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growth playbook · Oct 26, 2026

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Dexmate growth playbook

Diagnosis

Dexmate has strong proof (14 published projects on Vega, quotes from universities, AI companies and LG CNS) and is building its first go-to-market team: a growth marketing manager, a campaign and event manager, a sales development rep, a solutions engineer and a developer advocate.

The website funnel has not caught up: no prices on product pages, discounts with no list price, a contact form that asks nothing, events with no way to book time, and SDK docs that search engines cannot read. This playbook fixes those first, then builds audience pages, research backlinks, a university purchasing pack, pilot leases and ABM, and bets on a data-collection station and a public evaluation board.

Growth Score

6/10

Biggest Opportunity

Turn spec readers and event visitors into configured quote requests, using price, programs and routing the website does not show yet.

Biggest Risk

Galaxea, Hello Robot, AgileX and Rainbow Robotics compete for the same lab and data-collection budgets, and long capital-equipment cycles can stall without fast, specific follow-up.

01

Start here

The three moves to make first. Each one is written up in full below.

  1. 1

    Put a "build and price your Vega" quote on the product pages, so buyers see the full cost before they leave

    Write the price table (robot, grippers, exoskeleton, program savings) the configurator will use.

    High impact First result in 1 month
  2. 2

    Ask four qualifying questions on the contact form and route each answer to the right seller

    Add the funding-route question this week.

    High impact First result in 2 weeks
  3. 3

    Make the DexHub documentation readable by search engines and AI assistants

    List the 20 most-used wiki pages to publish first.

    High impact First result in 2 months

02

Your idea portfolio

22 ideas, grouped by when to run them. Open any idea for how to run it: the steps, who to approach, copy you can use, and how to measure it.

  • 7 ideas are marked Unexpected: plays you are unlikely to have tried.

    1 of these are things Programmable can build and run for you.

Every idea placed by the effort it takes against the impact it could have. Quick wins sit top left; select a number to open that idea. The filters below narrow the list by status, timing, category and what Programmable can build.

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Showing 22 of 22 ideas

This week 7

Quick wins with a clear first action.

  • 01

    The Growth Marketing Manager is hired to own "the path from first visit to demo request or order the product". Today that path breaks on the product pages: Vega 1 Pro and Vega 1 U show specs, "Order Now" and a spec sheet but no price. The price ($75,000 and $42,000) only appears in the shop, and it leaves out the two grippers every robot needs ($3,000 to $4,900 each). The startup and university discounts ("$22K off", "up to $13K off") are given without the list price they come off. Quotes go through a free-text contact form. A lab or startup has to visit three pages and do the sum to learn what a working Vega costs.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Growth Marketing Manager

    First action

    Write the price table (robot, grippers, exoskeleton, program savings) the configurator will use.

    How to measure it

    Configured quote requests

    Now
    –
    Target
    40 a month
    By
    90 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Agree the price rules

      List prices, gripper pairs, program savings in and outside the US.

      Growth Marketing Manager 2 days

    2. 2

      Design the configurator

      One panel under the hero: robot, grippers, extras, program, total.

      Web developer 3 days

    3. 3

      Build the quote PDF

      Configuration, prices, lead time, valid-until date, payment and shipping notes.

      Web developer 3 days

    4. 4

      Connect the shop

      Pre-fill the Shopify cart with the chosen configuration.

      Web developer 2 days

    5. 5

      Route the leads

      Quote requests into the CRM with robot, quantity, program and funding route.

      Sales Development Representative 2 days

    6. 6

      Track the funnel

      Configurator opens, quotes sent, carts started, orders.

      Growth Marketing Manager 1 week

    7. 7

      Follow up

      Call or email every quote within one business day.

      Sales Development Representative ongoing

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Development time
    Owner
    Growth Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Add a static "complete robot from $81,000" line and a "send me a quote" button to the Vega 1 Pro page for two weeks.

    Why it works

    Add a short configurator to both product pages: robot, two grippers (S or D, with or without camera), optional exoskeleton, quantity, and a program box (startup, university or none). It shows the list total, the program saving and the price for eligible buyers, the 4-week lead time, and two buttons: "Order in the shop" with the configuration in the cart, and "Email me this quote as a PDF", which collects the email, institution and funding route and sends the lead to sales with the full configuration attached.

    At $50,000 to $85,000, every buyer needs a number to take to a grant budget, a purchasing office or a co-founder. Giving it on the page turns anonymous spec readers into named quote requests with the robot, quantity and program already known, which is the lead capture and handoff the campaign and sales hires are measured on.

    Ready to use

    ChecklistConfigurator contents

    [ ] Robot: Vega 1 Pro $75,000 or Vega 1 U $42,000
    [ ] Two grippers: S $3,000 / $3,900 with camera, D $4,000 / $4,900 with camera
    [ ] Optional Vega 1 Exoskeleton $1,800
    [ ] Quantity, with "talk to us" for fleets
    [ ] Program: startup (US / outside US), university, none
    [ ] Lead time: about 4 weeks robots, 2 weeks grippers
    [ ] Buttons: order in shop, email me this quote (PDF)
    [ ] Quote fields: email, institution, funding route, timeline

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Showing the price scares off visitors

      Show the program price next to the list price, and offer a call for fleet quantities.

    • Quotes drift from shop prices

      Read prices from the shop catalogue, not a copy.

    Evidence

    • HiringGrowth Marketing Manager (Fremont): "own how the world discovers Dexmate"; "Own SEO/GEO and the website funnel: improve organic visibility, conversion rates, and the path from first visit to demo request or order the product"; run paid search and social, ABM with sales, attribution in customer.io, and "Instrument and report on the full funnel". "You'll be an early marketing hire with real ownership. You'll set up the funnel, prove what works, and scale it."Source
    • Your websiteProduct pages for Vega 1 Pro ("General-Purpose Wheeled Humanoid") and Vega 1 U ("Bimanual Manipulator") give full specifications, an "Order Now" button and a "Download Spec Sheet" PDF, but no price. Vega 1 U is pitched to "University Labs: Departments that need a teaching rig students can actually run", "Data-Collection Teams" and "System Integrators", and "Upgrades to Vega 1 Pro".Source
    • Your shopshop.dexmate.com lists Vega 1 Pro at $75,000 and Vega 1 U at $42,000 ("The price listed here does not include any end effectors like grippers"), DexGripper S at $3,000 ($3,900 with camera), DexGripper D at $4,000 ($4,900 with camera), both "Priced per gripper; each robot takes two", and the Vega 1 Exoskeleton at $1,800. Delivery: "Around 4 weeks from order confirmation." Quotes: "Use the contact page and tell us the configuration and quantity."Source
    • Your websiteStartup Program: "$22K Off" Vega 1 Pro and "$10K Off" Vega 1 U per unit in the US for the first two units ($10K and $5K outside the US) for companies with "less than $5 million in total funding", applied for through a form and answered with a quote. University Program: "Up to $13K off Vega 1 Pro and up to $12K off Vega 1 U", "in limited quantities". Neither page states the list price the discount comes off.Source
    • Your websiteContact page ("Sales, Partnerships, and Research Collaborations"): the form asks only for name, email, an optional "Company / Organization" ("Leave blank if you're an individual customer") and a free-text message capped at 512 characters. No question about the robot, quantity, timeline, segment or how the purchase will be funded.Source
    • HiringSales Development Representative (Fremont, a full-cycle role): buyers range across "grant-funded academic procurement, fast-moving AI lab deals, or multi-stakeholder commercial pilots — across capital-equipment purchasing and Robot-as-a-Service agreements"; pilots are turned into "a business case: research value, data throughput, or labor cost offset and payback period"; the rep must "Represent Dexmate credibly against humanoid, robotics-data, and automation competitors" and "Work the conference circuit hard".Source
  • 02

    The contact form asks only for name, email, an optional company and a 512-character message, yet the SDR post describes three very different buying paths: grant-funded academic procurement, fast AI-lab deals and multi-stakeholder commercial pilots, bought outright or as Robot-as-a-Service. Every inquiry arrives as the same blank message.

