Ali Kashani π¨π¦
@ahkashani
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CEO @serverobotics, aka #Saymo (NASDAQ:SERV). Former @postmates, @uber, @pearvc. Tinkerer, entrepreneur, @TEDTalks speaker. Views expressed here are my own.
SF πΊπ² Vancouver π¨π¦
Joined September 2013
My interview with @freethinkmedia captures our vision better than anything: We're rooting for robots because they help us with major problems we face. They reduce resource consumption & pollution, boost local commerce, & make last mile delivery affordable to all.
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I couldn't get my dad a visa to watch me and @ServeRobotics ring the @Nasdaq bell today; so I did the 2nd best thing: put his photo on Times Square. Like most immigrant parents, he's never too impressed ;)
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@shervin I think the jury system is as good as it gets. Even if prosecution is politically motivated, it's the jury who found him guilty.
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We're taking @ServeRobotics public!. Our robots are the most reliable delivery method (99.9% success, ~10x couriers), and our volume is growing 30% monthly! This thing is working, and all it needs now is fuel. Thanks @Uber and @nvidia for your continued support π.
Uber, Nvidia-backed delivery robot startup Serve Robotics to go public by @kirstenkorosec.
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Fun fact: Some genius once tried to steal one of our robotsβ¦ It didnβt end well (for them)π₯΄
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Apparently I'm a nazi because I asked @DeanPreston a pointed question. Fascinating to watch an ideology at the brink of bankruptcy.
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@garrytan Garry, I've been a fan of you, your advocacy about SF, and YC. But fair criticism is fair. YC has done amazing things, but it's not unfair to say that when you build a factory churning 500 startups per year, the 1:1 support will diminish. And using your platform to bully and.
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This is everything wrong in VC.
So weird that we ended up with fast, bolt, pipe, bird, ftx et al in the past few years. No idea how that happened
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@tobymather No offense to MBAs, but I've never heard anyone at a startup wish for any type of formal education when dealing with real world problems.
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Thrilled to unveil our 3rd generation Serve robot! The are smarter, faster, and more efficient than ever. All that with a 50% cost reduction. Ready to transform more cities in 2025 π.
Today we're excited to introduce the 3rd generation Serve robot, with significantly enhanced capabilities at reduced manufacturing cost. Key highlights:.π§ 5x more brain power with Nvidia Jetson Orin and Ouster REV7 Lidar for ultra-fast decisions.π§ Advanced collision avoidance
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After seeing #dalle2 results last week, I was just blown away watching @hollyherndon's AI twin perform live at TED
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I have a framework that has helped me preserve through the ups and downs of startup life. I believe resilience is one of the most important qualities in founders, so I'm sharing this here in case it helps anyone else: 1/4.
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I was honored to be invited to give a talk at TED this year about our friendly robot that reduces carbon emissions, frees up cities from cars, and brings us lunch with joy! . Never thought I'd give a TED talk, leave alone giving one from my house :).
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Can confirm. This was an interesting learning for me too, as an Iranian-descended person, to be classified as "white". I just wish the border agents believed that.
The second funniest day of my life was another set of lawyers explaining to me that an Iranian-descended person does not count as diverse, as, and I quote, the line of diversity runs between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Very excited to finally share this. First @Uber, now @7eleven and @deliveryherocom. And we're just starting.
Uber spinout Serve Robotics gets $13M seed round to expand sidewalk robot deliveries by @rebeccabellan.
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Had a great conversation with @LizClaman on @FoxBusiness about the partnership between @Uber and @ServeRobotics to launch 2,000 robots on the Uber Eats platform. The future is now! π€π€πππ .
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I don't understand the religious fervor around this topic (not Paul's comments necessarily but the overall discourse). Why can't we just accept that this may not be one size fits all? That companies' success in going remote depends on so many factors, and we will each have a.
I've talked to multiple founders recently who have changed their minds about remote work and are trying to get people back to the office. I doubt things will go all the way back to the way they were before Covid, but it looks like they will go most of the way back.
