Normal automates hardware testing and compliance for robotics and drones, closes round

John. Pleasure. Welcome to the stream. Great to meet you. Uh, please introduce yourself for the stream. Who are you? What are you building? How's demo day going? Yeah. Hi. Do I look at you or look at whatever you want. Okay, I'm going to look at you. Fantastic. I'm Anson.

Um, we're building normal and we're automating hardware testing and compliance. Hardware testing and compliance. Any specific verticals? Are we talking like semiconductors, rockets, spaceships, cars? Yeah. Yeah, we're starting with like robotics and drones and other any electrical components that have like a radio Yeah.

Yeah. part to it. So, that's mostly it. So, there's like a test stand where you need to actually see does the motor work and pick up the the robotic arm and it needs to be uh and there's someone there testing that robotic motor like every day.

They get a new robotic arm, they test it, and then they need to put that into some sort of database to manage and and and you kind of provide the software suite that they interact with on the day-to-day basis. That's awesome. When you pitch it back to me, that is what you're doing. Okay. Fantastic.

It's uh very similar to that. So basically as people are trying to build more hardware um and try to build more hardware here, a lot of the testing infrastructure is either overseas or it's um not like very nice to deal with. It's kind of like working with the IRS a little bit.

So just kind of streamlining the process so that as teams go through and like they they build this like wonderful robot or a wonderful like drone like subasssembly, they're able to actually get that tested in in like a facility and through a process that is like deserving of the thing that they've made. Yep. Yeah.

Uh, who are you selling to right now? Do do you want to start with like go figure out how to work with big manufacturing, the the the the big automaker OEMs and primes or startups? Like who who who's the ideal customer to work with at this stage? Yeah.

So, the people that we're working with now are mostly like early stage startup companies. So, if anybody's watching, like we'd love to work with you. Um, so yeah, mostly drone, robotics, toys, um, uh, cameras. Yeah. Anything with like a RF component. Okay, great. Uh, how's demo day going?

Did you share uh any sort of headline KPI or uh news on the raise? Yeah. Uh we're wrapped up. So this is kind of Let's go. It's a celebratory stream. We don't know how you can be talking. We can get back to building. Yeah. Yeah. So this is my co-founder. He couldn't be He's outside.

So we're just going to we're going to put him on the street. His name is Hudza. Yeah. Wait, I've seen him on X. He had some wild post just yesterday I was watching and he was wrong about something. I need to put him in the truth zone. I got to debate him. Bring him in.

I don't I don't remember anything other than that he was wrong. I I just remember seeing his post and being like about his post traction though. What were you guys able to do? Yeah. What did you share? Yeah. So, we launched 3 weeks ago and we have 35k in revenue. So, so fast weeks. Congratulations. It's fantastic.

Thanks. Um and then uh the race wrapped up. We do have a lightning round. We've been asking everyone two questions. First is who is your favorite entrepreneur? Someone you look up to? Can be anyone. Favorite founder. Favorite founder. Can I say throughout history? Anyway, sir sir John A. McDonald. Who's that?

Uh first prime minister of Canada. Okay. Company started a started Canada. We don't have any buttons for Canada. Yeah. I this is somewhat American. I don't know if I could fully endorse it, but it's out it's outside the box and I appreciate it for that reason.

Uh the second question is how did you make your first dollar on the internet or in business as a kid? Did you Did you do anything interesting? Some people set up websites. Some people I taught kids how to argue. Okay. Wait, what? Argue less. Arguing lessons. Argue. Debate. Okay. Debate. Debate. Okay.

Uh and and and so they they pay you like on an hourly basis. That's fantastic. There you go. That's great. Well, watch out. Don't get an argument with her. Congrats on professional argument. Congrats on getting the round done. And uh thanks for coming on. Yeah, thanks for coming on. If your course Yeah.

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