A “living home” with a two-armed robot: taking on a giant industry with a 3 billion yen seed round

Shuzo Narita, co-founder and CEO of MW, which is developing “MW Living Home” with a semi-humanoid robot hidden in the ceiling, appears with Keisuke Tatsuoka of ALPHA, the lead investor. Having raised a cumulative 3 billion yen at the seed stage, he talks about the plan to take on the huge and rigid housing industry.

Topics include the concept and roadmap of building a ceiling gantry robot, rather than a humanoid, as one with the house; why he left stability after serving as vice president of CrowdWorks for eight years and experiencing its IPO; and how the investor sees the design of the business.