Pittsburgh Risks Losing CMU Robotics Talent to San Francisco

Pittsburgh, the self-proclaimed "robotics capital of the world," could actually pull this off if it didn't misallocate its resources so epically that 99% of CMU grads board a plane to SFO five minutes after graduation. https://twitter.com/ErenChenAI/status/2077149584854327729

7:34 PM · Jul 14, 2026

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Randy@RandyNeu

@chris_j_paxton Uber ATC was a fun little era to read about and cheer on

7:40 PM · Jul 14, 2026

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Anthony@antraymond_

@zobotics very true, sad it happens that way

7:44 PM · Jul 14, 2026

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Chris Paxton@chris_j_paxton

I still would love it if Pittsburgh could pull off some genuinely ambitious robotics project

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Billy Zelsnack 🤖/acc@zobotics

Pittsburgh, the self-proclaimed "robotics capital of the world," could actually pull this off if it didn't misallocate its resources so epically that 99% of CMU grads board a plane to SFO five minutes after graduation. https://twitter.com/ErenChenAI/status/2077149584854327729

7:34 PM · Jul 14, 2026

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