Fady Saad co-founded MassRobotics and created the startup escalator model that helps robotics companies move from prototype to production, giving him hands-on experience building the infrastructure and partnerships his portfolio founders need. He treats robotics startups as complex systems using his MIT systems engineering background and advocates for robotics as its own investment category with distinct financial models, while pushing founders to focus on specific use cases rather than broad platform approaches. Fady Saad co-founded MassRobotics and created the startup escalator model that helps robotics companies move from prototype to production, giving him hands-on experience building the infrastructure and partnerships his portfolio founders need. He treats robotics startups as complex systems using his MIT systems engineering background and advocates for robotics as its own investment category with distinct financial models, while pushing founders to focus on specific use cases rather than broad platform approaches.