Tessa Lau

Tessa Lau

Tessa Lau

Founder/CEO | Dusty Robotics

Dr. Tessa Lau is an experienced entrepreneur with expertise in AI, machine learning, and robotics. She is currently Founder and CEO of Dusty Robotics, whose mission is to address construction industry productivity by introducing robotic automation on the job site. Prior to Dusty, she was CTO and Co-founder at Savioke, where she orchestrated the deployment of 75+ delivery robots into hotels and high-rises. Previously, Dr. Lau was a Research Scientist at Willow Garage, where she developed simple interfaces for personal robots. She also spent 11 years at IBM Research working in business process automation and knowledge capture. More generally, Dr. Lau is interested in developing technology that gives people super-powers, and building businesses that bring that technology into people’s lives. Dr. Lau holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Washington.