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David Tondreau

David Tondreau

Robotics engineer and founder — AI for manufacturing

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San Francisco Bay Area, California
Joined October 2025
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Network

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Robotics Software Engineers
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Dexterity Robotics Core
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Rolls-Royce Manufacturing Digital
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Robotics Hardware Mechatronics
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AI ML Autonomy Specialists
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Dexterity Operations Product
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YC Fndrs

Summary

Founder & product leader building AI-first manufacturing/operations software. After a multi‑year engineering and product leadership stint at Dexterity, David co‑founded Maive to apply camera + AI solutions to automate factory and contractor workflows (YC Winter 2025). maive+1
Experienced robotics controls and perception engineer with strong academic roots in bipedal robot control. His Berkeley M.Eng work produced a Fung Institute award‑winning capstone on perception, gait optimization, and control for humanoid robots (Cassie). berkeley+1
Manufacturing and process improvement background from Rolls‑Royce informs his product focus on compliance and paperless workflows—he cites real production impacts from missing compliance data, motivating Maive's focus on automating operational workflows in manufacturing and construction. wixsite+1
Inventor/engineer with company‑level IP contributions: while at Dexterity he contributed to robotics patents and system designs spanning grasping, singulation, palletization, and other industrial robotics systems. justia+1

Work

Education

Projects

Writing

Toward Adapting Humanoid Robots To Aid First Responders

January 1, 2020

Capstone paper describing perception, gait synthesis (C‑FROST/IPO PT), and control methods enabling Cassie to step onto platforms and transition between locomotion modes — foundational work toward robots that can assist first responders.

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Hobbies

Backpacking; completed a 550‑mile walk on the Camino de Santiago (Spain). wixsite