前 Nvidia 高管 Amulya Vishwanath：机器人为何还没迎来 ChatGPT 时刻
An Nvidia insider-turned-VC on why robotics hasn’t hit its ChatGPT moment, yet
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在 Nvidia 机器人平台负责产品营销七年的 Amulya Vishwanath 认为，机器人目前仍处于“乐高时代”，执行器、机械手、软件和安全标准等基础模块都还在重建中。
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这一判断与“通用基础模型即将让机器人迎来 ChatGPT 时刻”的观点相左。她如今是 Techable VC 的创始人兼管理合伙人，投资方向为机器人、材料科学和生命科学等物理 AI 领域，并在 TechCrunch 的 Equity 播客中谈了自己作为最早从 Nvidia 出走创办早期基金的女高管之一的经历。
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Amulya Vishwanath, who spent seven years leading product marketing for NVIDIA’s robotics platforms, says robotics is currently in its “Lego era,” with the basic building blocks like actuators, robotic hands, software, and safety standards still being rebuilt.
This view runs counter to those who believe that robotics, powered by a general foundation model, is about to have its “ChatGPT moment” — that day when the shockingly capable chatbot was launched in late 2022. (General Intuition CEO Pim de Witte told Equity earlier this year that a single general foundation model would make much of today’s specialized robotics work redundant, and be that moment.)
On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Dominic-Madori Davis caught up with Vishwanath to discuss where she’s writing first checks as the founder and managing partner of Techable VC. They also talked about what she’s learned as one of the first women executives to spin out of Nvidia and launch her own early-stage firm investing in physical AI across robotics, materials science, and life sciences.
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