Robotics

shotwell.ai

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Founded 2026Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Shotwell AI is building the data QA layer for dexterous robotics. We work with teams collecting teleoperation and egocentric data to provide dense semantic annotation and validate task adherence. This lets teams compress feedback loops from weeks to hours and iterate on models much faster.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Founders & team

Farhan Khan

Founder/CEO

Previously worked on humanoid robots at Sunday Robotics and self-driving cars at Tesla

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Ali Abdalla

Founder

Previously: co-founded Gradio which was acquired by Hugging Face and used by >1M developers a day, Tesla, MIT.

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
4team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2026 · Source

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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
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Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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