Claire Mao
Founder/CEOMIT Math + CS. Aerospace research @ MIT Media Lab; prev @ NASA JPL
Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
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Robotics
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Overview
We're a robotics research lab pushing what's possible with physical AI.
We're MIT computer scientists & friends since middle school, with robotics research backgrounds and industry experience at NASA JPL, SpaceX, and AWS.
Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
Founders & team
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Company history As recorded 2026-11-08
Lucy Cai
Founder/CTOMIT CS + AI. Robotics research @ MIT LIS Lab; prev @ SpaceX, Amazon (AWS)
Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
2team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15
Founded 2026 · Source
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Summer 2026Summer 2026
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Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
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Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented
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- Dated milestonesDated source activity: 2026 Q3 (quarter only)
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