BOT: Public Market Access to Private Robotics Companies
Introducing RoboStrategy:
RoboStrategy, Inc. (Nasdaq: BOT) is a closed-end management investment company providing concentrated exposure to robotics and physical AI.
The fund is designed to give public market investors exposure to a portfolio that aims to include the most promising private, pre-IPO, and public robotics and physical AI companies. It bridges a structural gap between where robotics innovation is occurring (largely in private markets) and where most investors can access exposure (public markets).
The fund seeks to provide investors with access to a sector that has traditionally been limited to venture capital, and aims to provide exposure to companies that may stay private for longer.
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The Core Insight
We believe the robotics industry is at an inflection point, with physical AI and robotics increasingly being applied to labor-constrained global industries such as manufacturing, logistics, and services.
According to the International Labor Association, labor accounts for approximately 52% of global GDP.¹ According to Statista, global GDP in 2025 was $118T.² This represents an implied global labor market size of roughly $60T.
At the same time, this labor base is increasingly constrained: Korn Ferry projects a global shortage of 85.2 million skilled workers by 2030, including a 7.9 million worker deficit in manufacturing alone.³ Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute estimate the US could need 3.8 million new manufacturing workers by 2033, with 1.9 million of those roles at risk of going unfilled.�� Physical AI and robotics are emerging as a primary means of closing that gap.
While public markets currently offer indirect exposure to robotics through diversified technology companies, much of the value creation is occurring in private companies that remain inaccessible to most investors.
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Portfolio Focus
The portfolio focuses on what the fund believes are category-defining robotics and physical artificial intelligence innovators, including Figure AI, Apptronik, Dyna Robotics, Standard Bots, Dexmate, and other pioneers advancing autonomous systems, machine perception, and human-machine collaboration.
The managers of the fund seek to optimize returns by actively managing the portfolio and continuing to make new investments in leading private robotics companies.
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The Ambition
The fund's long-term goal is to grow into a significant public-market vehicle for robotics investing, providing public-market access to private innovation in the sector.
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Footnotes & Disclosure:
�� International Labour Organization, World Employment and Social Outlook: May 2025 Update. https://t.co/PoHzmPVnMU
² Statista, Gross domestic product (GDP) in current prices worldwide. https://t.co/X0ptSOlBef
³ Korn Ferry, Future of Work: The Global Talent Crunch. https://t.co/jBuItWtAJj
⁴ Deloitte & The Manufacturing Institute, Taking charge: Manufacturers support growth with active workforce strategies, April 2024. https://t.co/eDmCd1XONK
RoboStrategy, Inc. (Nasdaq: BOT) is a closed-end fund registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940. This content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice or an offer to buy or sell securities. Investing involves substantial risks, including possible loss of principal. The fund invests in robotics, physical AI, emerging technologies, and private companies, which may involve heightened volatility, limited liquidity, valuation uncertainty, and concentration risk. References to portfolio companies are illustrative only, do not represent all investments made by the fund, and are not investment recommendations. Portfolio holdings are subject to change. Forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain. See the prospectus and SEC filings for additional information.
RoboStrategy on the NYSE floor
Behind the scenes shot of CEO Andrew Kang talking about the robotics market and RoboStrategy portfolio companies on TV 🎥
The first RoboStrategy Investor Day is tomorrow, Wednesday, June 10 at 10:00 AM ET, live on X from @RoboStrategy.
The team will break down the robotics thesis, the fund, the portfolio, and how we invest in physical AI.
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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.
Megacap companies like SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI are finally planning to go public. But so much of the gains happened while they were still private.
The same thing is playing out with humanoid bots.
The number one question I keep getting asked is how does a regular investor buy into the private bot companies?
So I did a quick video explaining RoboStrategy now public at Nasdaq under the ticker $BOT
It gives investors a way to gain exposure to companies building the future of physical AI.
Personally, I think the robotics story is still in the first inning.
The question isn't whether robots will be a huge market.
The question is who will own the winners before everyone else notices.
@Rewkang@RoboStrategy
My full conversation with @Rewkang
2:36 Pivoting to robotics from crypto
11:46 Kang asks: Why are you trading?
24:14 Robotics' ChatGPT moment
28:44 GPT-5 robots within a year
33:04 A robot in every home
41:09 Big Tech is lagging
54:43 Where the real moat is
1:02:40 Building MicroStrategy for robots
1:08:00 How retail can access Robotics
1:19:23 The SoftBank playbook
New episode with @AviFelman sitting down with @Rewkang on the next mega bubble.
The total market cap of all private robotics companies is $200B.
XRP is $100B.
Pokémon trading cards are $50B.
This is going to be a $10 TRILLION industry.
We discuss:
• VCs are pivoting from software → physical AI
• The GPT-3 moment for robotics
• Why you can't just hook Claude up to a robot
• How @Rewkang built @RoboStrategy ($BOT)
• Portfolio: Figure, Apptronik, Standard Bots, Dyna, Dexmate
OUT NOW on @YouTube & @Spotify 👇
The first RoboStrategy Investor Day is Wednesday, June 10 at 10:00am ET
The team will walk through the robotics thesis, fund, portfolio, and how we invest in robotics and physical AI
Will be streamed from the @RoboStrategy account on X - follow and turn on notifications 🔔
Andrew Kang turned a few early stage robotics investments into a $500 Million publicly traded empire @RoboStrategy
He is widely considered THE leading investor in robotics
@Rewkang believes the ChatGPT moment for Robotics is happening RIGHT NOW and it will be BIGGER THAN BITCOIN
This interview is a masterclass on Robotics investing in 2026
1:18 – Why robotics today feels like crypto in 2015
4:23 – Is robotics a bigger opportunity than Bitcoin?
10:30 – Robotics 101: players, problems & bottlenecks
16:40 – Who's leading the race: Tesla vs Figure
23:10 – China's 100+ robotics companies & the real investment risk
25:28 – US vs China: who's actually ahead?
33:40 – How many human jobs will be replaced?
38:00 – The "ChatGPT moment" for robotics
43:55 – UBI & the new social contract
46:30 – Why Andrew built Robo Strategy
51:20 – Lessons from Bitmine, MicroStrategy & Saylor
1:07:50 – The Boston Dynamics question
1:12:09 – His most contrarian bet: avoid model-only companies
1:19:55 – Tesla or Figure?
1:23:26 – Figure's valuation in 5 years: bear, base & bull
1:29:20 – Final words of wisdom
First Podcast Appearance in 5 years
Building a Robotics focused investment firm has been one of the most fascinating experiences of my life
Robots will be as ubiquitous as smart phones within a decade. Everyone should be paying attention and the @RoboStrategy team will be sharing much more about the most exciting developments in the industry