Adarsh Kulkarni

@ishabytes @FoundryRobotics I’m very happy with this

new sign just dropped @FoundryRobotics

@ishabytes yup

Things that only happen at a robotics startup: we slammed the end effector into the metal so hard the IP address of the robot changed (no seriously this took 2 hours to debug)

American manufacturing is one of the hardest problems of our generation. We're here to solve it. Today we announce $19M in seed funding, backed by @khoslaventures, @hanabicapital, @redglassvc, @ZeroShotFund, and all our other incredible investors. AI-first. Software-defined. Just getting started. We're hiring.

@ishabytes By far the most important part of building robots, is the people. couldn't agree more

so lucky to have so many smart and kind people working at Foundry Robotics

I've found that smart people bring out the good in me, but KIND people bring out the best in me. Smart AND kind people are rare. Those are the kinds of people I want to work with

Assembling robots together with hands on tools remains my highest signal culture fit interview

@ishabytes Uhhhhhhhhhhh

biggest key to of being a chief of staff: understanding your stubborn founder + getting rid of their mental blocks

Literally why can’t anyone make a half decent end effector in the United States for not $20k

@ishabytes Absolutely would not recommend

(Would not recommend)

Sf tech bro mode unlocked

@Rivian it’s been a month since I got my R1T quad, and it’s one of the first times in a long time that I feel like we have hope for American manufacturing. It’s such an amazing product- I love this thing. We have so much exciting work to do to make all of manufacturing like that

New billboard from @basepowerco in SF is excellent. Please do more than just B2B SaaS in your life. Good luck team

I love foundation models as much as the next engineer, but I'm so excited to solve a robotics problem with an algorithm that I just know is going to work!

i finally got a little tungsten cube set. something 15 year old me always wanted but could never afford or justify as a kid It is so satisfying in a visceral way to the mechanical engineer in me, i love it

@ishabytes The Herculean achievements that those chairs have seen….. one can only imagine

sitting in comfy old chair a musty school basement library and getting ready to learn an entire terms worth of content for finals is when i genuinely reach flow state

Flew an FPV drone for the first time the other day- I’m kinda late to try it but it is actually so fun

As a deep tech founder, Uline and McMaster are now my favorite stores. I wish they also did Black Friday

Infra eats models for breakfast

@ishabytes The hardware version: Factories eat cool robot designs for breakfast

@ishabytes Every time

@ishabytes Literally this. I got a C+ in intro to robotics. Clearly I don’t know a damn thing about that

so proud of myself for my terrible gpa

MBA programs don’t report grades bc anyone that does anything of value (cough cough founders and VCs) during their program ends up on academic probation