    High impactLow effort First result in 2 weeks Sales Development Representat…

    First action

    Add the funding-route question this week.

    How to measure it

    Contact-form inquiries that become meetings

    Now
    –
    Target
    +30%
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Write the questions

      Audience, robot, quantity and timing, funding route.

      Sales Development Representative 1 day

    2. 2

      Update the form

      Dropdowns, keeping it under a minute.

      Web developer 1 day

    3. 3

      Set routing

      Rules by segment into the CRM.

      Sales Development Representative 1 day

    4. 4

      Write replies

      One next-step email per route.

      Sales Development Representative 1 day

    5. 5

      Lift the cap

      Allow longer messages for pilot descriptions.

      Web developer 1 hour

    6. 6

      Review monthly

      Meeting rate by route.

      Growth Marketing Manager monthly

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Sales Development Representative

    Smallest test

    Add one dropdown (funding route) and watch submissions for two weeks.

    Why it works

    Add four short questions: which of the five homepage audiences you are, which robot interests you, how many units and when, and how you expect to fund it (grant or purchase order, startup program, Robot-as-a-Service, not sure). Route academic and startup inquiries to the program flows, commercial pilots to the solutions engineer and sales, and show each sender the next step.

    Qualified, routed inquiries get faster, more relevant replies, and the answers become the segment data the campaign manager needs to target ABM and events.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Longer form, fewer submissions

      Keep message optional and test completion rates.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteContact page ("Sales, Partnerships, and Research Collaborations"): the form asks only for name, email, an optional "Company / Organization" ("Leave blank if you're an individual customer") and a free-text message capped at 512 characters. No question about the robot, quantity, timeline, segment or how the purchase will be funded.Source
    • HiringSales Development Representative (Fremont, a full-cycle role): buyers range across "grant-funded academic procurement, fast-moving AI lab deals, or multi-stakeholder commercial pilots — across capital-equipment purchasing and Robot-as-a-Service agreements"; pilots are turned into "a business case: research value, data throughput, or labor cost offset and payback period"; the rep must "Represent Dexmate credibly against humanoid, robotics-data, and automation competitors" and "Work the conference circuit hard".Source
    • Your websiteHomepage "Who It's For" names five audiences, each with a customer quote: Robotics Experts (Northwestern University), Developers & Researchers (USC), Physical AI Companies (Config), Data Companies (Lightwheel) and System Integrators (LG CNS Future Robotics LAB). The sitemap has 30 URLs: 4 product pages, 15 research pages, 3 blog URLs, the two programs, events, about, contact and legal pages, and no page per audience or use case.Source
    • HiringMarketing Campaign and Event Manager (Fremont, posted October 20, 2026): "drive pipeline growth through high-impact campaigns and industry events"; owns "Trade shows", "Conferences" and "Customer demos and roadshows", "Support Account-Based Marketing (ABM) initiatives", "Ensure strong lead capture, follow-up, and handoff to sales", and reports "Leads generated", "Meetings booked" and "Pipeline created".Source
  • 03

    The developer advocate is hired to keep the SDK docs current and win "serious AI engineers", and the growth hire owns SEO and GEO. But every DexHub URL, including the wiki linked as "Documentation", "SDK" and "API Reference", returns the same 2 KB page titled "Dexmate"; the docs are drawn in the browser and the sitemap address returns that page too. To a search engine or an AI assistant, Dexmate's SDK has no content.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 2 months Developer Advocate Engineer

    First action

    List the 20 most-used wiki pages to publish first.

    How to measure it

    Search visits to docs pages

    Now
    –
    Target
    2,000 a month
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick the pages

      Quickstart, setup, SDK, teleop, URDF, FAQs.

      Developer Advocate Engineer 2 days

    2. 2

      Choose the method

      Static docs site or server rendering.

      Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform 3 days

    3. 3

      Publish

      One URL, title and description per page.

      Developer Advocate Engineer 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Add a sitemap

      Submit it in Search Console.

      Growth Marketing Manager 1 day

    5. 5

      Link from the site

      Product pages and FAQ to the right guides.

      Growth Marketing Manager 1 day

    6. 6

      Check citations

      Ask assistants setup questions monthly.

      Developer Advocate Engineer monthly

    First result
    2 months
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Developer Advocate Engineer

    Smallest test

    Pre-render the quickstart page and check it in a search tool.

    Why it works

    Publish the docs as pre-rendered pages (a static docs site or server rendering for the wiki): one URL per guide with its own title and description, a real sitemap, code samples in the HTML, and links from the product pages. Keep the logged-in parts of DexHub as they are.

    Developers choose platforms whose docs they can find and whose examples an assistant can quote. Indexed docs also bring long-tail search traffic for teleoperation, URDF and bimanual control questions that no marketing page will rank for.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Public docs reveal roadmap details

      Publish only shipped features.

    Evidence

    • Your docsDexHub, linked as "Documentation", "SDK" and "API Reference": platform.dexmate.ai/hub and /hub/wiki/ both return the same 2 KB page titled "Dexmate" with the description "Building tomorrow's intelligence and automation"; the content is drawn in the browser, and /sitemap.xml returns that same page instead of a sitemap.Source
    • HiringDeveloper Advocate Engineer (Fremont): "Write and publish technical tutorials weekly", "Build and publish sample projects", own SDK documentation "kept current within 48 hours of any platform change", answer Discord and GitHub Discussions "within 24 hours", and speak at "NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, CoRL" 3-4 times a year. "Many developers have never deployed a model that moves something in the physical world."Source
    • HiringGrowth Marketing Manager (Fremont): "own how the world discovers Dexmate"; "Own SEO/GEO and the website funnel: improve organic visibility, conversion rates, and the path from first visit to demo request or order the product"; run paid search and social, ABM with sales, attribution in customer.io, and "Instrument and report on the full funnel". "You'll be an early marketing hire with real ownership. You'll set up the funnel, prove what works, and scale it."Source
    • ChannelsYouTube @dexmate-ai: 173 subscribers, 2 videos, 3,285 views. GitHub dexmate-ai: 12 public repositories, 47 stars in total (dexcontrol 19, dexmate-urdf 14, omniteleop 7). A Discord server is linked from the site; a TikTok account is linked only from the shop.Source
  • 04

    The startup page offers "$22K Off" and the university page "Up to $13K off" without saying what they come off. A founder with under $5 million raised cannot tell whether $22K off makes Vega affordable without visiting the shop.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 2 weeks Growth Marketing Manager

    First action

    Add the list price lines to both program pages.

    How to measure it

    Startup and university applications

    Now
    –
    Target
    +25%
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Write the lines

      List, saving, program price, gripper note.

      Growth Marketing Manager 1 hour

    2. 2

      Check outside-US terms

      Show both US and non-US savings.

      Growth Marketing Manager 1 hour

    3. 3

      Publish

      Both program pages.

      Web developer 1 hour

    4. 4

      Add to the FAQ

      What a complete robot costs.

      Growth Marketing Manager 1 hour

    5. 5

      Link

      To the configurator once live.

