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Serve is betting that food delivery and access to public markets are the keys to scaling robotics

Today on Equity () , Rebecca Bellan caught up with Ali Kashani () , co-founder and CEO of Serve Robotics () , to unpack how Serve is navigating public markets, scaling real-world robotics, and building what it hopes is the future of last-mile delivery. Listen to the full episode to hear more about: • How…

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How Serve went from a lidar-focused startup to a publicly traded company via reverse merger in 2023

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What it takes to scale a delivery fleet across cities like L.A., Miami, and Dallas

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Why Kashani says Serve’s sidewalk bots collect four times more visual data per day than GPT-4’s vision model

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How ground robots and drones might work together to finally crack last-mile logistics

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SpaceX’s S-1 Claims a TAM as Large as the Annual US GDP

The SpaceX S-1 dropped, and the $28 trillion TAM claim inside is somehow not even the wildest part. The Equity podcast team breaks down what’s in the filing, and whether any of this math connects to reality.

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The SpaceX S-1 dropped, and the $28 trillion TAM claim inside is somehow not even the wildest part.

The Equity podcast team breaks down what’s in the filing, and whether any of this math connects to reality.

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Not all versions of the iPhone 18 might launch in September. CNET’s Bridget Carey breaks down the latest rumors on the iPhone 18 and iPhone 18 Pro. You can find the products mentioned in this video linked below Apple iPhone 17, US Version, 256GB Apple iPhone 17 Pro, US Version, 256GB Apple iPhone 17 Pro…

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Not all versions of the iPhone 18 might launch in September. CNET’s Bridget Carey breaks down the latest rumors on the iPhone 18 and iPhone 18 Pro.

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