Ripcord Enhances Its Vision With Appointment of Barmak Heshmat to Advisory Board
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HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ripcord, the world’s first robotic digitization company dedicated to creating a truly paperless world, today announced the appointment of Barmak Heshmat, former research scientist at MIT, to its advisory board. The appointment promises to advance the company’s Canopy software and robotic systems beyond the conventional limitations of optics through Heshmat’s groundbreaking work in Terahertz imaging technology. It’s exciting to think about the possibilities this creates as we transition from physical to digital.” “Barmak’s help in commercializing this approach will make Ripcord’s mission of taking the entire world paperless a reality,” said Alex Fielding, founder and iCEO, Ripcord. “It’s not everyday that you meet a person as brilliant and curious as Barmak, much less have the opportunity to learn from him and work alongside him to commercialize and scale a technology approach that can help us create a paperless future. Ripcord is based in Hayward, Calif. and has raised $65 million from leading investors including Kleiner Perkins, GV, Baidu, Lux Capital, Silicon Valley Bank, Steve Wozniak, Legend Star, and Icon Ventures.
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