      Web developer 1 hour

    6. 6

      Measure

      Applications per page visit.

      Growth Marketing Manager monthly

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Growth Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Add the line to the startup page today.

    Why it works

    Add one line under each discount: "List price $75,000; eligible US startups pay $53,000 for each of the first two units, before grippers", and the same for Vega 1 U and the university program, with a link to the configurator.

    A discount without an anchor is hard to judge; with the price it becomes a reason to apply.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • University pricing varies by quote

      Say "up to" and "final price by quote".

    Evidence

    • Your websiteStartup Program: "$22K Off" Vega 1 Pro and "$10K Off" Vega 1 U per unit in the US for the first two units ($10K and $5K outside the US) for companies with "less than $5 million in total funding", applied for through a form and answered with a quote. University Program: "Up to $13K off Vega 1 Pro and up to $12K off Vega 1 U", "in limited quantities". Neither page states the list price the discount comes off.Source
    • Your shopshop.dexmate.com lists Vega 1 Pro at $75,000 and Vega 1 U at $42,000 ("The price listed here does not include any end effectors like grippers"), DexGripper S at $3,000 ($3,900 with camera), DexGripper D at $4,000 ($4,900 with camera), both "Priced per gripper; each robot takes two", and the Vega 1 Exoskeleton at $1,800. Delivery: "Around 4 weeks from order confirmation." Quotes: "Use the contact page and tell us the configuration and quantity."Source
  • 05

    The spec sheet is the main call to action after "Order Now" on both product pages, but it is a direct PDF link, so the growth hire cannot see who downloads it or follow up.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 2 weeks Growth Marketing Manager

    First action

    Add the download event in the tag manager.

    How to measure it

    Spec-sheet opt-ins

    Now
    –
    Target
    50 a month
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Track downloads

      Event per product.

      Growth Marketing Manager 1 day

    2. 2

      Add the box

      Optional email beside the button.

      Web developer 1 day

    3. 3

      Write the sequence

      Three emails over two weeks.

      Growth Marketing Manager 2 days

    4. 4

      Connect

      Into customer.io and the CRM.

      Growth Marketing Manager 1 day

    5. 5

      Alert sales

      When an opt-in visits pricing.

      Sales Development Representative 1 day

    6. 6

      Review

      Downloads, opt-ins, meetings.

      Growth Marketing Manager monthly

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Growth Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Track downloads for a week to size the audience.

    Why it works

    Keep the PDF open, but track each download as an analytics event and add an optional "email me the spec sheet and a quote" box beside it. Feed opt-ins into a short customer.io sequence: the spec sheet, a relevant paper or demo video, then the configurator.

    Spec readers are evaluating seriously; a light offer captures some of them without gating the content engineers expect to be free.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Engineers dislike gates

      Never require the email for the PDF.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteProduct pages for Vega 1 Pro ("General-Purpose Wheeled Humanoid") and Vega 1 U ("Bimanual Manipulator") give full specifications, an "Order Now" button and a "Download Spec Sheet" PDF, but no price. Vega 1 U is pitched to "University Labs: Departments that need a teaching rig students can actually run", "Data-Collection Teams" and "System Integrators", and "Upgrades to Vega 1 Pro".Source
    • HiringGrowth Marketing Manager (Fremont): "own how the world discovers Dexmate"; "Own SEO/GEO and the website funnel: improve organic visibility, conversion rates, and the path from first visit to demo request or order the product"; run paid search and social, ABM with sales, attribution in customer.io, and "Instrument and report on the full funnel". "You'll be an early marketing hire with real ownership. You'll set up the funnel, prove what works, and scale it."Source
  • 06

    The new campaign and event manager is measured on meetings booked and pipeline from events, and Dexmate has shown up at 11 events. Yet each event card's "Learn More" goes to the conference site; nobody can book a demo slot at the booth, and there is no page to send visitors to afterwards.

    High impactLow effort First result in 1 event Marketing Campaign and Event…

    First action

    Add a booking link to the next upcoming event card.

    How to measure it

    Pre-booked booth meetings

    Now
    –
    Target
    25 an event
    By
    2 events

    Steps

    1. 1

      Set up booking

      Slots by robot and topic.

      Marketing Campaign and Event Manager 1 day

    2. 2

      Add to cards

      Upcoming events only.

      Web developer 1 day

    3. 3

      Promote

      Email list, LinkedIn and Discord.

      Marketing Campaign and Event Manager 1 week

    4. 4

      Brief the booth

      Who is coming and why.

      Solutions Engineer per event

    5. 5

      Publish follow-up

      Demos, video, offer.

      Marketing Campaign and Event Manager 3 days after

    6. 6

      Report

      Meetings, pipeline, cost.

      Marketing Campaign and Event Manager per event

    First result
    1 event
    Cost
    Booking tool
    Owner
    Marketing Campaign and Event Manager

    Smallest test

    Offer bookings for one event and compare meetings with the last show.

    Why it works

    Add "Book 20 minutes at the booth" to every upcoming event card, with slots by robot and topic, and send booked visitors a reminder with the booth number. After each show, publish a short page with the demos shown, a video and an offer (spec sheet, quote, lab visit) and use it in follow-up emails.

    Pre-booked booth meetings convert far better than badge scans, and a follow-up page turns a busy booth into a measurable campaign.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • No-shows

      Send reminders and keep walk-up slots.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteEvents page: "Map of 11 Dexmate event locations", including MODEX 2026 (Atlanta, warehouse and logistics demos), CVPR 2026, Automate 2026, Actuate 26, IROS 2026, a CoreWeave event, Long Horizon by Encord, and CoRL in Austin (Booth 1104, November 9, 2026). Each entry's "Learn More" goes to the conference site; there is no way to book time with the team.Source
    • HiringMarketing Campaign and Event Manager (Fremont, posted October 20, 2026): "drive pipeline growth through high-impact campaigns and industry events"; owns "Trade shows", "Conferences" and "Customer demos and roadshows", "Support Account-Based Marketing (ABM) initiatives", "Ensure strong lead capture, follow-up, and handoff to sales", and reports "Leads generated", "Meetings booked" and "Pipeline created".Source
    • HiringSolutions Engineer (Fremont): runs "technical demos for prospects, partners, and press", must "Build and maintain a demo library that shows our capabilities against real customer use cases", answers "payload, reach, cycle time, safety, integration, and deployment" questions, scopes pilots with success criteria, and writes "demo scripts, spec one-pagers, integration FAQs".Source
  • 07

    The solutions engineer will write spec one-pagers for sales. The specs already live in three places, and they drift: the Vega 1 U table says "NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Nano" while the FAQ on the same page says "NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano".

    Low impactLow effort First result in 1 week Solutions Engineer

    First action

    Fix the Vega 1 U compute line.

    How to measure it

    Spec differences across site, shop and PDF

    Now
    –
    Target
    0
    By
    1 month

    Steps

    1. 1

      Fix the typo

      Vega 1 U compute line.

      Web developer 1 hour

    2. 2

      Compare sources

      Site, shop, PDF, line by line.

      Solutions Engineer 1 day

    3. 3

      Pick the master

      One CMS record per robot.

      Web developer 1 week

    4. 4

      Feed the shop

      Sync or copy on change.

      Web developer 1 week

    5. 5

      Regenerate PDFs

      From the master.

      Web developer 1 week

    6. 6

      Sign off

      Solutions engineer approves changes.

      Solutions Engineer ongoing

    First result
    1 week
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Solutions Engineer

    Smallest test

    Fix the typo today.

