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Watney
About Watney
Watney is a company building a robot workforce to bridge the gap between physical infrastructure and human labor, with the aim of becoming the supplier of all manual labor. It began with a focus on datacenters and is collaborating with some of the largest hyperscalers and neoclouds to automate critical, dexterous tasks. The company has closed a $21 million seed round, with investors including Conviction, A*, and Abstract. Watney’s leadership team brings diverse backgrounds, ranging from a former GSM for the iPhone and head of supply chain at Zoox to experts in cobots, Zipline, Worldcoin’s founding engineering, and high-performance EV design from ETH Zurich.
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San Francisco · On-site
San Francisco · On-site
San Francisco · On-site
San Francisco · On-site
San Francisco · On-site
San Francisco · On-site
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San Francisco, California
Websitewatneyrobotics.com
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The team includes leaders and engineers from diverse, high-profile tech backgrounds (e.g., former GSM for the iPhone, head of supply chain at Zoox, Cobot, Zipline; former founding engineer at Worldcoin; engineer who built the world’s fastest EV racecar at ETH Zurich).
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