Nvidia veteran Amulya Vishwanath backs physical AI beyond robots
Amulya Vishwanath, who spent seven years leading product marketing for NVIDIA’s robotics platforms, has launched Techable VC to invest in what she calls “physical AI.” The firm targets early‑stage companies in robotics, materials science and life sciences, arguing that the field is still in a “Lego era” where basic components such as actuators, hands and safety standards are being rebuilt.…
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- Amulya Vishwanath, ex‑Nvidia robotics product marketing lead, founded Techable VC to fund physical AI in robotics, materials and life sciences.
- She describes robotics as in a “Lego era” and doubts a single foundation model will cause a ChatGPT‑style breakthrough.
- Vishwanath highlights opportunities such as worker‑short family factories and surgeon burnout, and notes US‑China competitive edges.
In a TechCrunch Equity podcast interview, she explains that physical AI includes molecules, materials, medicines and factory machines, not just robots. She cites concrete problems like family‑run factories struggling to find workers and surgeons facing burnout as prime opportunities. Vishwanath also notes that her Nvidia background gives her a network for due diligence and customer introductions, and she compares the competitive edges of the United States and China, adding that humanoid robots should have uses beyond dancing.
Physical AI is more than robots, says the Nvidia veteran now investing in it
TechCrunch AI · 16 October 2026
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