    Why it works

    Keep one spec record per robot in the CMS that feeds the product page, the shop page and the spec PDF, fix the typo now, and have the solutions engineer sign off each change.

    Technical buyers read specs closely; small errors invite doubts in a capital purchase.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Extra process

      Keep sign-off to one person.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteVega 1 U specification table: "Compute NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Nano"; the FAQ on the same page says "NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano".Source
    • HiringSolutions Engineer (Fremont): runs "technical demos for prospects, partners, and press", must "Build and maintain a demo library that shows our capabilities against real customer use cases", answers "payload, reach, cycle time, safety, integration, and deployment" questions, scopes pilots with success criteria, and writes "demo scripts, spec one-pagers, integration FAQs".Source
    • Your shopshop.dexmate.com lists Vega 1 Pro at $75,000 and Vega 1 U at $42,000 ("The price listed here does not include any end effectors like grippers"), DexGripper S at $3,000 ($3,900 with camera), DexGripper D at $4,000 ($4,900 with camera), both "Priced per gripper; each robot takes two", and the Vega 1 Exoskeleton at $1,800. Delivery: "Around 4 weeks from order confirmation." Quotes: "Use the contact page and tell us the configuration and quantity."Source

This quarter 12

The core plays for the next three months.

  • 08

    The homepage names five audiences with customer quotes (robotics experts, developers and researchers, physical AI companies, data companies, system integrators), but the 30-page sitemap has no page for any of them. Search and ABM traffic for "robot for data collection" or "humanoid for system integrators" lands on a general homepage.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Growth Marketing Manager

    First action

    Draft the data companies page first.

    How to measure it

    Audience-page conversions

    Now
    –
    Target
    60 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Interview customers

      One per audience.

      Growth Marketing Manager 3 weeks

    2. 2

      Write pages

      Job, configuration, proof, offer.

      Growth Marketing Manager 1 month

    3. 3

      Add proof

      Papers and demo clips.

      Developer Advocate Engineer 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Publish

      Linked from "Who It's For".

      Web developer 1 week

    5. 5

      Use in ABM

      Landing pages for account lists.

      Marketing Campaign and Event Manager ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Conversions by page.

      Growth Marketing Manager monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Growth Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Publish one audience page and point one campaign at it.

    Why it works

    Build five pages, each with the audience's job to be done, the recommended configuration and price, the customer quote expanded into a short story, two relevant papers or demos, and a call to action that fits (apply, quote, pilot).

    Pages per audience rank for specific searches, give ABM campaigns a landing page, and let sales send a link that speaks to the buyer.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Customers decline stories

      Use quotes already approved on the homepage.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteHomepage "Who It's For" names five audiences, each with a customer quote: Robotics Experts (Northwestern University), Developers & Researchers (USC), Physical AI Companies (Config), Data Companies (Lightwheel) and System Integrators (LG CNS Future Robotics LAB). The sitemap has 30 URLs: 4 product pages, 15 research pages, 3 blog URLs, the two programs, events, about, contact and legal pages, and no page per audience or use case.Source
    • HiringGrowth Marketing Manager (Fremont): "own how the world discovers Dexmate"; "Own SEO/GEO and the website funnel: improve organic visibility, conversion rates, and the path from first visit to demo request or order the product"; run paid search and social, ABM with sales, attribution in customer.io, and "Instrument and report on the full funnel". "You'll be an early marketing hire with real ownership. You'll set up the funnel, prove what works, and scale it."Source
    • HiringMarketing Campaign and Event Manager (Fremont, posted October 20, 2026): "drive pipeline growth through high-impact campaigns and industry events"; owns "Trade shows", "Conferences" and "Customer demos and roadshows", "Support Account-Based Marketing (ABM) initiatives", "Ensure strong lead capture, follow-up, and handoff to sales", and reports "Leads generated", "Meetings booked" and "Pipeline created".Source
    • Your websiteResearch Papers: 14 published projects ran on Vega, from labs at UC Berkeley, Stanford, USC, Carnegie Mellon, UIUC, Northwestern, Purdue, Tsinghua and Michigan and several industry research labs; examples include T-Rex (tactile-reactive manipulation), DexTacWAM (success "70.6 against 38.0 for the strongest baseline") and MeMoREval, a memory benchmark built by Dexmate with Carnegie Mellon and Purdue.Source
  • 09

    Fourteen research projects from leading university and industry labs ran on Vega, and Dexmate lists them all. Those labs' project pages, papers and talks are where the next researchers look for a robot, but the credit often stays inside the paper.

    High impactLow effort First result in 1 month Developer Advocate Engineer

    First action

    Email the authors of the three newest projects.

    How to measure it

    Inbound links from lab pages

    Now
    –
    Target
    10
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Make the kit

      Badge, photo, citation, link.

      Developer Advocate Engineer 1 week

    2. 2

      List authors

      All 14 projects.

      Developer Advocate Engineer 2 days

    3. 3

      Email them

      Personal note and kit.

      Developer Advocate Engineer 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Add citation

      In docs and the FAQ.

      Developer Advocate Engineer 1 day

    5. 5

      Feature videos

      On the research page and YouTube.

      Growth Marketing Manager ongoing

    6. 6

      Track links

      Monthly backlink check.

      Growth Marketing Manager monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Developer Advocate Engineer

    Smallest test

    Send three emails this week.

    Why it works

    Send each author a kit: a "Built on Dexmate Vega" badge and link, a robot photo, a citation for the hardware, and an offer to feature their demo video. Add the hardware citation to the docs so future papers cite it consistently.

    Researchers copy their peers' setups, and links from university project pages are among the most trusted signals for search engines and AI assistants.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Authors ignore the ask

      Offer to feature their work in exchange.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteResearch Papers: 14 published projects ran on Vega, from labs at UC Berkeley, Stanford, USC, Carnegie Mellon, UIUC, Northwestern, Purdue, Tsinghua and Michigan and several industry research labs; examples include T-Rex (tactile-reactive manipulation), DexTacWAM (success "70.6 against 38.0 for the strongest baseline") and MeMoREval, a memory benchmark built by Dexmate with Carnegie Mellon and Purdue.Source
    • HiringDeveloper Advocate Engineer (Fremont): "Write and publish technical tutorials weekly", "Build and publish sample projects", own SDK documentation "kept current within 48 hours of any platform change", answer Discord and GitHub Discussions "within 24 hours", and speak at "NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, CoRL" 3-4 times a year. "Many developers have never deployed a model that moves something in the physical world."Source
    • HiringGrowth Marketing Manager (Fremont): "own how the world discovers Dexmate"; "Own SEO/GEO and the website funnel: improve organic visibility, conversion rates, and the path from first visit to demo request or order the product"; run paid search and social, ABM with sales, attribution in customer.io, and "Instrument and report on the full funnel". "You'll be an early marketing hire with real ownership. You'll set up the funnel, prove what works, and scale it."Source
  • 10

    The SDR post names "grant-funded academic procurement" as a buying path, and the University Program ends in a quote. Lab heads have to justify a $50,000+ purchase to a grant budget and a purchasing office, usually with paperwork they must write themselves.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Sales Development Representat…

    First action

    Ask three past university buyers what their purchasing office required.

    How to measure it

    University quote-to-PO time

    Now
    –
    Target
    -30%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Interview buyers

      What purchasing required.

      Sales Development Representative 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Write the pack

      Quote, justification text, documents.

      Sales Development Representative 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Legal check

      Terms and documents.

      Legal 1 week

    4. 4

      Publish

      University page and configurator.

