Michael Calvey

Co-Founder @antiochrobotics

[Michael Calvey @michaeljcalvey]

Really excited to welcome Jonah to the team!

[Antioch @antiochrobotics]

We’re thrilled to welcome Jonah Tetzeli to Antioch as a Member of Technical Staff.

At Antioch we prize the ability to explain a deeply technical problem with elegance and concision. That’s what set Jonah apart as the team got to know him.

As Antioch confronts the most challenging problems in simulation and physical AI, his unique combination of technical fluency and first-principles thinking is invaluable.

Jonah joins us from General Motors, where he played a leading role in the development of software and sensor simulation infrastructure. He’s seen the value of sim at scale, because he’s built sim at scale.

It’s time to reshape autonomy development together. Welcome to the team, Jonah.

[Michael Calvey @michaeljcalvey]

you can just do things. seriously hoping you pull this off @ti_morse

[Ti Morse @ti_morse]

Set II is ready @ElonMusk

"First rule in government spending: Why build something once when you can build it twice for 3x the cost???"

We built Set I in a studio near downtown Austin but the space was only available for a week so we had to tear it down last Friday.

Like SpaceX, it would be completely unreasonable to expect the first rocket to make it to orbit so on Wednesday I rented an aircraft hanger 15 minutes from Giga Texas and we started construction on Set II.

We finished it on Saturday night and can now record anytime in the next 30 days.

The most entertaining outcome is the most likely.

Let's make this happen. 🏴‍☠️

[Michael Calvey @michaeljcalvey]

stockholm syndrome is starting to enjoy the NY DMV hold music after waiting for 45 mins

[Michael Calvey @michaeljcalvey]

welcome aboard @abhimanyu_25s !!

[Antioch @antiochrobotics]

Rarely you find someone who brings technical rigor, steadiness, and operating velocity in equal measure. We’re pleased to have found that person in @abhimanyu_25s, Antioch’s new Member of Technical Staff.

In less than two weeks, Abhimanyu has established himself as a key voice on the team. He’s already pushed the Antioch platform to new heights in humanoid and deformable materials modeling — two of the hardest problems in sim.

Abhimanyu comes to Antioch from UPenn’s GRASP lab, where he studied humanoid control policies as part of a world-class research team.

We’re privileged to work alongside Abhimanyu. Welcome to the team.

[Michael Calvey @michaeljcalvey]

@OpenAI @charliermarsh 1. what

[Michael Calvey @michaeljcalvey]

@pronounced_kyle relatable. and it’ll take 4 weeks to arrive from china 😬

[Michael Calvey @michaeljcalvey]

@Saronic should create an equivalent to the @MB_EjectEject watch, but for rescues

[Joe Lonsdale @JTLonsdale]

Two US aviators went down near the Strait of Hormuz. DoW used an autonomous @Saronic Corsair to find and bring them home - the 1st drone rescue at sea in military history.

This is why we build: to keep our troops safe. This was science fiction. American builders made it real 🇺🇸.

[Michael Calvey @michaeljcalvey]

People aren't ready for what's gonna happen when robotics companies can reliably bridge the deployment gap and deploy to new environments and tasks confidently.

This will happen in the next 12 months.

[Michael Calvey @michaeljcalvey]

@antiochrobotics 🫡

[Michael Calvey @michaeljcalvey]

@CollinSchlager it's all coming together!

[Michael Calvey @michaeljcalvey]

@caglakaymaz @antiochrobotics the world of intelligent hardware development is about to change rapidly! such an exciting time to be in the space, grateful to have you and the team at @Category_VC as backers!

[Michael Calvey @michaeljcalvey]

no better time to be in robotics. congrats to the @standardbots team!

[Standard Bots @standardbots]

Today, we’re thrilled to announce our $200M Series C funding round at a $1B valuation, led by @RoboStrategy and existing investors including @generalcatalyst.

Standard Bots is now America’s largest manufacturer of AI-native industrial robots. Our customers include Sunoco, Lockheed Martin, NASA, and the US Army along with hundreds of other manufacturers across the country. We’re proud to say that we’re on track to deploy 10% of all U.S. industrial robots by next year.

We are expanding our Glen Cove, New York facility to 70,000 square feet to scale our vertically integrated production process. We currently design almost all our own parts, including our own actuators, and we assemble every final product in-house. By 2027, we’ll manufacture everything — from metal in to robots out — right here in America.

We believe AI-native robots are the essential power tool of the 21st century — the tool that will grow American manufacturing and help every American worker to be a force at work. You just show your robot how it’s done, and it learns through demonstration. No coding, no consultants, just unbox and deploy faster than anything else on the market.

Right now it’s possible for the United States to revitalize our manufacturing base if we become the worldwide leader in this transformative technology.

We must build American robots, and put them to work in American factories. It’s a national imperative, and it’s our central mission. This fundraise gets us one step closer to the goal.

The future of American manufacturing is bright! Join Standard Bots, and show your robot how it’s done — we’re just getting started.

[Michael Calvey @michaeljcalvey]

@angeldot_ it's time to bring intelligence to the real world!

[Michael Calvey @michaeljcalvey]

@igus_ai the tony stark dream is real!

[Michael Calvey @michaeljcalvey]

intelligence is coming to the world around us on a level that's hard to grasp over the next 3 years.

[brenz. @brenzhills]

physical robotics used to take months of field testing

now an AI agent builds the simulation, runs the tests, detects failures and iterates, autonomously

what engineers spent weeks validating in the real world now happens in hours inside a browser

this is what the next era of robotics looks like

[Michael Calvey @michaeljcalvey]

@benyuls it's all happening 🔥

[Michael Calvey @michaeljcalvey]

@Shruti_0810 when the cost of experimentation drops, so much more becomes possible!

[Michael Calvey @michaeljcalvey]

@zaimiri the robots are coming

[Michael Calvey @michaeljcalvey]

@thetripathi58 Companies spend a shocking amount on physical testing. Not only is it expensive to fix broken hardware, but it also constrains the iteration loop!

[Michael Calvey @michaeljcalvey]

@Diptish09 Robotics in the future will be developed like software is today, agents testing and iterating in closed loop systems. Very excited to be pushing the envelope on this at @antiochrobotics !