The Pitch #178 CosmicBrain AI: How to Train Your Robot
Feb 18, 2026
A founder with lifelong robot obsession demos VR-powered tools that let anyone teach robots new skills using video and glasses. They discuss making robot training software that works across many robot brands, marketplaces for robot skills, and one-shot transfer from egocentric footage. Conversations cover B2B use cases like warehouses, agriculture, airlines, and the tension between task-specific robots and humanoids.
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Founder With A Lifelong Robotics Obsession
- Anto fell in love with physics at seven and built hundreds of robots through high school.
- He then built a smart water bottle sold to the military and later worked on large LLMs at NASA.
Robotics As A Translation Layer
- Cosmic Brain positions itself as the "cursor for robotics," a software layer that translates human videos into robot skills.
- This reframes robot training as data translation rather than bespoke hardware engineering.
Dual Monetization: SaaS Plus Marketplace
- Monetize both training usage and a marketplace for reusable skills (VLAs).
- Charge per training hours or API usage and take revenue share when skills run on customers' robots.