Shamoon Siddiqui

Building purpose-built robots for construction finishing and interior trades. CEO @ Human Friendly Robotics.

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Friends, what do we think about a robot that does tiling? (You know… bathrooms, kitchens, etc)

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@geoburke @Melt_Dem We set out to solve this problem.

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@Tancrededib Not just no co-founder “yet.” But for Human Friendly Robotics, no co-founder period. I’m surrounding myself with talent and advisors that are better than me. But the vision is singularly mine.

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@IlirAliu_ DMed you

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@Tancrededib We’re building robots that do construction. Our first robot, Tyler, already has deployments for tile installation. Our next one, Sparky (which does automated wire pulling), will be targeting data centers.

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@ColinGardiner Any stand outs?

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@ummahbuild Human Friendly Robotics. We’re building robots to solve the acute labor shortage in construction.

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A lot of energy is going into making robots look human.

But humans aren’t optimized for the work we’re trying to automate.

We get tired.
We’re inconsistent.
We break down.

The goal isn’t to replicate that.
It’s to outperform it.

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Construction isn’t “behind” on technology.

It’s just that most technology doesn’t survive construction.

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You can’t hire your way out of a labor shortage.

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We’ve talked to a lot of contractors.
Not one has asked about our model architecture.

They ask:
– How many square feet per day?
– How many people does it replace?
– When can I get it?

That’s the product spec.

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@boardyai Raising a $5M seed round for Human Friendly Robotics. Tackling the interior trades of construction.

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Any VC paying attention would already be in our seed round.

Feels obvious in hindsight.

I’m just the one building it.

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In fundraising conversations, you talk about markets. In the field, you talk about square footage.

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Investors ask about TAM. Customers ask how soon you can start.

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Most “general purpose” systems are just unfinished products looking for a use case.

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“General purpose” sounds good in a pitch.

In practice, it usually means “not useful anywhere yet.”

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@ptrackrman DM sent

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@JasonrShuman Our superior skillet is our brain’s ability to adapt a novel circumstances. Our body is incredibly ill-equipped for almost every actual type of work.