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Eric Maihofer
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Eric Meyhofer is a robotics engineer and former Carnegie Mellon researcher who previously led Uber's Advanced Technologies Group, the company's self-driving vehicle unit. He currently leads Lab37, the food robotics division of Atoms, Travis Kalanick's industrial robotics company, where he oversees development of automated food assembly systems including the Bowl Builder kitchen robot. He is also a named inventor on multiple Uber patents related to autonomous vehicle sensor systems.
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hire·The a16z Show·AUGUST 14, 2026
“Eric Maihofer, who ran Uber's advanced technology group. He's running food robotics. [00:18:35]”
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