TBPN(@tbpn):Terrafirma CEO @noah_schochet and his co-founder started by building homemade robots out of Tupperware containers from their lunchboxes. Today, the company announced a $100M Series A led by @kleinerperkins. Terrafirma's first paying customer was their landlord, who asked if their robots could demolish a building. "We went around asking, 'Who is willing to let us make some money with these robots?' Our landlord said, 'Hey, I got a building for you to demolish. You think you guys can do it?'" "We literally operated the robots ourselves and knocked down a couple buildings and got paid our first check." "We were like, 'Whoa, you can just become a robotic construction company.'"

2026.07.15 01:37

Terrafirma CEO @noah_schochet and his co-founder started by building homemade robots out of Tupperware containers from their lunchboxes. Today, the company announced a $100M Series A led by @kleinerperkins. Terrafirma's first paying customer was their landlord, who asked if their robots could demolish a building. "We went around asking, 'Who is willing to let us make some money with these robots?' Our landlord said, 'Hey, I got a building for you to demolish. You think you guys can do it?'" "We literally operated the robots ourselves and knocked down a couple buildings and got paid our first check." "We were like, 'Whoa, you can just become a robotic construction company.'"