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I am an LP in many funds and have been generously supported by an incredible VC community. However, as a sector, VC is in serious need of disruption. VCs who are independent-minded and principled are far and few. As a sector, this is a FOMO-driven industry with a surprising.
Us: βventure capital will never be disrupted by AI because it encapsulates decades of hard-earned institutional knowledge about how to run startups!β. Shopify: .
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Switched from @GoogleChrome to @MicrosoftEdge. Didn't think it would stick but it has. Surprised how superior Edge is! Way more efficient & faster. I've tried few upstart browsers but always reverted back to Chrome. But Edge has been so smooth I almost forget I switched.
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@TRUmav A rental application in which I was the guarantor was rejected because I was deemed as too risky for being "self-employed.". I'm cofounder/CEO of a company listed on NASDAQ π.
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Better comparison: Vancouver's city+state budgets for its portion of population: $4.85B. SF's city/county+state budgets (similar set of services) for its portion of state population: $19.7B!. That's FOUR times the $ for a much worse outcome & they have the gall to ask for more $.
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Thank you, Google, for protecting our robots' privacy π
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Iβm heartbroken by the devastating wildfires in LA. As part of this community, our team & I stand with everyone affectedβespecially first responders & those who have lost homes, loved ones, or businesses. We are reaching out to agencies and local officials to see how we can.
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If you see #Saymo on the streets, be kind to him. He and Jo Beth broke up and he's heartbroken. @RealRichardKind @mulaney @ServeRobotics #EverybodysInLA
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The most profit & market expanding event of recent history has led to a market sell off, which just tells you how irrational markets are in the short term.
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You win some, you lose some.
Tesla FSD v13 waits for self-driving fridge to cross the road. I guess were in the future nowπ $TSLA.
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A milestone moment for @ServeRobotics and for the industry: Commercial level 4 autonomy! Serve robots don't need humans in the loop, to operate safely.
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Thanks for having me on the @SquawkCNBC this morning @BeckyQuick, @squawkjoe and @andrewrsorkin. Next time we will bring tacos.
Robots are roaming the streets. @UberEats is making a big investment in autonomous delivery, and plans to put 2,000 delivery robots in cities across America as soon as the end of this year. @ahkashani, CEO of @ServeRobotics, explains why a robot may deliver your next order:
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My holiday book recommendations for (1/2):. A week doesnβt go by without my recommending @scottbelsky's The Messy Middle. Belsky is a great storyteller who paints a vivid picture of how messy it is to create & innovate.
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Robots getting quite fashionable.
Thank you @thepangaia for our new outfits! π. Look for our fashionable and sustainable styling around Los Angeles and West Hollywood.
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Listen to me get grilled on Autonocast :) Thank you @kirstenkorosec @Tweetermeyer @AlexRoy144 for the fun interview.
Can a delivery bot be a good citizen of the sidewalk? @Postmates VP of Special Projects @ahkashani thinks so, and explains how he convinced San Francisco and Los Angeles to issue exclusive permits to test his new Serve sidewalk-based delivery bot.
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We had the newest member of the β¦@UberEatsβ© and β¦@ServeRoboticsβ© team attend Davos this year. Navigated the icy streets quite well and fit right in w/the crowd!
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How did Her become real in less than 10 years, but The Jetsons are still a fantasy 60 years later?!
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Hey LA!! π βοΈ. Your next #UberEats @shakeshack order π may arrive via this cutey - a.@ServeRobotics autonomous robot. π€. Select customers. #OnOurWay. More:
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Asked ChatGPT to write a hollywood movie proposal about the SVB failure. My prompt was a tweet-size summary (and keep in mind ChatGPT has no references of the SVB collapse in its training). Here's what it produced: . Title: "Code Red: Silicon Shutdown". Summary:. "Code Red:.
