043 - Jack Morrison (Scythe Robotics) On Autonomous Lawnmowers

It was so nice to reconnect to Jack Morrison to talk about his company, Scythe Robotics. Scythe builds autonomous lawnmowers to sell to commercial lawn care companies. Jack and I first got connected at Boulder Startup week in 2016, and three years later, here we are. On this episode, we dive into questions like:

What are you building at Scythe?

What fundamental problems does Scythe help solve?

Is the lawnmower owned by the city, a family, or a commercial company?

What knowledge did you have going into Scythe?

What goes into building an autonomous lawnmower?

What is Lidar and Radar, and which one did you pick for Scythe?

Do you have plans to go beyond commercial neighborhoods

What is the sales process for Scythe’s lawnmowers?

Do you see other companies using autonomous robots in different verticals?

What do you think about Boston Dynamics?

How do you see cities using parking lots in the future?

What do you think about Tesla?

Tips for starting a company

And more!!!

Learn more about Jack on his website here. Thanks for tuning in!

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