      Web developer 1 day

    5. 5

      Promote

      Academic conferences and email.

      Marketing Campaign and Event Manager ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Time to PO.

      Sales Development Representative quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Sales Development Representative

    Smallest test

    Send the draft pack with the next university quote.

    Why it works

    Publish a university pack: a formal quote with validity dates, a short equipment justification text describing Vega's capabilities and published research, standard vendor documents, typical lead times and shipping notes, and a contact for purchasing offices. Offer it from the university page and the configurator.

    Removing paperwork shortens slow academic cycles and makes Dexmate the easy choice when a grant deadline is close.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Institutions differ

      Keep the pack generic and offer a call.

    Evidence

    • HiringSales Development Representative (Fremont, a full-cycle role): buyers range across "grant-funded academic procurement, fast-moving AI lab deals, or multi-stakeholder commercial pilots — across capital-equipment purchasing and Robot-as-a-Service agreements"; pilots are turned into "a business case: research value, data throughput, or labor cost offset and payback period"; the rep must "Represent Dexmate credibly against humanoid, robotics-data, and automation competitors" and "Work the conference circuit hard".Source
    • Your websiteStartup Program: "$22K Off" Vega 1 Pro and "$10K Off" Vega 1 U per unit in the US for the first two units ($10K and $5K outside the US) for companies with "less than $5 million in total funding", applied for through a form and answered with a quote. University Program: "Up to $13K off Vega 1 Pro and up to $12K off Vega 1 U", "in limited quantities". Neither page states the list price the discount comes off.Source
    • Your websiteResearch Papers: 14 published projects ran on Vega, from labs at UC Berkeley, Stanford, USC, Carnegie Mellon, UIUC, Northwestern, Purdue, Tsinghua and Michigan and several industry research labs; examples include T-Rex (tactile-reactive manipulation), DexTacWAM (success "70.6 against 38.0 for the strongest baseline") and MeMoREval, a memory benchmark built by Dexmate with Carnegie Mellon and Purdue.Source
    • Your shopshop.dexmate.com lists Vega 1 Pro at $75,000 and Vega 1 U at $42,000 ("The price listed here does not include any end effectors like grippers"), DexGripper S at $3,000 ($3,900 with camera), DexGripper D at $4,000 ($4,900 with camera), both "Priced per gripper; each robot takes two", and the Vega 1 Exoskeleton at $1,800. Delivery: "Around 4 weeks from order confirmation." Quotes: "Use the contact page and tell us the configuration and quantity."Source
  • 11

    The SDR post mentions Robot-as-a-Service agreements and commercial pilots measured on payback, but the site and shop only offer outright purchase. A factory or logistics team testing a use case rarely buys a $75,000 robot before a pilot.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 1 quarter Sales Development Representat…

    First action

    Price a 3-month pilot for one robot.

    How to measure it

    Pilot leases

    Now
    –
    Target
    5
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Set terms

      Length, price, buy-out credit.

      Co-founder 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Define support

      Setup, training, success criteria.

      Solutions Engineer 1 week

    3. 3

      Fleet plan

      Robots reserved for pilots.

      Lab Operations Specialist 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Publish

      Industrial and integrator pages.

      Growth Marketing Manager 1 week

    5. 5

      Sell

      Trade shows and ABM.

      Sales Development Representative ongoing

    6. 6

      Review

      Pilot-to-purchase rate.

      Co-founder quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Robots tied up in pilots
    Owner
    Sales Development Representative

    Smallest test

    Offer one pilot lease to a warm industrial lead.

    Why it works

    Design a 3 to 6 month pilot lease with an option to buy (the lease credited against the price), solutions-engineer setup and agreed success criteria. Publish it on the industrial and integrator pages and offer it at trade shows.

    A lower first commitment opens commercial pilots that capital purchases block, and the purchase option keeps revenue from the robot.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Returned robots need refurbishing

      Price refurbishment into the lease.

    Evidence

    • HiringSales Development Representative (Fremont, a full-cycle role): buyers range across "grant-funded academic procurement, fast-moving AI lab deals, or multi-stakeholder commercial pilots — across capital-equipment purchasing and Robot-as-a-Service agreements"; pilots are turned into "a business case: research value, data throughput, or labor cost offset and payback period"; the rep must "Represent Dexmate credibly against humanoid, robotics-data, and automation competitors" and "Work the conference circuit hard".Source
    • HiringSolutions Engineer (Fremont): runs "technical demos for prospects, partners, and press", must "Build and maintain a demo library that shows our capabilities against real customer use cases", answers "payload, reach, cycle time, safety, integration, and deployment" questions, scopes pilots with success criteria, and writes "demo scripts, spec one-pagers, integration FAQs".Source
    • Your shopshop.dexmate.com lists Vega 1 Pro at $75,000 and Vega 1 U at $42,000 ("The price listed here does not include any end effectors like grippers"), DexGripper S at $3,000 ($3,900 with camera), DexGripper D at $4,000 ($4,900 with camera), both "Priced per gripper; each robot takes two", and the Vega 1 Exoskeleton at $1,800. Delivery: "Around 4 weeks from order confirmation." Quotes: "Use the contact page and tell us the configuration and quantity."Source
    • Your websiteEvents page: "Map of 11 Dexmate event locations", including MODEX 2026 (Atlanta, warehouse and logistics demos), CVPR 2026, Automate 2026, Actuate 26, IROS 2026, a CoreWeave event, Long Horizon by Encord, and CoRL in Austin (Booth 1104, November 9, 2026). Each entry's "Learn More" goes to the conference site; there is no way to book time with the team.Source
  • 12

    Dexmate demoed warehouse and logistics tasks at MODEX and spoke on industrial physical AI at Automate, and the campaign manager is asked to support ABM. LG CNS is already quoted as an integrator customer.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Marketing Campaign and Event…

    First action

    Pull the MODEX and Automate leads into one list.

    How to measure it

    Meetings with target accounts

    Now
    –
    Target
    15
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Build the list

      Show leads plus lookalikes.

      Marketing Campaign and Event Manager 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Create assets

      Demo video, pilot offer.

      Solutions Engineer 1 month

    3. 3

      Write sequences

      Email and LinkedIn.

      Marketing Campaign and Event Manager 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Run ads

      LinkedIn to the account list.

      Growth Marketing Manager 2 months

    5. 5

      Book lab demos

      Fremont visits.

      Sales Development Representative ongoing

    6. 6

      Report

      Meetings and pipeline.

      Marketing Campaign and Event Manager monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Ad budget
    Owner
    Marketing Campaign and Event Manager

    Smallest test

    Email 20 MODEX leads the industrial article and a demo invite.

    Build the prospect list. The list compiled from public sources, verified, deduplicated and delivered to your CRM. Usually live within days.

    Book a working session

    Why it works

    Build a list of 50 logistics, manufacturing and integrator accounts from show leads and lookalikes, run a sequence with an industrial demo video, the industrial blog article, a pilot offer and an invitation to a lab demo, and track meetings by account.

