
Amber Atherton
Venture capitalist and entrepreneur
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Sep 10, 2026
2035 Homes: 1 Humanoid Robot or 10 Specialized Robots?
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John KoetsierHOST
Talk about your thesis and where you're where you're coming from, where you see it and how you see the world with specialized robots potentially winning over humanoids.

Amber AthertonGUEST
You know, we're coming at this and I'm coming at this from a consumer investor lens.

Amber AthertonGUEST
So it seems obvious that humanoids are already and will continue to be deployed into industrial factory settings.

Amber AthertonGUEST
I think the general dexterity is still a little bit further away than people may think.

Amber AthertonGUEST
For me, when I look at the consumer landscape around how do these markets evolve, it isn't through generalization.
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John KoetsierHOST
Why haven't we moved past that? Is there something that's different now that's going to open up this market?
The next billion-dollar home robot might not be a humanoid
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Amber AthertonGUEST
There's so many industries that have, I mean, even just look at the kitchen, right? You don't have a fridge that also washes your dishes, is a microwave, is a toaster oven.

Amber AthertonGUEST
And so I think a lot of the Silicon Valley leading vision of consumer robotics has been this sort of single humanoid capable of performing all tasks around the home.

Amber AthertonGUEST
But I think this just sort of ignores the reality of like everyday consumer life and that, we do buy products that do one job exceptionally well.

Amber AthertonGUEST
And like Roomba, you know, we talked about that in the beginning, is a good example of that.

John KoetsierHOST
Why haven't we moved past that? Is there something that's different now that's going to open up this market?