Founder lineage

Where robotics founders came from

The robotics diaspora: 24 companies whose alumni went on to found 77 of their own robotics companies. Every branch is a verified role plus a verified founding.

• The Google diaspora11 companies
• The Tesla diaspora10 companies
• The Meta diaspora6 companies
• The Willow Garage diaspora6 companies
• The Waymo diaspora3 companies
• The Anduril Industries diaspora3 companies
• The Amazon diaspora3 companies
• The SpaceX diaspora3 companies
• The Google DeepMind diaspora2 companies
• The Baidu diaspora2 companies
• The Uber diaspora2 companies
• The Wing diaspora2 companies
• The Neuralink diaspora2 companies
• The xAI diaspora2 companies
• The Archer Aviation diaspora2 companies
• The Boston Dynamics diaspora2 companies
• The XPeng Robotics diaspora2 companies
• The Clearpath Robotics / OTTO Motors diaspora2 companies
• The OTTO Motors diaspora2 companies
• The Clearpath Robotics diaspora2 companies
• The Agility Robotics diaspora2 companies
• The 1X Technologies diaspora2 companies
• The Dreame Technology diaspora2 companies
• The Figure AI diaspora2 companies

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