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July Founder Highlights: Bones, Biceps, and Batteries (BBB) 🦴💪🔋
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Hey All,
I hope you all are having a great summer! I’m excited to showcase Fort and Pila in this month’s newsletter — both are working to strengthen peoples lives, in the gym and at home!
Congratulations to the folks and teams that made the Robotaxi happen! Exciting to see them on the road in Austin, and with CyberCab to come.
Also, introducing a new segment — The Time Capsule! We’ll be sharing photos from past builds, old teams, and tasteful moments. Got something good that only other ex-Tesla folks will appreciate? Send it in the form below! We won’t post anything NDA-sensitive and it only goes out to ex-Tesla email subscribers.
I’ll kick things off with a couple of mine at the end!
This Month’s Alumni Start-Ups
Fort Care Co. ⌚️
Miranda and Paul are building Fort Care Co., dedicated to advancing musculoskeletal health care.
They are taking beta testers for their first wearable device dedicated to strength training and rehabilitation.
Community Call-Out:
The team is calling for beta testers to come pump some reps at their SF office!
Sign up for a time at http://fort.cx/demos
From the Founders:
Hey XSLA crew!
We’ve been hard at work prototyping Fort, and are excited to share more about the product publicly soon. Our first field test units will be shipped shortly, and we’ll be scaling our beta testing program from there.
Beta units will have a full-featured mobile app to accompany the device. If you’re interested in trying one out, sign up for our mailing list or come by our office via fort.cx/demos - we’d love to meet you!
Attached is a video of our MVP.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1voE-FRYQSr9CUtr1MpNyuZtBEXCAfAbQ/view?usp=sharing
Thanks for thinking of us, and looking forward to seeing you soon!
Pila Energy 🏠
Cole is building right-sized home battery backup solutions, dedicated to strengthening individual energy needs.
They are shipping their first units at the end of the year and have already sold out of their early access reservations!
Community Call-Out:
Check out the Pila Energy’s website and learn more about ways to become energy independent.
From the Founder:
Cole Ashman (Tesla, Energy ‘19) - LinkedIn
From The Last Issue 🗞️
Ishita Tyagi (Tesla, Manufacturing Engineering ‘19) - LinkedIn
Tejas Bhakta (Tesla, Autopilot ‘23) - LinkedIn
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