Frank V. Taylor
I am an early stage VC and deep tech angel investor. Previously, I was a founder and CEO for ~ 15 years and spent 2 years as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Carnegie Mellon University.I invest in hard tech startups led by high agency founders creating abundance through reindustrialization as well as tools that increase speed and accountability by enabling vertical integration.Past investments cluster around robotics & autonomy, aerospace, defense, and energy. My current portfolio includes:
Energy
Aalo Atomics
Mass-manufactured nuclear energy plants that will power anything from a datacenter to a city with 3¢ / kWh electricity.
Robotics
Agility Robotics
The world's first commercially deployed humanoid robot solving for 1M+ unfilled material handling positions in the warehousing, logistics, and manufacturing industries.
Aerospace
Astro Mechanica
The world's first jet engine that is maximally efficient across subsonic and supersonic speeds. Building a vertically integrated aerospace company.
Robotics
Atomic Industries
AI-driven platform for producing molds and manufacturing tools collapsing timelines to make production grade tooling from months, to days and soon minutes.
Robotics
Bedrock Ocean Exploration
Vertically-integrated geophysical surveying and seafloor data company building Google Earth for the ocean.
Robotics
Chiplytics
Automated electrical inspection of packaged microelectronics enabling high throughput testing in-house for aerospace grade quality assurance in hours not weeks.
Robotics
Fort Robotics
Robotics control platform to secure robots and maximize human safety by delivering trusted control across any network.
Aerospace
Grid Aero
Uncrewed, long-range cargo aircraft that move heavy payloads across thousands of miles. Uniquely low-cost, rugged, and built for strategic reach to power resilient logistics at scale.
Robotics
Machina Labs
Advanced manufacturing leader integrating AI and robotics for the rapid production of metal components in days vs months.
Robotics
Morpho AI
AI powered platform for engineers building new robots and machines enabling users to create and modify machine designs in minutes not years.
Robotics
Phantom Neuro
Minimally invasive muscle-machine interface for instant, life-like control of robotic prosthetics and exoskeletons.
Aerospace
Shield AI
AI pilots for autonomous systems in denied and dynamic environments. Capable of executing missions ranging from room clearance to penetrating air defenses and dog fighting.
Robotics
Solideon
Autonomous manufacturing platforms that produce complex geometries for mission-ready hardware anywhere in the world.
Aerospace
Spaceium
Fully automated space stations for refueling and repairing spacecraft on orbit. Building the space superhighway to connect Earth to the Moon, and Mars.
Robotics
Terran Robotics
Autonomous drones that build adobe walls fast and cheap. Radically reducing the cost of quality housing.
Autonomy
Turing
The world’s leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs. Building infrastructure for Artificial General Intelligence.
Aerospace
Varda Space Industries
Accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules.
robotics
Volition
Search, quote and purchase any industrial product in one place. Building Amazon for industrial components.
Energy
Zeno Power
Nuclear batteries harnessing radioisotope decay to generate years of reliable energy from deep sea to deep space.
Defense
Zeromark
Auto-targeting fire control systems for zero marksmanship error in counter UAS. Building the last line of drone defense.
Autonomy
8Fleet
Building the infrastructure layer for autonomous vehicle operations and the data layer to auto-balance 1M+ rides / hour.