standard Bots focuses on usable automation instead of chasing hype. The goal was not a slightly better robot but something ten times easier to deploy, trained through demonstration and physical AI rather than complex programming We also discuss surviving the near-death phase, raising funding weeks before running out of money, rebuilding electronics during the chip shortage, and learning electrical engineering while debugging exploding circuit boards remotely A conversation about persistence, customer obsession, and why the future of robotics will be decided by real ROI on factory floors, not humanoid spectacle. Building Deep Tech #100 "You Need To Be 10x Better" With Evan Beard, Co-Founder and CEO of Standard Bots 00:00 – Why Evan moved from software to robotics 04:40 – Teaching himself hardware from zero 11:30 – Talking to 100+ manufacturers 18:20 – The near-death phase of the company 26:10 – Why robots must be 10x better to win 33:50 – Demonstration vs programming 41:30 – What factories actually care about 49:20 – The future of American manufacturing 🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1C7Eqb… 🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bui… 🎬 YouTube: youtu.be/q_WdHcpYkkE?si…
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Evan Beard retweetledi
🎙️ @evanbeard is the co-founder and CEO of @standardbots, building AI-trained industrial robot arms designed to automate real factory work, not demos:
In this episode, Evan shares a founder path that started in software startups and Y Combinator long before robotics. Seeing engineers at YC building giant robots convinced him this was a “cheat code on life” and he taught himself mechanical and electrical engineering to make it possible
We talk about the early years spent building prototypes in a small apartment, running more than one hundred calls with manufacturers, and discovering the same problem every time. Companies wanted automation, but robots were too expensive and too difficult to program
Evan explains why Standard Bots focuses on usable automation instead of chasing hype. The goal was not a slightly better robot but something ten times easier to deploy, trained through demonstration and physical AI rather than complex programming
We also discuss surviving the near-death phase, raising funding weeks before running out of money, rebuilding electronics during the chip shortage, and learning electrical engineering while debugging exploding circuit boards remotely
A conversation about persistence, customer obsession, and why the future of robotics will be decided by real ROI on factory floors, not humanoid spectacle.
Building Deep Tech #100
"You Need To Be 10x Better"
With Evan Beard, Co-Founder and CEO of Standard Bots
00:00 – Why Evan moved from software to robotics
04:40 – Teaching himself hardware from zero
11:30 – Talking to 100+ manufacturers
18:20 – The near-death phase of the company
26:10 – Why robots must be 10x better to win
33:50 – Demonstration vs programming
41:30 – What factories actually care about
49:20 – The future of American manufacturing
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1C7Eqb…
🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bui…
🎬 YouTube: youtu.be/q_WdHcpYkkE?si…
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@standardbots Thank you so much, @evanbeard for sharing your story!
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Manufacturers want automation. But the vast majority of processes they need to automate still fall outside what traditional robots can handle.
By combining modern robotics with AI, we’re expanding automation beyond hardcoded programs that are too rigid for most modern workplaces.
Listen to Standard Bots CEO & co-founder @evanbeard speak with @IlirAliu_ on how his conversations with 100+ manufacturers shaped our approach — and how AI is redefining what’s possible on the factory floor.
#automation #ai #robots #manufacturing
Ilir Aliu@IlirAliu_
🎙️ @evanbeard is the co-founder and CEO of @standardbots, building AI-trained industrial robot arms designed to automate real factory work, not demos: In this episode, Evan shares a founder path that started in software startups and Y Combinator long before robotics. Seeing engineers at YC building giant robots convinced him this was a “cheat code on life” and he taught himself mechanical and electrical engineering to make it possible We talk about the early years spent building prototypes in a small apartment, running more than one hundred calls with manufacturers, and discovering the same problem every time. Companies wanted automation, but robots were too expensive and too difficult to program Evan explains why Standard Bots focuses on usable automation instead of chasing hype. The goal was not a slightly better robot but something ten times easier to deploy, trained through demonstration and physical AI rather than complex programming We also discuss surviving the near-death phase, raising funding weeks before running out of money, rebuilding electronics during the chip shortage, and learning electrical engineering while debugging exploding circuit boards remotely A conversation about persistence, customer obsession, and why the future of robotics will be decided by real ROI on factory floors, not humanoid spectacle. Building Deep Tech #100 "You Need To Be 10x Better" With Evan Beard, Co-Founder and CEO of Standard Bots 00:00 – Why Evan moved from software to robotics 04:40 – Teaching himself hardware from zero 11:30 – Talking to 100+ manufacturers 18:20 – The near-death phase of the company 26:10 – Why robots must be 10x better to win 33:50 – Demonstration vs programming 41:30 – What factories actually care about 49:20 – The future of American manufacturing 🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1C7Eqb… 🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bui… 🎬 YouTube: youtu.be/q_WdHcpYkkE?si…
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Evan Beard retweetledi
JP Morgan: "A rotation from the Digital world back into the Physical one."
