Josh Gruenstein

What iPhone Packaging Reveals About the Robotics Opportunity

Josh Gruenstein, Martin Casado, Raghu Raghuram

Tutor Intelligence, led by CEO Josh Gruenstein, is deploying over 250 million units to address the 90% of U.S. facilities lacking robotics by offering general-purpose robots like Cassie and Sunny that compete directly with human labor. The company employs a full-stack strategy where tele-operated human tutors generate proprietary training data, enabling daily software updates and rapid deployment within 40 to 60 days. By shifting from high capital expenditure to operational expense models and manufacturing its own hardware in Massachusetts, Tutor aims to lower the cost of physical goods and drive a resurgence in American manufacturing.