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Wow, that's a lot. Is that how much you reckon Anybot is spending? Would it be a lot cheaper to simply sell your hardware as a kit (less certifications, etc)?
by tocomment 18y ago
Wow, that's a lot. Is that how much you reckon Anybot is spending? Would it be a lot cheaper to simply sell your hardware as a kit (less certifications, etc)?
- anamax 18y agoThe cost savings from requiring user assembly are much smaller than the market loss from limiting your market to folks who are willing to assemble.
- brk 18y agoNot sure about Anybots. Only remotely familiar with them through some mentions here. A quick (very quick) bit of research looks like they're part startup and part experiment in terms of investing in the robotics space overall. Most of what they're doing is work, not invention, so they should be on the cheaper end of the spectrum. They still likely have a relatively high BOM and a ton of tooling costs for custom parts and such. Additionally, they're going to have to spend a lot of money on PR, tradeshows, and demo equipment to get it anywhere near viable (assuming it is meant to be more startup than experiment). It's also too soon to tell, a small bit of fate could swing something like that wildly in either direction. If anybots were a true stand-alone startup (and for all I know, they very well could be), I'd put that at around a $20M net (aAB rounds) investment to get chugging. Could highly likely need a C round to scale out, depending on distribution model (do you buy them online, at Best Buy, or both?).