    Industrial buyers move in committees; a focused campaign keeps Dexmate in front of all of them between shows.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Long cycles

      Measure meetings and pilots, not closes, at first.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteEvents page: "Map of 11 Dexmate event locations", including MODEX 2026 (Atlanta, warehouse and logistics demos), CVPR 2026, Automate 2026, Actuate 26, IROS 2026, a CoreWeave event, Long Horizon by Encord, and CoRL in Austin (Booth 1104, November 9, 2026). Each entry's "Learn More" goes to the conference site; there is no way to book time with the team.Source
    • HiringMarketing Campaign and Event Manager (Fremont, posted October 20, 2026): "drive pipeline growth through high-impact campaigns and industry events"; owns "Trade shows", "Conferences" and "Customer demos and roadshows", "Support Account-Based Marketing (ABM) initiatives", "Ensure strong lead capture, follow-up, and handoff to sales", and reports "Leads generated", "Meetings booked" and "Pipeline created".Source
    • Your websiteBlog: two articles, "Robot Hardware Requirements for Industrial Physical AI" (June 29, 2026) and "What Should a Robot Remember, and in What Form?" (October 14, 2026).Source
    • Your websiteHomepage "Who It's For" names five audiences, each with a customer quote: Robotics Experts (Northwestern University), Developers & Researchers (USC), Physical AI Companies (Config), Data Companies (Lightwheel) and System Integrators (LG CNS Future Robotics LAB). The sitemap has 30 URLs: 4 product pages, 15 research pages, 3 blog URLs, the two programs, events, about, contact and legal pages, and no page per audience or use case.Source
  • 13

    The solutions engineer will build a demo library, and Dexmate has run live demos at many events. The YouTube channel has 2 videos and 173 subscribers.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Solutions Engineer

    First action

    Film three tasks from the current demo set.

    How to measure it

    Monthly views

    Now
    –
    Target
    20,000
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick tasks

      Ten tasks buyers ask about.

      Solutions Engineer 1 week

    2. 2

      Set the format

      Task, config, speed, setup.

      Growth Marketing Manager 1 week

    3. 3

      Film

      Two a week.

      Solutions Engineer weekly

    4. 4

      Publish

      YouTube and product pages.

      Growth Marketing Manager weekly

    5. 5

      Cut shorts

      LinkedIn and TikTok.

      Growth Marketing Manager weekly

    6. 6

      Measure

      Views to demo requests.

      Growth Marketing Manager monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Filming time
    Owner
    Solutions Engineer

    Smallest test

    Publish one demo video this week.

    Why it works

    Film every demo task in one clean format (task, configuration, speed, setup time), publish one a week on YouTube and the product pages, and cut short clips for LinkedIn and TikTok.

    Robot buyers want to see the robot work; a library answers capability questions before the first call.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Failed takes

      Show honest speed; edit for length only.

    Evidence

    • ChannelsYouTube @dexmate-ai: 173 subscribers, 2 videos, 3,285 views. GitHub dexmate-ai: 12 public repositories, 47 stars in total (dexcontrol 19, dexmate-urdf 14, omniteleop 7). A Discord server is linked from the site; a TikTok account is linked only from the shop.Source
    • HiringSolutions Engineer (Fremont): runs "technical demos for prospects, partners, and press", must "Build and maintain a demo library that shows our capabilities against real customer use cases", answers "payload, reach, cycle time, safety, integration, and deployment" questions, scopes pilots with success criteria, and writes "demo scripts, spec one-pagers, integration FAQs".Source
    • Your websiteEvents page: "Map of 11 Dexmate event locations", including MODEX 2026 (Atlanta, warehouse and logistics demos), CVPR 2026, Automate 2026, Actuate 26, IROS 2026, a CoreWeave event, Long Horizon by Encord, and CoRL in Austin (Booth 1104, November 9, 2026). Each entry's "Learn More" goes to the conference site; there is no way to book time with the team.Source
  • 14

    The developer advocate is to publish tutorials weekly, and the blog has two articles. Tutorials on the main site can carry calls to action that docs pages cannot.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Developer Advocate Engineer

    First action

    Publish the first tutorial on teleoperation data collection.

    How to measure it

    Organic tutorial visits

    Now
    –
    Target
    3,000 a month
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Plan topics

      12 weeks of tutorials.

      Developer Advocate Engineer 1 week

    2. 2

      Add the section

      Template with code and video.

      Web developer 1 week

    3. 3

      Publish weekly

      One tutorial.

      Developer Advocate Engineer weekly

    4. 4

      Cross-post

      GitHub and Discord.

      Developer Advocate Engineer weekly

    5. 5

      Add calls to action

      Configurator and programs.

      Growth Marketing Manager 1 week

    6. 6

      Review

      Visits and leads.

      Growth Marketing Manager monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Developer Advocate Engineer

    Smallest test

    Publish one tutorial and track it.

    Why it works

    Add a Tutorials section to dexmate.com with each tutorial as a page: problem, code, video, the robot used and a link to the configurator. Cross-post the code to GitHub and announce on Discord.

    Practical tutorials attract the ML engineers who are new to robots, and each one is an entry point to the product.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Content outpaces product changes

      Date tutorials and update in 48 hours, as the role requires.

    Evidence

    • HiringDeveloper Advocate Engineer (Fremont): "Write and publish technical tutorials weekly", "Build and publish sample projects", own SDK documentation "kept current within 48 hours of any platform change", answer Discord and GitHub Discussions "within 24 hours", and speak at "NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, CoRL" 3-4 times a year. "Many developers have never deployed a model that moves something in the physical world."Source
    • Your websiteBlog: two articles, "Robot Hardware Requirements for Industrial Physical AI" (June 29, 2026) and "What Should a Robot Remember, and in What Form?" (October 14, 2026).Source
    • ChannelsYouTube @dexmate-ai: 173 subscribers, 2 videos, 3,285 views. GitHub dexmate-ai: 12 public repositories, 47 stars in total (dexcontrol 19, dexmate-urdf 14, omniteleop 7). A Discord server is linked from the site; a TikTok account is linked only from the shop.Source
  • 15

    The growth hire will wire attribution in customer.io, and the new contact form questions will give each lead an audience and a funding route. Buyers of capital equipment take months.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Growth Marketing Manager

    First action

    Write the startup sequence first.

    How to measure it

    Meetings from nurture

    Now
    –
    Target
    +20%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Map triggers

      Forms, downloads, newsletter.

      Growth Marketing Manager 1 week

    2. 2

      Write sequences

      Five, three emails each.

      Growth Marketing Manager 1 month

    3. 3

      Build

      In customer.io.

      Growth Marketing Manager 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Score leads

      Opens, clicks, pricing visits.

      Growth Marketing Manager 2 weeks

    5. 5

      Alert sales

      High scores.

      Sales Development Representative ongoing

    6. 6

      Review

      Monthly.

      Growth Marketing Manager monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    customer.io
    Owner
    Growth Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Run one sequence for a month.

    Why it works

    Build five short sequences (labs, startups, AI labs, data companies, integrators) with relevant research, videos, pricing and a next step, triggered by form answers, spec downloads and the newsletter.

    Relevant follow-up keeps long cycles warm without sales effort.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Too many emails

      Cap at one a week.

    Evidence

    • HiringGrowth Marketing Manager (Fremont): "own how the world discovers Dexmate"; "Own SEO/GEO and the website funnel: improve organic visibility, conversion rates, and the path from first visit to demo request or order the product"; run paid search and social, ABM with sales, attribution in customer.io, and "Instrument and report on the full funnel". "You'll be an early marketing hire with real ownership. You'll set up the funnel, prove what works, and scale it."Source
    • Your websiteContact page ("Sales, Partnerships, and Research Collaborations"): the form asks only for name, email, an optional "Company / Organization" ("Leave blank if you're an individual customer") and a free-text message capped at 512 characters. No question about the robot, quantity, timeline, segment or how the purchase will be funded.Source
    • Your websiteHomepage "Who It's For" names five audiences, each with a customer quote: Robotics Experts (Northwestern University), Developers & Researchers (USC), Physical AI Companies (Config), Data Companies (Lightwheel) and System Integrators (LG CNS Future Robotics LAB). The sitemap has 30 URLs: 4 product pages, 15 research pages, 3 blog URLs, the two programs, events, about, contact and legal pages, and no page per audience or use case.Source
  • 16

    Sales must "represent Dexmate credibly against humanoid, robotics-data, and automation competitors". Galaxea sells R1 Pro and R1 Lite from a priced store, Hello Robot sells Stretch 4, AgileX sells Cobot Magic and data kits, and Rainbow Robotics lists RB-Y1. Buyers compare them anyway.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 month Growth Marketing Manager

    First action

    Collect public specs for three alternatives.

