Calvin Z

Co-founder @roboforce_ai.
Ex Cruise, CMU, THU, WEF Technology Pioneer.

[Calvin Z @calvinzzhou]

I’ll be at CoRL in Austin!

We’re also hosting a @roboforce_ai × @MaxinsightsAI happy hour. If you’re in town, come hang out.

Nov 9 · 6–9 PM CST
Electric Shuffle, Austin
https://t.co/RCGXW4R6N8

Looking forward to seeing you there!

[Calvin Z @calvinzzhou]

P.S. If enough AI and robotics friends ask, we might open up our headshot sessions too.

Apparently we have a second business :)

[Calvin Z @calvinzzhou]

People are the brand.

The most important thing we’re building at RoboForce is the team.

So we gave our people the full studio treatment. In the age of AI-generated everything, I still believe a real photo makes the best introduction.

We’re hiring. Come build with us.

[Calvin Z @calvinzzhou]

The human side of robotics.

Different backgrounds, one team. Proud to be building with these people.

[Calvin Z @calvinzzhou]

I’ll be at IROS in Pittsburgh on September 29–30 (Tue-Wed).

Love to catch up with researchers, partners, founders, and friends while I’m there. Send me a note!

Sharing one of my favorite photos from last year’s ICRA :)

[RoboForce @RoboForce_ai]

@roboforce_ai is collaborating with @samsungsds to advance Deployment-first Physical AI.

As a founding member of #TeamREX, we’re contributing our Physical AI-powered robotic workforce technology to a shared ambition: making robots useful in demanding industrial environments.

Samsung SDS highlighted RoboForce’s involvement in assessing robotics use cases for Samsung affiliates. Together, we’re exploring how our technology can address operational needs and help build a practical path toward future deployment.

RoboForce was also featured at Samsung SDS’s REAL Summit 2026, as the founding member for the TeamREX, the "Dream Team".

Our focus is concrete: identify meaningful use cases, evaluate feasibility, and explore opportunities for real-world deployment.

We look forward to continuing this work with Samsung SDS and our fellow Team REX members as we pursue our vision to Physical AGI.

Reports on our journey:
https://t.co/UqDoX9ACQ1
https://t.co/TVjqPkANwC

[Calvin Z @calvinzzhou]

Will you be RoboForce’s Founding AI Native Lead?

We are pioneering RoboForce as an AI-native company, while building Physical AI for Robotics. To accelerate this, I am looking for a Founding AI Native Lead to join me directly and help build this operating system across RoboForce.

This is a builder-operator role for someone who can move across product, engineering, operations, and organization design:
> Ex-founders from AI startups
> Technical chiefs of staff
> Full-stack hackers who love building internal tools
> Operators who can turn ambiguity into systems
> Organization builders who want to scale a company with AI at the core

If this sounds like you or someone you know, I would love to connect!

Referral or apply here: https://t.co/ENlYIpqN70

[RoboForce @RoboForce_ai]

Last Wednesday, @roboforce_ai ran our first AI-Native Hackathon.

13 teams formed, every function, 100% participated. In 3 hours of build time, our teams shipped:
🤖 An AI agent to manage cloud resources like a teammate
🧠 A company brain that captures decisions and compounds knowledge
🔍 A debug tool that makes robot testing logs searchable
📊 A recruiting pipeline connected to Claude, Codex and Greenhouse
⚡ An AI-managed software release system
...and 8 more tools built by people across every team.

We build physical AI robots. And we're aiming to be among the first to prove that a robotics company can be truly AI-native, not just in the product, but in how the whole company runs.
RoboForce didn't bolt AI onto how we already work. We rebuilt the org around it, small teams, high leverage.

We are looking for our Founding AI-Native Lead. This is a builder-operator role focused on turning AI from scattered experiments into company-wide leverage.
Come build with us!
https://t.co/KRnRmKNr8H

#RoboForce #Hackathon #AINative #builditshipit #PhysicalAI

[RoboForce @RoboForce_ai]

At the @wef Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains Forum 2026 in San Francisco, @RoboForce brought the robotic workforce vision to live.

The Forum convened leaders across business, government, civil society, academia, and innovation to focus on turning frontier technologies, AI, robotics, and human and machine collaboration into industrial advantage. RoboForce was proud to contribute to this agenda, with our CEO @BiaoMa_Leo invited as a panelist to share our perspective on the next chapter of industrial work and the path from discussion to deployment.