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Profit motive sounds dirty but it's the cleanest and most transparent way to make incredibly complex things efficiently. Non-profit sounds clean but any non-profit organisation that amasses power will have a different but hidden motive. It becomes a hotbed that attracts the.
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Best decision I made in my life was NOT to follow my parents' advice to study Electrical Engineering! After the first year, I secretly switched to CS and failed to mention it at home for a whole yearπ. Of my high school class, it's very obvious what correlated most with happy.
What you major in has more impact on your future salary than the name of the school. βOverall, computer science, engineering and health sciences programs provide the highest returns on college investments.β
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Suddenly everyone has been in founder mode this whole time.
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Who wears it better? π€.
THIS robot DELIvered MY FOOD !!! TECHNOLOGY. SCIENCE. ROBOTS. FUTURE.
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#LoveIsLove . Thank you @ScottLewallen for this amazing art work.
π We are excited to launch our first local artist-designed robot with @inkedbyskut in honor of #PrideMonth! π. Come meet Marsha at @PinkDotDelivery tomorrow in West Hollywood with @JohnEricksonWH!. And keep an eye out to see her around town all June!
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Incredibly excited to have an opportunity to work alongside @touraj.π€π―π @ServeRobotics.
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This is what moving 2 lb burritos in 2 ton cars looks like.
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@AliceFromQueens Bad take. Reducing wasteful spending inevitably requires addressing the long tail. It's not a handful of big things; it's millions of small things.
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In startups you have oh s*** days and holy s*** days. At the end your job is to have one more holy s*** day than oh s*** day.
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.@Lexus Statistically speaking, the ones stuck on the road aren't robots!. I know you can't show it in your commercials, so let me help you
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Man, Zoe is getting famous! I think it's time to have an IMDb page for Serve robots.
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.@FOXTV Guys next time holler and we'll get you the real thing! She even wears masks. #maskedsinger @NickCannon @kenjeong @JennyMcCarthy @NicoleScherzy @robinthicke
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And this is where understanding the above helps you become more resilient: If you see your job as converting high entropy into lower entropy, then dealing with a constant stream of tough decisions becomes expected, and you can remain focused. Knowing that this is exactly the job.
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A new norm has been set; the Trump family just received a free pass for 4 years to do just about anything they wish with impunity, knowing that a pardon is assured. Biden will go down as one of the worst presidents in US history. Not only did he fail to fulfill the core promise.
BREAKING . Moments before President-elect Trump is sworn-in, President Biden has granted a full and unconditional pardon to members of his family. James Biden, Sara Biden, Valerie Biden, John Owens, and Francis Biden.
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The only thing cooler than robots is robots+drones π.
BREAKING: @ServeRobotics has announced a pilot partnership with @Wing, increasing the reach and efficiency of autonomous delivery. Learn more:
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We don't live to breath; we breath to live. Same is true at work: We aren't on a mission to create profit; we create profit to pursue our mission.
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We're growing. Come join the party! :).
Want to join a mission-driven startup? @ServeRobotics has grown our team by over 30% this year as we work to deliver a more sustainable future. Come join us!
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This year alone I personally know two founding CEOs fired by VCs in the Vancouver startup scene (where Bench was also located). My DMs are open to any founders raising money from Canadian VCs and want to know who to avoid.
Bad investors destroyed a great Canadian company by replacing the founder with so-called professionals.
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The man who jammed transistors into machines & spoke of their compounding progress lived to see the day his machines spoke better than men. What a ride! #RIPGordonMoore.
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@lpolovets I once expressed love (also via text) to the founder of a startup I was in the process of acquiring!. To my defense both names had 75% the same letters. Dramatically changed the founders name in my contacts afterwards!.
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Completely detached from reality. If your VC thinks you have it too easy as an entrepreneur π©π©π©.
The biggest problem of venture capital right now is we have made entrepreneurship too safe a career path. Starting a company should be for the crazy, for the obsessed. Instead, it is for the rational. Leave top tier university, raise VC. Own your own time, work on something.
