E50: Automate the World - Abe Murray (Frontier #9)

How to automate the world? You need Robotics 🤖

Abe Murray, General Partner at AlleyCorp Robotics, invests in early-stage companies that are making all our lives easier and propelling humanity forward 🌍

We lift the lid on robotics, covering: Abe's background working on a fishing boat, his time at Google, his approach to life, his purpose & passions, his lesson from Paul Graham, his love for practical building, how we can automate warehouses, the robot hype cycle (and where we are on it), whether robots of the future will be specialised or all-purpose, the real-world uses of robots today including medical devices and agriculture, whether he's bullish on robot butlers, and his conversation with Brett Adcock.

We then delve into: Whether robots should be given human characteristics, humanisation of robots, full stack robotics, the commoditisation of AI models, the AI hype cycle, how anyone can get started in robotics, and advice for founders. 💪

Abe's Investments: https://alleycorp.com/verticals/robotics/
Abe's Substack: https://abemurray.substack.com/

Connect with Abe here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abrahammurray/
Connect with James here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bannon/

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00:00 Abe's Backstory
05:12 Approach to Startups, Interests & Life
08:38 How We Automate the World
15:40 Automating Amazon - a Use Case of Today
19:49 Are Robots All Hype?
26:12 Will We have an All-Purpose Robot Soon?
29:13 Are Robots Human? Should We Humanise Robots?
31:18 Are Robots Realistic? Do they Have Real-World Use?
36:00 Full Stack Robotics
37:58 AI Models - Are they Commodities?
40:20 How Do I Get Started in Robotics?
43:30 Advice for Startup Founders
47:02 Abe's Call-to-Action

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