At Tech City News, we’re always keen to shine a light on those who make up the UK’s thriving technology community.
This week, we spoke with Ahti Heinla, co-founder and CEO of Starship Technologies, a robotics company.
Heinla talked about the future of the robotics industry and his definition of success.
Tech vertical: Robotics
Funding: €16.5m
Staff count: 90
Location: London
Founded: 2014
Q: Where did the idea for Starship Technologies come from?
While still at Skype, Janus Friis and I were brainstorming the changes we could make in the world using new robotic technology. We realised we could make the world smaller with robots by creating a low-cost and sustainable delivery option for the things people need most in everyday life: groceries, takeaway food, packages, etc. Once we realised this was possible to do with autonomous robots, we set out to create them....