Keller Rinaudo Cliffton
@Keller
Founder and CEO @Zipline. Previously, built DNA/RNA computers and climbing walls. Harvard grad. Ex-professional rock climber.
We just made the first delivery to a customer (the Fire Dept) with Platform 2, Zipline’s next-gen automated delivery service. This will save people time and money, expand access to healthcare, reduce traffic, and transition last mile delivery to a zero-emission future 🍃🌱🐛
America First foreign assistance will be all about partnering with innovative American private sector companies like @zipline that are building the infrastructure of the future. Developing nations want catalyzing investment and partnerships that help them become self…
Most people have no idea how wasteful government spending has been. American taxpayers spent $715 billion on foreign aid over several decades, and in doing so we enriched a cartel of NGOs and government contractors, instead of helping the developing countries that were supposed…
Laypeople don't get why building hardware that operates at scale in the world is hard. The world is full of unexpected surprises, including small creatures looking to make cozy homes amongst avionics
The world is accelerating. xAI’s progress is hard to comprehend in any normal timeline
xAI has won a contract up to $200M to bring advanced AI to the US Government and enable @DeptofDefense to win 🇺🇸
Exactly
On demand delivery is still one of the most prolific products even with all the insane fees. Now imagine how big it will be when automation takes that cost down to a dollar or less.
1st day of testing for new mixed propeller design using our in house wind cannon. Test aero setup looks like a futuristic Zipline product 🤔
Exactly. But it doesn’t have to be this way. We used to build airplanes at massive scale and at low cost (WW2). Exciting thing about autonomy is that it will unlock new business models and paradigms. We’ll build 55k next gen aircraft in our first year of full scale production.
Aerospace parts are not 100x overpriced because of paperwork or crazy high standards or any of the reasons folks often think they are. This is a part that would be $50 if it was an aftermarket dingus for your car’s oil pan, if made to the same tolerances/QC and with the same…
Early morning at @Zipline test site. Robots never sleep; we now fly through the night 7 days a week
Happy Father’s Day! Spent today with my family at our test site watching a bunch of next gen features go through flight testing. Hard to beat working on things you believe in and sharing that passion with kids 🚀🌎
am I wrong that any similar age kid in China would be able to easily do this math? Normal in some countries equals “genius” in America 🤦 The judges are so impressed (and struggling with the math themselves)…
Baby Dev is a Maths GENIUS on America's Got Talent 2024!
Nice description of why all logistics will be automated
Why We Want Robots at Work but Humans in Art docs.google.com/document/d/1-3…