Jeff Cardenas, CEO of Apptronik, is our guest for this episode about creating the ultimate tool for humans - humanoid robots. We discuss how robots can help humans free their time to do things we’d rather spend our time on. Before discussing Apptronik, we dive into Jeff’s entrepreneurial journey. Jeff led an entrepreneurial life up to Apptronik including a previous venture in political technology that went through Capital Factory. Take a listen and get a glimpse into the future where humans and robots work side by side.

Austinpreneur is hosted by Nick Spiller and edited by Aaron Handwerker.

About Apptronik:

• Maker of world leading humanoid robot, Apollo
• Partnered with NASA, U.S. Army, SOCCOM and other DOD agencies fueling development.
• $25M+ raised in venture capital from Grit Ventures, Capital Factory and recently Terex. 
• Spun out of Human Centered Robotics Lab at The University of Texas. 

About Capital Factory: 

• Center of Gravity for Entrepreneurs in Texas with locations across the state.
• Most active seed fund in Texas investing in 1 startup per week. 
• Partner to 25+ F500 enterprises on their innovation efforts.
• Producer of the Austinpreneur podcast.