SEAR
Miguel Ferron · Pays home cooks to capture verified video + hand-motion data that robotics teams use to train home robots
SEAR
Miguel Ferron · Pays home cooks to capture verified video + hand-motion data that robotics teams use to train home robots
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Pays home cooks to capture verified video + hand-motion data that robotics teams use to train home robots Robotics teams building home robots can’t get enough real hand data. A robot needs to know what the hands actually did, like grip, pressure and small corrections, not just what the camera saw. Almost nobody records that. The best labelled home-cooking dataset is about 41 hours. Today teams pay operators in labs around $118 per usable hour through teleoperation, so every new task means a new data budget. Meanwhile millions of people cook every evening and none of that movement gets captured.
How it works
Cooks wear our free glasses and gloves while making dinner and upload with one tap. 3–5 reviewers verify each clip. Approved clips earn rewards, and the verified hand-motion data is licensed to robotics teams.
Unique value of the product
BitRobot/FrodoBots and PrismaX on the decentralized side, teleop data vendors on the traditional side, and state-funded robot training centres in China. All of them need contributors to learn something new, whether that’s running a robot, using a wallet or taking a job. Our contributors just cook dinner. What they can’t copy fast: 5,000 ordinary households already using our glasses and gloves, which gives us video plus hand-motion data from real…
Funding utilization
50% – Cook onboarding: Shipping free glasses + gloves kits (about $600 each) to new home cooks, KYC checks, and cook rewards for verified sessions as we open new markets. 25% – Marketing: Growing the cook and reviewer network through referral rewards, quests and campaigns, KOL and creator partnerships, and content on X. 25% – Staff salary: Core team pay across hardware, the app and verification platform, and community support.
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Team
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Founder
Miguel Ferron, Founder & CEO of Sear. Previously @jpmorgan, @BNYglobal, @WellsFargo, @MerrillLynch. Built Sear’s contributor network to 5,000+ home cooks and 2,000+ reviewers, and closed data-supply deals with robotics teams (2,000 and 3,000 hour contracts).