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Chris Walti

Former lead of the Tesla team that became Optimus (departed 2022); co-founded and is CEO of warehouse-automation company Mytra.

United States · 1 current role · 1 founding

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  • Mytraverified→
    Founder

    Mytra is a warehouse robotics company developing an automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) for supply chain operations.

    Series C · $120M1 model
  • Teslaverified→
    Former Lead, mobile robotics / Optimus (former)

    Electric-vehicle and AI company (NASDAQ: TSLA), founded 2003 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, with a physical-AI program spanning three robotics fronts: a [r

    19 verified deployments · Cybercab at Austin, Texas, USA →105 incidents4 models

Current roles (1)

  • Mytra Co-founder & CEOReported, not verified

Foundings (1)

  • Mytrano longer at company

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Former / Previously (2)

  • Tesla Lead, mobile robotics / Optimus (former)Secondary-verified
  • Mytra founderReported, not verified

Sources (1)

  1. https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/23/former-tesla-humanoid-head-launches-a-robotics-startup/

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Companies (1)

Mytra

Robots and products (1)

Mytra Warehouse Robot

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