A Robotics Startup Perishes, and It’s Got Tales to Tell
A Robotics Startup Perishes, and It’s Got Tales to Tell
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May 9, 20187m 10s
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Show Notes
TickTock has run out of time. Don’t fret if you don’t know what that is—after all, the startup launched just a year ago. But in that time the company cycled through four different consumer robot concepts in the hopes of shaping the future of the home, moving beyond simpleton Roombas to truly intelligent machines. After TickTock's collapse, though, co-founder and ex-Googler Ryan Hickman is talking candidly about what it’s like to build an unwanted robot.
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