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Colin Webb
Founder and CEO of Avatar Robotics, a San Francisco startup building teleoperated humanoid robots for warehouse labor. MIT graduate and former autonomous-vehicle engineer at Cruise; previously co-founded an AI startup (acquired by Virtual Dining Concepts) with Nenye Anagbogu. UVA McIntire (RBS '14).
United States · 1 current role
Physical AI footprint (2)
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- Founder and CEO
Avatar Robotics builds teleoperated humanoid robots for industrial labor, combining remote human operators, VR headsets, and AI-driven autonomy into an always-o
- Former Autonomous Vehicle Engineer
Autonomous vehicle company founded 2013, acquired by [General motors](/companies/general-motors) in 2016; operated as a largely autonomous GM subsidiary buildin
Microsoft Strategic Investment · $2B7 verified deployments · Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) at Phoenix →14 incidents2 models
Current roles (1)
- Avatar Robotics Founder and CEOSecondary-verified
Former / Previously (1)
- Cruise Autonomous Vehicle EngineerSecondary-verified
Sources (3)
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/avatar-robotics-raises-6-5-million-seed-to-build-the-unlimited-industrial-workforce-302843349.html
- https://www.businessinsider.com/avatar-robotics-raises-6-5m-to-expand-robot-workforce-2026-8
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/webbcolin_we-made-it-extremely-easy-to-do-manual-work-activity-7486138337448308736-Z9P0
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