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I think the only thing worse than having them trade is banning them. It's good for politicians to have skin in the economy, otherwise their personal interests will be misaligned with the public even more than it already is. Instead of banning, just deal with insider trading so.
We really should ban Congress from trading stocks.
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Startups are a series of oh s*** and holy s*** moments. You just need one more holy s*** than oh s***.
Starting a company is awesome if you want to feel like a piece of shit one day and king of the universe next day and just keep alternating back and forth forever and ever.
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#FutureIsNow .Join us:
Tomorrow has a habit of getting here sooner than you r prepared for. @ServeRobotics - via @YouTube.
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@bergermsophie Some of my all time favorites:. * The Platform Revolution (by Geoffrey Parker).* Exit Path (by @touraj).* The Alliance (by @reidhoffman).* Super Founders (by @alitamaseb).* Creative Selection (by @kocienda).* The Messy Middle (by @scottbelsky).
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Most people react to high entropy environments with stress, anxiety, and risk aversion. The ambiguity and lack of clear paths leads to discomfort and paralysis. On the other hand, successful entrepreneurs thrive in high entropy because they embrace uncertainty and see it as an.
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Re-uploading the video; turns out you can't cross post from Tiktok!
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Catch me on @TheBigMoneyShow in a couple of hours.
TODAY ON THE BIG MONEY SHOW:. Georgia Congressman @RepBuddyCarter . @ServeRobotics Co-Founder & CEO @ahkashani . Tune in at 1p ET on @FoxBusiness with @RiggsReport, @BrianBrenberg and @JackieDeAngelis
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Praying for friends in Israel to stay safe over the coming hours, and that these reckless people in power stop escalating. There's no victory; only innocent lives lost everywhere.
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@_buames James, I'm grateful for the chance to learn from you and share in this journey. Youβve made a lasting impact on everyone you touched. Sending love to you and your family.
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@samschmitz Unless you're one of those who gets pulled in for "random" screening at immigration from time to time, adding anywhere from 15 to 90 minutes to your timeline!!.
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"Delivery robots could also be a boon for entrepreneurs looking to cut down on their emissions. Kashani says that roughly 1.5 percent of all CO2 emissions come from cars making shopping trips within a three-mile radius of their homes.".
Delivery robots are coming faster than you think. @BenLucasSherry
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Serve and Snoop Dogg hanging out. you know, a typical Friday when you make robots!
I think itβs time we start referring to @SnoopDogg as Snoop Catt. Check out the friends and family screening of The #GarfieldMovie and get tickets to see it only in theaters now πΎ.
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Two weeks in, my summary of how to understand Apple Vision Pro. Forget AR/VR. Imagine $AAPL has just introduced a new display:. > AVP is cheaper ($3.5k) than Pro Display ($5k), yet it's better in so many ways. > Surround screen size, rather than Pro Display's 32".> It's not.
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Been there.
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Startups operate in high entropy environments, with many known unknowns and even more unknown unknowns. The process of building a startup involves converting this high-entropy state into a lower-entropy one by systematically discovering and resolving uncertainties, and by doing.
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If you normalize by population, the their city and state (province) budget for Vancouver adds to $4.85 billion. That's less than half of SF's budget! And Vancouver offers an order of magnitude better quality of life to its residence.
Hey .@SFbos . In a city/county of 850,000 ppl if you can't "make do" on $13.5BILLION, . YOU are the problem. It's not a funds issue, it's a lack of accountability and rampant mismanagement issue.
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TLDR: Two guys, one with an outstanding arrest warrant, tried to steal a robot--first time that has happened in 5 years of operation. We used the video as evidence and secured a conviction. The headline is trying to imply something that isn't true, but any subjective observer.
SCOOP: Footage from a food delivery robot in Los Angeles was given to the LAPD as evidence and used to secure a criminal conviction, according to internal emails I got using a public records request. cc @FilmThePoliceLA.
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