About
Dr. Tessa Lau is the Founder and CEO of Dusty Robotics, a company developing robot-powered tools for the construction workforce. She previously co-founded and served as CTO of Savioke, where she led the deployment of more than 75 delivery robots in hotels and high-rises, and earlier worked as a Research Scientist at Willow Garage and spent 11 years at IBM Research in business process automation and knowledge capture. Lau holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Washington and has expertise in AI, machine learning, and robotics.
Founder at Dusty Robotics
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Dusty Robotics's investors · 8
Canaan PartnersStamford · $500K – $20M checksCantos VenturesSan Francisco · $400K – $1.5M checksGRIDS CapitalSão PauloHumba VenturesSan Francisco · $750K checksNextGen Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $500K – $2M checksRoot VenturesSan Francisco · since 2022Root Ventures Manager, LlcSan Francisco · $3M – $5M checksScale Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $5M – $25M checks · since 2022
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Co-founders at Dusty Robotics
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Philipp HergetDirector, Promoter
Experience
- Dusty RoboticsFounder/CEOcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SaviokeCTO and Chief Robot Whisperer2013 — 2018Sunnyvale, CA
- Willow GarageResearch scientist2012 — 2013Menlo Park, CA, United States and Buenos Aires, Argentina
- IBMResearch Staff Member2012
- IBMResearch Staff Member and Manager2009 — 2012IBM Research -- Almaden, San Jose, CA, United States
- IBMResearch Staff Member2005 — 2009IBM Research -- Almaden, San Jose, CA, United States
- IBMResearch Staff Member2001 — 2005IBM Research -- Watson, Hawthorne, NY, United States
- MicrosoftResearch summer intern1998
Skills & more
Python6Java6Linux4LaTeX4REST3Eclipse3Unix3Git2Ruby1Open Source1Android1Databases1
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Machine LearningComputer ScienceProgrammingSoftware EngineeringHuman Computer InteractionSoftware DevelopmentAlgorithmsText MiningIntelligent AgentsData MiningInformation ExtractionNatural Language ProcessingLanguages English · Spanish
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- Dusty Robotics Certified Operator — Dusty Robotics
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tessa Lau?
- Dr. Tessa Lau is the Founder and CEO of Dusty Robotics, a company developing robot-powered tools for the construction workforce. She previously co-founded and served as CTO of Savioke, where she led the deployment of more than 75 delivery robots in hotels and high-rises, and earlier worked as a Research Scientist at Willow Garage and spent 11 years at IBM Research in business process automation and knowledge capture. Lau holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Washington and has expertise in AI, machine learning, and robotics.
- Where does Tessa Lau work?
- Tessa Lau is Founder of Dusty Robotics.
- What companies did Tessa Lau found?
- Tessa Lau founded Dusty Robotics.
- Where did Tessa Lau go to school?
- Tessa Lau studied at Cornell University (Bachelor's degree, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics); University of Washington (MS, PhD); Cornell University (BA, BS).
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