Julius

Backing hardware, bio and climate at FoodLabs

[Andreas Klinger 🦾 @andreasklinger]

The best robotics meetup in the world.

Tonight in Berlin

CLANKERS

Multiple fully autonomous heavy duty machines. Industrial multi arm robot installations. Drones. Anti drone products. Space lasers. And thats not even all of it.

https://t.co/yEDQD4XAkb

[Julius @JuliusFFHS]

@lukas_m_ziegler @orcahand is missing

[Andreas Klinger 🦾 @andreasklinger]

🦾🔥 2026 will be the year of robotics.
And you should start a robotic company right now!

Let me explain you why and show you the opportunities in the video – but here is an outline:

We're in an Will Smith spaghetti moment. Remember how AI-generated video looked horrific two years ago? That's where robotics is right now.

Computer vision is solved. VLAs (vision language action models) are starting to work. The reliability problem is being cracked as we speak.

And unlike software, where you're competing against 15,000 marketing AI startups, humanoids has maybe 200 companies worldwide. Warehousing, the most crowded robotics vertical, has 700. Plus what are you going to do? Build a SaaS that claude can one-shot?

The macro tailwinds are also obvious: Dark factories. Self-driving everything. Drones dominating warfare. China pushing automation hard. The West needing to reindustrialize with an aging workforce.

But the real unlock is that small teams can now move incredibly fast. In the video we show robots built by one person, that is a year later already shown at CES, and raised couple million euros.

Components costs are also dropping. Plus production suppliers actually want to work with startups now.

In the video we are also going into opportunities.

One mental model is simple: robotics is the next SaaS.
Look at any industry, find one specific task, and build a robot that can do it better, faster, or around the clock.

But we go through multiple mental models more in the video

I uploaded the full video right here on X.

But if you got a second, i'd appreciate a share, like, subscribe on youtube (link below!) ⬇️

[Julius @JuliusFFHS]

@sdamico @ImpulseLabs_ @jonathanusp

[Andreas Klinger 🦾 @andreasklinger]

🇪🇺 EUROPE STAND UP TALL!
VOLTRAC – a ai-autonomous heavy-duty tractor just came out of stealth!

Nicknamed THOR – usecases are farming and defense!

This is a beast ⚡️
- It can carry 4ton+
- Operate 8-20 hours and hotswap batteries
- One farmer can easily supervise multiple tractors remotely
- It's stronger, but also cheaper (buy & operate) than competitors

AND most importantly – they are at-farm repairable because it's kept intentionally as simple as possible.
"70% less components" so that farmers can repair at farm vs expensive shops – plus hot-swap for redundant batteries and motors

The closest thing I saw so far is the Chinese Honghu T70 which is imho a more complex machine (good luck repairing) and more expensive at comparable strength.

Btw the founders got an insane background – quantum and machine learning expert meets aerospace engineer. Google X quantum researcher meet Destinus lead engineer (literally).
They picked this because it's important to make farming economically sustainable in Europe and they have family in these industries.

And additionally, this bull can be used at the frontline. Remote controlled or autonomous. 24/7 operate-able with hot-swaps of batteries.

This can be used to bring equipment to contested areas without risking a human driver – or even to evacuate wounded troops.

Crazy stuff! Retweet appreciated.

Hats off to @thubregtsen, @fran_inf and team!

PS: Disclaimer: big fan, small investor – in that order.

[Gene Investing w/Anthony 🧬 @GeneInvesting]

Seems like a consensus is forming amongst many smart people!

This is Jensen Huang, CEO of $NVDA

Basically WATCH OUT for the impending biotech BOOM 💥

[Julius @JuliusFFHS]

Excited to share my blog post on the pressing issue of #AntimicrobialResistance in collaboration with FoodHack! In this post, I explore the growing problem of drug-resistant infections and dive into some of the most promising solutions, including bacteriophages and biodiversity.

[FoodLabs @food_labs]

🦠 Why is Antimicrobial Resistance one of the most overlooked threats of our time? FoodLabs' Julius Strauss explores the growing concern of AMR in his recent interview with @foodhackglobal.

👇 Take a read below!

#biodiversity #foodtech #agritech

https://t.co/2EMuQaK1HO

[FoodLabs @food_labs]

🦠 Why is Antimicrobial Resistance one of the most overlooked threats of our time? FoodLabs' Julius Strauss explores the growing concern of AMR in his recent interview with @foodhackglobal.

👇 Take a read below!

#biodiversity #foodtech #agritech

https://t.co/2EMuQaK1HO