Andrew MurphyCommercial: Robotics Outlook 2025This is the third in a six-part series we’re publishing on the future of robotics. Every day this week, we’re publishing a detailed outlook on a category within the robotics market including details on our thesis, outlook and market size for each category.Read more Artificial Intelligence, Robotics
Andrew MurphyIndustrial: Robotics Outlook 2025This is the second in a six-part series we’re publishing on the future of robotics. Every day this week, we’re publishing a detailed outlook on a category within the robotics market including details on our thesis, outlook and market size for each category.…Read more Artificial Intelligence, Robotics
Andrew MurphyIntro: Robotics Outlook 2025This is the first of a six-part series we’re publishing on the future of robotics. Every day next week, we’ll publish a detailed outlook on a category within the robotics market including details on our thesis, outlook and market size for each category.Read more Artificial Intelligence, Robotics
Andrew MurphyThe Future of RetailIt’s no secret that online retail is slowly killing offline retail. In Q4 2016, 8.3% of total US retail sales were online (about $103 billion), up from 5.1% just five years ago (about $53 billion). Offline sales were 91.7% of…Read more Amazon, Artificial Intelligence , Audio , Augmented Reality , Virtual Reality
Andrew MurphyAn Update on Commercial Drones #AUVSI2017If artificial intelligence is the brains, then robots are the brawn in the future of work. Earlier this week, we attended the AUVSI XPOENTIAL trade show in Dallas, the largest global gathering of unmanned systems providers, robotic software developers, and…Read more Artificial Intelligence, Audio , Loup Ventures Podcast , Robotics
Loup VenturesDon’t Miss the Importance of Diminished RealityWritten by guest author Lindsay Boyajian, CMO at Augment Pairing augmented reality with diminished reality provides a superior visual experience and could help grow the AR market.Read more Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality
Doug ClintonWould You Let a Robot Do These 12 Jobs?This week we attended Automate, a robotics trade show in Chicago focused on manufacturing and fulfillment. As we explored the show floor, we saw a number of robots able to work next to humans for an affordable cost of $30-$40k each. Most vendors claimed less…Read more Robotics
Gene MunsterAI’s Busted BracketThe Loup Ventures NCAA bracket contest isn’t as hotly contested as we thought it would be. We entered Bing’s AI bracket into our pool, and it’s just as busted as the others. In fact, Bing’s bracket will finish at the…Read more Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft
Andrew MurphyRobot Fear Index: 31.5Like 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…Read more Amazon, Apple , Artificial Intelligence , Google , Robotics
Doug ClintonThe 5 Focuses: Analyzing The Top Priorities Of The Top Tech CompaniesAs a new fund, we think it is important to share how we view the world beyond our long-term purpose to pursue The Future Perfect. Our Philosophy Series details our most important learnings from our time covering the Internet space…Read more Amazon, Apple , Artificial Intelligence , Augmented Reality , Google , Meta , Philosophy , Robotics , Virtual Reality