DO YOU NEED MORE SPACE?

We may be able to provide access to startup/cowork space at the going market rates but with the value add of access to our network of mentors and investors. Are you interested?

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"Explore The Machine", our 'bots&beer' at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Labs was a sellout with 150 people in attendance and 50+ on waitlist for the event. We'll be lining up another showcase of The Machine and you can also join The Machine User Group to access the simulation. The Machine's persistent memory over photonics is an architecture explicitly designed for big data - just what robots need.

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VISIT US! We're at 100 Broadway (near Embarcadero). Check the SVR calendar for hours that I'm in the office and then tweet me @svrobo #Visit (working on a doorbell app :).

A 2 person desk it's $2,000/qtr, or a p/t seat when you visit SF ($1,000/qtr). Would your company like to sponsor a startup desk? You can join our robotics/hardware/AI mentors and investors network, as well as coworking with other robotics/hardware/AI professionals. (andra@svrobo.org)

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Silicon Valley Robotics in partnership with The Robotics Hub has launched global startup competition Robot Launch 2017 with up to $500,000 investment for winning startups. Also mentorship and space in the Silicon Valley Robotics accelerator/cowork space. Entries open now - deadline August 31.

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Next SF Bots&Beer on August 16. Bring your robot demos, or pitch decks or CVs. Many investors and international visitors attend these events.

More Women in Robotics Happy Hours coming up in August 7 at TRI and August 14 at BossaNova Robotics and TBC at Drive.ai, Blue River Technology and Kindred.AI. Onwards!

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In other news... Cobalt Robotics is in Wired showing how to do security robots at Yelp without them falling over and drowning, although Knightscope's Steve has been resurrected. Self Driving Trucks and Practical Quantum Computing are amongst MIT's Tech Trends of 2017. And O'Reilly's STRATA data conference is looking for speakers - deadline Sept 12. Vote for my SxSW panel on Asimov’s Laws of Robotics and what we really need for good robot design - deadline August 25.

SVIEF 2017 is back in Santa Clara on Sep 28-29. Speaker opportunities for robotics startups. The O'Reilly AI Startup Showcase is on Sept 17-20 in SF.. SPRING Slingshot competition deadline August 7. Kraftwerk Bremen 14 month accelerator program in partnership with Mercedes Benz application deadline August 14. Singapore's SPRING Capital has $100m for advanced tech/manufacturing/logistics startup investment, application deadline August 25. And New York is offering up to $1million in prizes/investment for unmanned system startups. Register now and save 10% on Westec expo on Smart Manufacturing and Robotics in LA Sept 12-14.

Plus we're looking for a cool startup to showcase to EU investors on Sept 6. [andra@svrobo.org]

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We just found the last of the fabulous Robot Block Party 2017 t-shirts in the back of a box! Size S, M, L, XL in supersoft unisex slim fit. $30 (including postage etc for US/Canada) - probably $35 elsewhere in the world - but email me :) andra@svrobo.org?subject="TSHIRT"

PUT ON A DINNER - ASK FOR AN INVITE - MEET OUR '25 WOMEN FOR 2016'

We're finally redone the Robot Launch website to do what we do best:

Now you can register your startup for competitions or investment OR list a robot startup resource like an accelerator, meetup, makerspace, investor or industry group.

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Silicon Valley Robotics holds a range of robotics seminars, showcases and social events. You can also join Silicon Valley Robotics as an individual or startup and post your bio on the website.

Are you a startup or successful company doing business in the Silicon Valley or SF Bay Area? Are you a robotics professional, hobbyist, media or policy pundit, looking for more information or networking?

Join Silicon Valley Robotics one of the largest robotics clusters in the world. Members get access to network events, news and information. Select startups may be offered an invitation to pitch to investors at an investor showcase.

Andra Keay
Founder, Robot Launchpad
Managing Director, Silicon Valley Robotics

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Robot Garden
weekends | Livermore CA

We've opened a robot focused hackerspace - right next to the federal laboratories - LLNL and Sandia. DIY lasers, rockets, robots and cold fusion anyone?