# Gecko Robotics built a $600M company from a college project

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/gecko-robotics-built-a-600m-company-from-a-college-project/151728>\
**Category:** In The News\
**Tags:** project, robotics\
**Created:** [17 April 2024 22:43 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/gecko-robotics-built-a-600m-company-from-a-college-project/151728 "2024-04-17T22:43:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/communitynews/32/1113_2.png) [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\
**Post date:** [17 April 2024 22:43 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/gecko-robotics-built-a-600m-company-from-a-college-project/151728/1 "2024-04-17T22:43:26Z")

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> From sleeping on a friend’s floor to signing huge industrial customers: How Gecko’s founder built a $600 million robot company from a college project .  
> “Every date I went on was focused on this,” the Gecko founder said.

Read in full here:

> **[From sleeping on a friend’s floor to signing huge industrial customers: How...](https://fortune.com/2024/04/17/gecko-founding-jake-loosararian-robots-infrastructure-environment-y-combinator/)**
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> “Every date I went on was focused on this,” the Gecko founder said.

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**Author:** ![joeb](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/joeb/32/6721_2.png) [@joeb](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/joeb)\
**Post date:** [18 April 2024 03:31 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/gecko-robotics-built-a-600m-company-from-a-college-project/151728/2 "2024-04-18T03:31:04Z")

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Luck, skills, great ideas, and hardwork all contribute to becoming successful, IMHO.