Robotics

Efficiency is time, and time is the one true currency. Innovation in pursuit of efficiency is the most powerful underlying force in driving persistent growth. Entrepreneur & author Jim Rohn said that “time is more valuable than money, you can…

For twenty years, the team at Loup has had a pulse on technology and a point of view on how that tech will change the world. The cutting edge of that change is frontier tech, driven today by AI, fintech,…

In our Manifesto 2.0, we make the case that, over the next decade, automation will replace 70% of all jobs currently done by humans. That eventual period of automation will be characterized by pure AI, i.e., robots fully performing tasks…

Automation is poised to be the defining theme of the 2020s. The time is now because of the confluence of advancements in deep learning, information collection via powerful sensors, and hardware able to calculate real-time judgments on that information to…

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A year ago, we announced our investment in Bumblebee Spaces, a company that is creating a new way to live by unlocking the third dimension in your living space. Bumblebee hopes to alleviate escalating housing costs and rapid urbanization by…

We introduced our 10-year outlook for robotic adoption across the industrial, commercial, military, and domestic markets in June 2017. Over the last two years, the level of adoption has exceeded our initial expectations across all verticals. We believe the aggregate…

The Loup Frontier Tech Index tracks the performance of publicly-traded companies that influence the future of technology including AI, robotics, autonomous vehicles, computer perception, and virtual and augmented reality. We will be publishing periodic pieces to highlight specific companies in…

This piece marks the first in a quarterly series to track the progress of frontier tech, as measured by the Loup Frontier Tech Index. The index tracks the performance of publicly-traded companies that influence the future of technology including AI,…

Frontier tech has the potential to profoundly impact humanity for better and for worse. That potential is not lost on us. In order to address the downside risks, we published an ethical code for investing: Invest in high-integrity founders making products…

As we exit the information age and enter the automation age, concern has (justifiably) arisen around the topic of disruption in the labor market. What human jobs will be replaced? We consider that question from the standpoint of labor specialization.…

Like many in the tech space, we believe robotics is changing the nature of work. However, public perception of robots is still a question mark. We developed our Robot Fear Index to measure and track the average consumer’s perception of robots. We…