Ask HN: Brutal Feedback on Our AI Robotics Pitch Deck?

3 points by ahmedbaracat 13 hours ago

Hey HN,

We’re building AI-powered robotic arms trained via VR & computer vision to automate previously infeasible, variable, and unstructured tasks—starting with kitting and pick & pack in fulfillment centers. Our goal is to replace manual labor in warehouses while making automation more adaptable.

We’re currently raising a £1M pre-seed round (closing by March) and would love brutal, no-BS feedback on our pitch deck: https://pricelessai.com/

What sucks? What's unclear? If you were an investor, what would make you pass? Any insights are hugely appreciated.

Thanks!

chfritz 6 hours ago

Pre-seed is mostly raised on the quality of the team. But your team slide barely shows anything that would convince people that you know what you are talking about. The problem you describe (and also the approach) is something a lot of companies are currently working on, so you better have a strong answer to "why us?".

> [Short Term] Outsourcing selling and deployment > We don’t handle deployment ... > [Long Term] Inhouse commercial arm > We are the single POC for the customer

100% wrong! First of all your deployments won't be successful if you don't see them through and micro-manage and monitor them. Secondly, you want to learn first hand how these deployments go and what the issues are. Thirdly, your "partners" will laugh you out of the room if you don't come with very detailed and streamlines instructions for how to deploy, configure, do user training, etc.

> Expanding into adjacent sectors such as construction (£10 trillion, 2023) and agriculture (£10 trillion, 2023)

This shows naivety. These markets are not adjacent to anyone who has been in robotics for more than five years. This statement makes you look stupid. Manipulators (arms) and retrofitting existing farming machinery are two very different subproblem in robotics, with very different stacks and very different deployment models (and even financing models -- agtech is very seasonal). If you want a more adjacent market, look at applications for mobile manipulators (arms on bases).