▶ 141:50 · $ATLAS-MOTION · Christian Motion: Atlas Motion raises $11.5M seed to build motion stack for Western robotics

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SpaceX SPV Gone Wrong, Intel's Comeback, Meta Releases Coding Agent, Dylan Field Joins

2026-08-06 · 13 company · 28 thematic

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Managing partner of South Park Commons, a community and venture fund backing ambitious technical founders; recently raised $575M Fund 4 to pursue hard tech (nuclear, semiconductors, energy).

arian

CEO of Expedia Group since 2013; previously at Microsoft; leading AI integration across travel search, recommendations, and internal engineering productivity.

nick thompson

CEO of The Atlantic (subscription media); previously at Wired and The New Yorker; navigating Google Zero, print retention, and AI's impact on journalism business models.

chris power

CEO of Hadrian, building factories-as-a-service for defense and advanced manufacturing; raised $37M; ex-Palantir; focuses on full-stack automated production for missiles, drones, and humanoid robotics.

christian motion

Founder of Atlas Motion, building motion system stack for Western autonomous systems; ex-Toyota, Tesla (Gigafactory Texas), Shield AI, Mock Industries; raised $11.5M seed led by Greycraft.

dylan field

Co-founder and CEO of Figma. Led company through failed Adobe acquisition, now launching AI design agents. Advocates design as differentiator as code commoditizes. Focus on human-AI collaboration canvas.

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“We're building the motion system stack for autonomous systems and robotic platforms for the West. The macro is anything that moves, but of course the wedge right now is going to be small drone motors. That's what we're currently scaling pr…”

—christian motion

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