James Kuffner

Physical AI footprint (5)

The physical AI companies James is connected to that DEPLOY verifies. The full record is one click away.

• Intuition Roboticsverified→
  Portfolio company · via Woven Capital

  Israeli social robotics company developing ElliQ — AI-powered companion robot for older adults to reduce loneliness and support independent aging.

  Series C · $25M5 verified deployments · ElliQ at New York →2 models
• Symboticverified→
  Chief Technology Officer

  Warehouse-automation company (NASDAQ: SYM; Wilmington MA) whose system pairs SymBot AMRs with vision-guided arms and storage structure; dominant via its Walmart

  SPAC IPO · $725M4 verified deployments · Symbot at Wilmington →3 models
• Third Wave Automationverified→
  Portfolio company · via Woven Capital

  Third Wave Automation, company developing autonomous forklifts and retrofit kits for warehouse vehicle automation using AI and computer vision.

  Series B · $40M1 verified deployment · TWA Reach at Global (multiple sites) →1 model
• Googleverified→
  Former Head of Google Robotics

  Google (Alphabet, NASDAQ: GOOGL) develops AI, cloud computing, and autonomous driving technology.

  1 model
• Tacta Systemsverified→
  Portfolio company · via Woven Capital

  Palo Alto-based robotics company developing [Dextrous Intelligence](/models/dextrous-intelligence) — a software, hardware, and AI system that gives robots human

  Series A · $64M1 model

Current roles (1)

• Symbotic Chief Technology OfficerIR-verified

Investor roles (1)

• Woven Capital general partner(venture)

Former / Previously (1)

• Google Head of Google RoboticsSecondary-verified

Education (1)

• Stanford University PhD, Computer Science

Sources (1)

1. https://www.symbotic.com/company/leadership/