    How to measure it

    Comparison-page conversions

    Now
    –
    Target
    20 a month
    By
    90 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Gather specs

      Public sources only.

      Growth Marketing Manager 1 week

    2. 2

      Write pages

      Table and fit notes.

      Growth Marketing Manager 1 week

    3. 3

      Review

      Facts and trademarks.

      Legal 1 week

    4. 4

      Publish

      Linked from product pages.

      Web developer 1 day

    5. 5

      Equip sales

      Same table as a competitor comparison.

      Sales Development Representative 1 day

    6. 6

      Refresh

      Quarterly.

      Growth Marketing Manager quarterly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Growth Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Publish one comparison table.

    Why it works

    Publish a factual comparison table and short pages on reach, payload per arm, DoF, runtime, software openness, price and lead time, with sources and dates, and say where each alternative fits better.

    Honest comparisons win trust with technical buyers and rank for "alternative" searches.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Outdated rival specs

      Date every figure and cite sources.

    Evidence

    • HiringSales Development Representative (Fremont, a full-cycle role): buyers range across "grant-funded academic procurement, fast-moving AI lab deals, or multi-stakeholder commercial pilots — across capital-equipment purchasing and Robot-as-a-Service agreements"; pilots are turned into "a business case: research value, data throughput, or labor cost offset and payback period"; the rep must "Represent Dexmate credibly against humanoid, robotics-data, and automation competitors" and "Work the conference circuit hard".Source
    • CompetitorsGalaxea Dynamics ("Your First Development Partner for Embodied AI") sells R1 Pro and R1 Lite wheeled robots, grippers, cameras and teleoperation arms from a store priced in USD, with its own models, docs and a Discord. Hello Robot sells Stretch 4 with a "Buy Stretch" button and separate Research and Enterprise pages. AgileX sells Cobot Magic, ALOHA-style kits, PiPER arms and data-collection kits. Rainbow Robotics lists the RB-Y1 mobile humanoid.Source
    • Your websiteProduct pages for Vega 1 Pro ("General-Purpose Wheeled Humanoid") and Vega 1 U ("Bimanual Manipulator") give full specifications, an "Order Now" button and a "Download Spec Sheet" PDF, but no price. Vega 1 U is pitched to "University Labs: Departments that need a teaching rig students can actually run", "Data-Collection Teams" and "System Integrators", and "Upgrades to Vega 1 Pro".Source
    • Your shopshop.dexmate.com lists Vega 1 Pro at $75,000 and Vega 1 U at $42,000 ("The price listed here does not include any end effectors like grippers"), DexGripper S at $3,000 ($3,900 with camera), DexGripper D at $4,000 ($4,900 with camera), both "Priced per gripper; each robot takes two", and the Vega 1 Exoskeleton at $1,800. Delivery: "Around 4 weeks from order confirmation." Quotes: "Use the contact page and tell us the configuration and quantity."Source
  • 17

    Dexmate is hiring four roles in Singapore, mentions a Seoul office, quotes LG CNS on its homepage and already prices the startup program outside the US. The site has no regional pages, contacts or events in Asia.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Co founder

    First action

    List inquiries from Asia in the last six months.

    How to measure it

    Asia inquiries

    Now
    –
    Target
    +50%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Size demand

      Past inquiries and orders.

      Sales Development Representative 1 week

    2. 2

      Write the page

      Contacts, shipping, pricing.

      Growth Marketing Manager 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Translate

      Korean product pages.

      Growth Marketing Manager 1 month

    4. 4

      Shipping notes

      Export and lead times.

      Lab Operations Specialist 1 week

    5. 5

      Regional events

      One show per quarter.

      Marketing Campaign and Event Manager quarterly

    6. 6

      Review

      Leads by country.

      Co-founder quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Translation
    Owner
    Co founder

    Smallest test

    Publish an Asia contact page.

    Why it works

    Add an Asia page with local contacts, shipping and lead times, non-US program pricing, the LG CNS story and regional events, and translate the core product pages into Korean first.

    Local presence lowers the risk of a large import purchase, and the team on the ground can follow up in person.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Spreading the team thin

      Start with one country.

    Evidence

    • HiringFour open roles in the Singapore office: Robotics Systems Engineer, Robot Learning Engineer, Robot Learning Intern and Robotics Data Collection Operator; 33 open roles in Fremont.Source
    • HiringProduct Manager, Physical AI Agents (Fremont): owns the roadmap "from on-robot policies to the developer SDK to the cloud-side evaluation and deployment surfaces" and must "Watch agents fail in the wild". A Lab Operations Specialist will "Own outbound robot shipments end to end, domestic and international", including export documents, and coordinate with "our Seoul office".Source
    • Your websiteHomepage "Who It's For" names five audiences, each with a customer quote: Robotics Experts (Northwestern University), Developers & Researchers (USC), Physical AI Companies (Config), Data Companies (Lightwheel) and System Integrators (LG CNS Future Robotics LAB). The sitemap has 30 URLs: 4 product pages, 15 research pages, 3 blog URLs, the two programs, events, about, contact and legal pages, and no page per audience or use case.Source
    • Your websiteStartup Program: "$22K Off" Vega 1 Pro and "$10K Off" Vega 1 U per unit in the US for the first two units ($10K and $5K outside the US) for companies with "less than $5 million in total funding", applied for through a form and answered with a quote. University Program: "Up to $13K off Vega 1 Pro and up to $12K off Vega 1 U", "in limited quantities". Neither page states the list price the discount comes off.Source
  • 18

    The open-source exoskeleton kit is how teams collect training data, and it costs $1,800, yet it appears only in the shop; the main site menu lists four products.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 month Growth Marketing Manager

    First action

    Draft the exoskeleton page.

    How to measure it

    Exoskeleton-led robot quotes

    Now
    –
    Target
    10 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Write the page

      What it does, video, specs.

      Growth Marketing Manager 1 week

    2. 2

      Bundle

      With Vega 1 U.

      Growth Marketing Manager 1 week

    3. 3

      Add to menu

      Products.

      Web developer 1 day

    4. 4

      Tutorial

      Teleop data collection.

      Developer Advocate Engineer 2 weeks

    5. 5

      Follow up

      Buyers and repo stars.

      Sales Development Representative ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Kit-to-robot conversions.

      Growth Marketing Manager quarterly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Growth Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Add the exoskeleton to the products menu.

    Why it works

    Add an exoskeleton product page, a "start collecting data" bundle with Vega 1 U, a tutorial and video, and email anyone who buys the kit or stars the omniteleop repository with the next step.

