Grubhub Partners with Avride: Future of Food Delivery

New York City has introduced a 15 mph speed limit for e-bikes due to rising bike fatalities. In response, delivery services like Grubhub are testing robots in Jersey City for safer delivery. Companies like Avride and Manna aim to enhance delivery efficiency and safety, while significant investments signal a growing market for autonomous delivery technology.

New York’s Drones & Robotics AI Summit Ushers In A Growing Automation Industry

The Big Apple is the center of the East Coast innovation corridor, which stretches north to Canada and down south to D.C.’s Tech Triangle, with its tentacles extending as far as Detroit’s Motor City. On November 8th, in the heart of New York City, 200+ leaders within the drones, robotics, and artificial intelligence ecosystem gathered … Read more

ffVC’s Drones & Robotics Summit: Automation Is The Recession Hedge

Chicken Little blog missives have inundated Medium’s site lamenting the stock market’s decline. Since joining ff Venture Capital’s partnership this summer, I’ve been awestruck by the level of optimism that permeates the organization. While others are now constricting their activity; ffVC is plowing ahead by closing its seventh fund and launching an eighth one for … Read more

Are Ethics Keeping Pace With Technology?

Returning from vacation, my inbox overflowed with emails announcing robot “firsts.” At the same time, my relaxed post-vacation disposition was quickly rocked by the news of the day and recent discussions regarding the extent of AI bias within New York’s financial system. These unrelated incidents are very much connected in representing the paradox of the acceleration … Read more