Meritocracy is the essence of the American Dream, but in reality, it’s much easier for employers to spot prestige than proficiency. That’s why we’re building MeritFirst with Sam Lessin and Zack Ganieany, and helping a fast-growing community of top companies systematically assess real-world ability.
If reading this, you’re likely able to recall the first moment you marvelled at some act of physical autonomy - the sort our progenitors might have pronounced spellwork. The memory is for some more recent than for others; it may have been a Waymo or a mobile manipulator, a humanoid or a quadruped. In any case, the experience seems to have surpassed that threshold of ubiquity which affords us all the right to say: robotic intelligence has captured our mainstream public imagination.
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Drew Oetting is one of the biggest forces providing the financial fuel this new generation of fast-growing, super-sized startups need to make it. His venture capital firm, 8VC, has invested in startups like Unlearn, Chaos, Tome, and Ushur.
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