Nilesh Balakrishnan of Waterbridge Ventures chats with Rohin Malhotra of Nymble. Nymble builds smart kitchen appliances using Robotics, artificial intelligence and IoT that automates the mundane task of daily cooking. Nymble’s innovative home cooking robot Julia has perfected an impressive repertoire of dishes catering to global audiences.
They dive deep into Rohin's journey and explore the series of experiences and events that led to him building Nymble.
(0:50) Early childhood in Delhi
(3:36) College influences
(6:30) Entrepreneurship origin story
(9:28) Nymble - the official story
(11:40) Nymble - the unofficial story
(12:48) That One Idea: Idea to Business
(14:59) Unique challenges in the hardware businesses
(18:53) Life @ Nymble
(21:15) Rohin's favorite dish(es)
(22:23) Covid supply chain issues and rethinking Nymble
(25:26) Super alpha trials in SF
(26:58) How to demo Nymble today
(28:18) Culture and distributed teams @ Nymble
(30:38) Julia the cooking robot
(36:57) The highs and lows of entrepreneurship
(38:36) Family cooking review