We've been building @standardbots on this thesis for years.
VCs are about to learn that software-only bets look very different when Claude can rebuild your portfolio in a weekend. Capital will rotate hard.
Physical AI moats — hardware, software, training data — compound in ways pure software can't. Ford still hasn't caught the Model 3 after 10 years.
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I've been personally burning through billions of tokens a week for the past few months as a builder. Today I'm excited to announce Hyperagent, by Airtable.
An agents platform where every session gets its own isolated, full computing environment in the cloud — no Mac Mini required. Real browser, code execution, image/video generation, data warehouse access, hundreds of integrations, and the ability to learn any new API as a skill.
Deep domain expertise through skill learning. Teach the agent how your firm evaluates startups or how your team runs due diligence — now anyone on the team gets output that reflects your actual methodology, not a generic template.
One-click deployment into Slack as intelligent coworkers. These aren't bots that wait to be @mentioned — they follow conversations, understand context, and act when relevant.
And a command center to oversee and continuously improve your entire fleet of agents at scale.
We're onboarding early users now. hyperagent.com
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Congressman @RepTomSuozzi - thank you for stopping by today and for all of your support!
Tom Suozzi@RepTomSuozzi
Standard Bots is building robots right here in Glen Cove! I stopped by their new facility to see CEO Evan Beard and watch their newest model robots in action. Let’s make Long Island the robotics center of America!
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Evan Beard retweetledi
Standard Bots is building robots right here in Glen Cove!
I stopped by their new facility to see CEO Evan Beard and watch their newest model robots in action. Let’s make Long Island the robotics center of America!
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Excited to be giving the keynote at Automate, the biggest robotics and automation event in North America, on the main day. I'm going to cover what’s new and what’s next for AI-native robots that can learn through hands-on demonstration and adapt to real-world variability in real time - along with some major product announcements. If you're in the robotics space don't miss it - and our team would love to connect with you at our booth at the show!
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@kalinowski007 @OpenAI @standardbots designs and builds motors, actuators, and power electronics in the US
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@OpenAI is seeking US-based suppliers for robotics, including actuators, gearboxes, motors, and power electronics. We see this as part of a broader story of reindustrialization:
openai.com/index/strength…
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Thank you Ken! That means a lot from you - you’re a legend
Ken Goldberg@Ken_Goldberg
Extremely well written:
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notboring.co/p/robot-steps
This is a take on the state of robotics today that is not BS and is well-written. I encourage those interested in robotics to read it.
Well done @evanbeard !
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Evan Beard retweetledi
Such an amazing primer on robotics by @packyM and @evanbeard. Must read for the era we're entering.
notboring.co/p/robot-steps?…
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Evan Beard retweetledi
@packyM Great article thanks. If the author led a VC syndicate based on his intuitions about the market, I would pretty much invest immediately
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the "1 hour to 99th percentile knowledge" claim works because most people have zero robotics knowledge. reading concentrated expertise compresses decades of diffuse learning. the real constraint isn't information access—it's attention allocation. most investors won't spend the hour even when it's clearly +EV.
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Spend an hour reading this weekend and I think you’ll know more about robotics than 99% of people, including some people who invest in robotics.
notboring.co/p/robot-steps
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Thanks @cbames- means a lot from one of the best roboticists I know who worked on humanoids at NASA and taught robotics at Duke…
Barrett Ames@cbames
@evanbeard is a good friend and everything he talks about here is aligned with my experience. As an aside I'm a big fan of all these people writing about robots. Let's keep the discussion going!
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