Using AI To CLEAN UP The World's Waterways - Sidhant Gupta (Clearbot) | Startup Scout
Description
Hailing from Bangalore, India, Sidhant Gupta is the co-founder of Clearbot, an AI-powered, self-navigating boat that can automate marine cleanup, oil clearing, foam removal and other critical maritime tasks without any pollution or manpower requirement.
Sidhant holds a Guinness World Record for building the world's fastest robotic fish, has spoken at TEDx and is a Tatler Gen-T honoree.
Clearbot builds electric, emission free, self-driving boats.
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Sidhant’s background
02:15 - Sidhant’s Guinness World Record
04:03 - Origin story of Clearbot
07:43 - Clearbot’s variety of use cases
09:51 - Why Clearbot wins
11:49 - How it works
17:38 - Clearbot’s customers
19:19 - Business model and pricing
22:56 - Go-to-Market strategy
24:24 - Challenge of scaling hardware startup
27:49 - Raising Venture Capital
31:25 - Job openings
33:15 - Expansion plans
35:43 - CTA for audience
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Guest & Company info
Startup - Clearbot
Startup's site - https://www.clearbot.org/
Founder - Sidhant Gupta
Founder's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sdhntgupta/
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