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This week at Auki, we've begun integrating our newly received Unitree humanoid robot into the Auki network. Initial work indicates a substantial effort ahead, as these robots currently have limited capabilities beyond basic movements. "Robotics is still in its very early stage," making this a prime opportunity for Auki to add significant value through our network and software solutions.
We've been evaluating different robotic form factors, particularly questioning the efficiency of humanoid robots. Despite their popularity, humanoid robots require considerable energy just to maintain balance. "Keeping the robot standing eats up a lot of battery," according to Nils, highlighting a preference for robots with wheels or quadruped designs. We particularly admire form factors like those from Neura Robotics, which combine a single arm with a wheeled base for practical tasks.
Auki is strategically positioned to become a major distributor of specialized robots, especially within the retail sector. We've secured a promising Letter of Intent (LOI) from a retail client, which could translate into significant robot sales. Nils is optimistic, stating, "I think that Auki is in a good position to become one of the largest robot distributors over the next two years."
We're developing custom robots tailored specifically to retail needs, combining camera towers for scanning shelves with robotic arms equipped with barcode scanners. Early prototypes demonstrate the system's effectiveness, showing how easily our robots integrate into the store environment, significantly outperforming competitors in ease and speed of deployment. "Our competitors' robots take days to weeks to set up, and we can get our robot up and running in a single day."
We're actively engaging with major investors to raise between $35 and $60 million. These funds will accelerate our network and software development. Meanwhile, the Auki network’s value proposition has attracted Web2 robotics companies, who are approaching us for software partnerships.
Highlighting our broader strategic vision, we believe the future of AI lies in improving its perception of the physical world, not merely increasing GPU capacity. Our decentralized machine perception network aims to be foundational for both AR and robotics, potentially surpassing even the value of Layer 1 blockchains. We firmly believe that the most impactful thing humanity can do this decade is make the world AI accessible.
Our ongoing renovations at Level 10 reflect our commitment to supporting startups building on the Auki network, providing office space for collaboration and innovation. Emphasizing community importance, we see our infrastructure as "civilization-scale," jointly built, funded, and operated by people globally.
Auki is making the physical world accessible to AI by building the real world web: away for robots and digital devices like smart glasses and phones to browse, navigate, and search physical locations.
70% of the world economy is still tied to physical locations and labor, so making the physical world accessible to AI represents a 3X increase in the TAM of AI in general. Auki's goal is to become the decentralized nervous system of AI in the physical world, providing collaborative spatial reasoning for the next 100bn devices on Earth and beyond.
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