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Building Drones for Aerial AI with Flyby Robotics’ Cat Orman
Cat Orman is the COO and cofounder of Flyby Robotics, which is building the first American-made medium-lift drone as a platform for edge AI.
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Cat Orman is the COO and cofounder of Flyby Robotics, which is building the first American-made medium-lift drone as a platform for edge AI.
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Märt-Erik Martens is the CEO and co-founder of Gelatex, a materials technology company pioneering the production of nanofibrous materials through its proprietary halospinning technology.
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Abhi Godavarthi is the CEO and co-founder of General Biological, a startup that has developed a novel biomanufacturing technique to produce specialty chemicals and other products at a massive scale. The following interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
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