Our TITAN demo showcased how intelligent, deployable robots can support manufacturing, supply chain, and real world industrial operations where flexibility, safety, and productivity matter most.

RoboForce is honored to help shape this next chapter of industrial work. Learn more at https://t.co/hhV6V5f6Bf and stay tuned for more on our robot deployments across industrial use cases throughout the rest of 2026.

#roboforce #robolabor #wef #AMSCForum26 #worldeconomicforum #PhysicalAI #manufacturing #industrialrobotics #supplychain #robotics

[RoboForce @RoboForce_ai]

RoboForce AI Residency

At @roboforce_ai , we believe the next frontier of intelligence isn’t on a screen. It’s in the complex, dynamic reality of the physical world.

We are excited to announce the RoboForce AI Residency, a highly selective program for exceptional early-career AI researchers and engineers ready to take on real-world AI robotics challenges.

𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 3–6 months, full-time
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: $10,000 monthly salary
𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀: Access to large-scale GPU clusters and production-grade infrastructure

As a resident, you will work alongside a deeply technical team on core challenges in embodied intelligence, including Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models, world models, reinforcement learning, simulation, and real-world robot learning.

If you’re an AI researcher or engineer driven to build systems that can perceive, reason, and act under real-world constraints, tackling complex robotics tasks from perception to control, we want to hear from you.

Apply now: https://t.co/45GdnvnVrI

#AI #Robotics #RoboForce #PhysicalAI #AIResidency #MachineLearning #DeepLearning #SiliconValleyTech

[Calvin Z @calvinzzhou]

Execution is the key.

[Eric Jang @ericjang11]

I've returned from my month-long China trip. A big thank you to all the Chinese engineers who spent their time meeting with me. I have learned so much. I intend to return soon to learn more.

My goal was to empty my cup and look at the AI + robotics ecosystem with fresh eyes. I’ve come away extremely impressed. China feels to me like a nation of engineers, contrasting with America being a nation of traders.

Simultaneously, I am concerned that the world is unprepared for what is to come.

[RoboForce @RoboForce_ai]

Honored to see RoboForce featured in Forbes.

As Dr. Jonathan Reichental notes, we are witnessing a fundamental shift in how the world’s most critical work gets done.

Our CEO Leo Ma explains how RoboForce isn’t just building a ‘better robot’, but a better labor category:

-> Category Leadership: Recent robotics efforts increasingly adopt anthropomorphic designs. We believe robot design must be optimized for the context in which it is deployed.

-> Physical AI: We build foundation models and data flywheels, teaching our Physical AI agents critical labor skills with human-level intelligence.

-> Go-To-Market: RoboForce has interest from 12 countries, and letters of intent from customers to hire over 11,000 Titans.

-> Strategic Vision: We believe the real value of robotics emerges where humans shouldn’t be working, in “dull, dirty, and dangerous” environments.

The question is no longer if robots will reshape work, but how quickly organizations will adapt. RoboForce is ready to lead.

Read the full feature in Forbes: https://t.co/fUgA83yVMK

[RoboForce @RoboForce_ai]

RoboForce just secured a $52M oversubscribed round, bringing total funding to $67M.

Led by YZi Labs, with participation from Jerry Yang joining existing investors including Myron Scholes, Gary Rieschel, and Carnegie Mellon University.

We’re building Physical AI to power the era of Robo-Labor.

[RoboForce @RoboForce_ai]

Today at NVIDIA GTC, RoboForce was featured in Jensen Huang’s keynote alongside global leaders shaping the future of intelligent machines.

We're honored to help build robots that “lend us a hand” to “clear the way for abundance”.

Thank you @nvidia @NVIDIAGTC

[RoboForce @RoboForce_ai]

TITAN update.

From prototype to deployment-ready.
11,000 units under LOI, global demand is strong.
Now entering pilot production and scaling partnerships worldwide.

[RoboForce @RoboForce_ai]

Much of the world’s work is still dirty, dull, and dangerous. Humans shouldn’t have to do it.

RoboForce is building “Robo-Labor” powered by Physical AI.

Introducing TITAN, the first AI robot engineered for outdoor industrial work.

#AI #Robotics #PhysicalAI #RoboLabor