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3 months ago, I graduated from Waterloo engineering.
Instead of taking a job, I convinced 2 friends to quit their jobs and move to SF to bootstrap a robotics startup.
Since then we've:
- Built an autonomous delivery robot that pushes elevator buttons
- Tested in condos & hotels
- Raised our first check from Founders Inc.
Now, we’re demoing our robots at 8 of the tallest residential buildings in SF
Comment ELLY if you want a delivery robot in your building
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Graduated 18 hours ago. Now on my way to sf to start my new life as an entrepreneur
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3 months ago, my friends and I quit our jobs, packed our car, and drove from Toronto to SF to build a robotics startup.
Since then, we’ve built an MVP, signed pilot agreements, demo’d in 8 luxury high-rises, and got backed by Founders Inc.
Here’s how it’s come along
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2014: built autonomous toilet from an RC car
2017: started doing competitive robotics
2020: led mars rover team @UWaterloo
2021: built delivery robots at Relay Robotics
2022: designed new robots at @iRobot
2023: left @blueorigin to design satellites @SpaceX
2023: built mind controlled car and won @HackTheNorth
2024: engineered sensor systems @VerkadaHQ
2024: designed hardware for AVs @Rivian
2025: graduated from @WaterlooENG
Now: launching startup to bring robots everywhere TODAY!!! @3e8robotics
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We built a robot that can ride elevators 🛗
Meet Elly, the autonomous delivery robot for buildings.
It navigates floors, rides elevators, and delivers anything fast.
Built by engineers from Waterloo & SpaceX.
No lost packages. No cold food. No wasted time.
Comment “ELLY” or DM us if you want one.
Built @fdotinc
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6 weeks ago, we quit our jobs and moved to SF to build robots out of @fdotinc
Here’s what we’ve built so far:
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Stayed up until 4AM @fdotinc getting our robot to follow button numbers for elevators. Soon it will be able to press them too!
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Introducing ELLY: Your Mobile Mailbox
You’ll never guess what she’s delivering…
(Trust me, watch till the end 😭)
Comment ELLY if you want one!
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One year ago, I hit rock bottom.
Sitting on the toilet in my 67th-floor penthouse suite, I reached for the roll, but it was empty.
The cardboard tube stared back at me like a reminder of every poor decision I’d ever made.
In that moment, I knew something had to change.
So I built a robot capable of navigating elevators, scaling floors, and delivering whatever I need right to my door.
Toilet paper was just the beginning.
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2026: 100 robots deployed
2027: 1000 robots deployed
2028: 10000 robots deployed
2029: 1000000 robots deployed
2014: built autonomous toilet from an RC car
2017: started doing competitive robotics
2020: led mars rover team @UWaterloo
2021: built delivery robots at Relay Robotics
2022: designed new robots at @iRobot
2023: left @blueorigin to design satellites @SpaceX
2023: built mind controlled car and won @HackTheNorth
2024: engineered sensor systems @VerkadaHQ
2024: designed hardware for AVs @Rivian
2025: graduated from @WaterlooENG
Now: launching startup to bring robots everywhere TODAY!!! @3e8robotics
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I’m currently building semi-humanoid robots in my room, but I could use some more space plz
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Cluely is the only company capable of reviving SF’s night life. They have solved distribution, just need a venue where the cops won’t kick everyone out
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I still remember when all we had was an idea and a kitchen table.
Now we have a place where that idea lives: our first office.
It’s surreal walking into a space that exists because of late nights, rejections, and relentless belief.
Day 1 of the next chapter.
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Day 17 of being a founder in sf:
Made a lot of progress this week, so I treated myself to something I really wanted
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God forbid a man has hobbies (yes, i built a waffle machine on wheels and got disqualified from a hackathon)
volume up^^
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3E8 robotics on a Friday night grinding in my apartment. @fdotinc we could use more space
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I convinced these two to quit their jobs and move to SF, pre-funding, pre-product, and pre-idea
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I built the world's first ever battery powered waffle machine. Here's how I did it:
piped.video/3w33aeX36zk?si=r1px…
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Building a robotics startup in public (VLOG 1)
This week:
🤖 Got the NVIDIA Orin Nano driving the robot
🛠️ Finished CAD and ordered the parts
💀 Watched the robot faceplant during testing
Full video in comments 👇
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I turned my ukulele into an electric guitar. It now has reactive LEDs and I can make it sound like an electric guitar with my amp
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