    A small purchase starts the relationship, and data collection is the core reason teams buy Vega.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Kit buyers are hobbyists

      Qualify by institution.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteHomepage FAQ: teleoperation runs "in VR or with the open-source exoskeleton kit", and "Each session is recorded as training data for imitation learning". The main site menu lists four products (Vega 1 Pro, Vega 1 U, DexGripper S, DexGripper D); the $1,800 exoskeleton appears only in the shop.Source
    • Your shopshop.dexmate.com lists Vega 1 Pro at $75,000 and Vega 1 U at $42,000 ("The price listed here does not include any end effectors like grippers"), DexGripper S at $3,000 ($3,900 with camera), DexGripper D at $4,000 ($4,900 with camera), both "Priced per gripper; each robot takes two", and the Vega 1 Exoskeleton at $1,800. Delivery: "Around 4 weeks from order confirmation." Quotes: "Use the contact page and tell us the configuration and quantity."Source
    • ChannelsYouTube @dexmate-ai: 173 subscribers, 2 videos, 3,285 views. GitHub dexmate-ai: 12 public repositories, 47 stars in total (dexcontrol 19, dexmate-urdf 14, omniteleop 7). A Discord server is linked from the site; a TikTok account is linked only from the shop.Source
  • 19

    Real visitors pass Core Web Vitals, but the desktop lab score is 54 with 968 ms of blocking time, and the homepage downloads 6.3 MB with eight third-party services adding 1.25 MB. Many robot buyers browse on desktop at work.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Growth Marketing Manager

    First action

    List every third-party script and its owner.

    How to measure it

    Desktop score

    Now
    –
    Target
    85+
    By
    1 month

    Steps

    1. 1

      Inventory scripts

      Owner and purpose.

      Growth Marketing Manager 2 days

    2. 2

      Remove duplicates

      Unused tags.

      Web developer 2 days

    3. 3

      Optimize images

      Formats and sizes.

      Web developer 1 week

    4. 4

      Defer scripts

      Consent and tags.

      Web developer 1 week

    5. 5

      Retest

      PageSpeed.

      Web developer 1 day

    6. 6

      Monitor

      Monthly.

      Growth Marketing Manager monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Development time
    Owner
    Growth Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Defer one script and retest.

    Why it works

    Compress and lazy-load images, remove unused JavaScript, load the consent and tag scripts after the page, remove duplicate tags, and give every third-party script a named owner.

    A faster page helps conversion on paid traffic the growth hire will buy.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Breaking tracking

      Test tags after each change.

    Evidence

    • Google PageSpeedHomepage, October 23, 2026: mobile score 72 and desktop 54; lab mobile LCP 6.1 s, desktop total blocking time 968 ms; 6.3 MB over 99 requests, with 8 third-party services adding about 1.25 MB. Real visitors pass Core Web Vitals (field LCP 2.2 s, INP 91 ms).Source
    • HiringGrowth Marketing Manager (Fremont): "own how the world discovers Dexmate"; "Own SEO/GEO and the website funnel: improve organic visibility, conversion rates, and the path from first visit to demo request or order the product"; run paid search and social, ABM with sales, attribution in customer.io, and "Instrument and report on the full funnel". "You'll be an early marketing hire with real ownership. You'll set up the funnel, prove what works, and scale it."Source

Big bets 2

Larger plays that can change the trajectory.

  • 20

    Data companies are one of the five audiences, Dexmate is hiring a robotics data collection operator in Singapore, and every teleoperation session is recorded as training data. The shop sells parts, not a ready station.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 2 quarters Product Manager

    First action

    Measure hours of data per day from one station.

    How to measure it

    Station orders

    Now
    –
    Target
    20 units
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Measure throughput

      Hours per day.

      Product Manager, Physical AI Agents 1 month

    2. 2

      Design the package

      Hardware, setup, training.

      Product Manager, Physical AI Agents 1 month

    3. 3

      Price

      Volume tiers.

      Co-founder 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Operator training

      Course and certificate.

      Solutions Engineer 1 month

    5. 5

      Launch

      Data companies page.

      Growth Marketing Manager 1 month

    6. 6

      Sell

      ABM to data companies.

      Sales Development Representative ongoing

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Product time
    Owner
    Product Manager, Physical AI Agents

    Smallest test

    Sell one station to an existing data company customer.

    Why it works

    Package Vega 1 U, two grippers, an exoskeleton, setup and operator training into one station with a quoted throughput and price, and offer volume pricing for 5 or more.

    Data companies buy capacity, not robots; a station priced by output sells fleets.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Throughput varies

      Quote ranges by task.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteHomepage "Who It's For" names five audiences, each with a customer quote: Robotics Experts (Northwestern University), Developers & Researchers (USC), Physical AI Companies (Config), Data Companies (Lightwheel) and System Integrators (LG CNS Future Robotics LAB). The sitemap has 30 URLs: 4 product pages, 15 research pages, 3 blog URLs, the two programs, events, about, contact and legal pages, and no page per audience or use case.Source
    • HiringFour open roles in the Singapore office: Robotics Systems Engineer, Robot Learning Engineer, Robot Learning Intern and Robotics Data Collection Operator; 33 open roles in Fremont.Source
    • Your websiteHomepage FAQ: teleoperation runs "in VR or with the open-source exoskeleton kit", and "Each session is recorded as training data for imitation learning". The main site menu lists four products (Vega 1 Pro, Vega 1 U, DexGripper S, DexGripper D); the $1,800 exoskeleton appears only in the shop.Source
    • Your shopshop.dexmate.com lists Vega 1 Pro at $75,000 and Vega 1 U at $42,000 ("The price listed here does not include any end effectors like grippers"), DexGripper S at $3,000 ($3,900 with camera), DexGripper D at $4,000 ($4,900 with camera), both "Priced per gripper; each robot takes two", and the Vega 1 Exoskeleton at $1,800. Delivery: "Around 4 weeks from order confirmation." Quotes: "Use the contact page and tell us the configuration and quantity."Source
  • 21

    The PM owns cloud-side evaluation and must "watch agents fail in the wild", and MeMoREval shows Dexmate already builds benchmarks with universities.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 2 quarters Product Manager

    First action

    Pick five standard tasks.

    How to measure it

    Policy submissions

    Now
    –
    Target
    50
    By
    4 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick tasks

      Five standard tasks.

      Product Manager, Physical AI Agents 1 month

    2. 2

      Build the harness

      Repeatable runs.

      Senior Software Engineer, Data & Model 2 months

    3. 3

      Pilot

      Three labs.

      Developer Advocate Engineer 1 month

    4. 4

      Publish

      Results page.

      Growth Marketing Manager 1 month

    5. 5

      Promote

      Conferences.

      Developer Advocate Engineer ongoing

    6. 6

      Review

      Quarterly.

      Product Manager, Physical AI Agents quarterly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Lab time
    Owner
    Product Manager, Physical AI Agents

    Smallest test

    Run one task for three outside teams.

    Why it works

    Run a standard task set on Vega in the Fremont lab, let researchers submit policies to be tested, and publish the results as a public board.

    A trusted benchmark draws researchers to the platform it runs on.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Running costs

      Limit submissions per month.

    Evidence

    • HiringProduct Manager, Physical AI Agents (Fremont): owns the roadmap "from on-robot policies to the developer SDK to the cloud-side evaluation and deployment surfaces" and must "Watch agents fail in the wild". A Lab Operations Specialist will "Own outbound robot shipments end to end, domestic and international", including export documents, and coordinate with "our Seoul office".Source
    • Your websiteResearch Papers: 14 published projects ran on Vega, from labs at UC Berkeley, Stanford, USC, Carnegie Mellon, UIUC, Northwestern, Purdue, Tsinghua and Michigan and several industry research labs; examples include T-Rex (tactile-reactive manipulation), DexTacWAM (success "70.6 against 38.0 for the strongest baseline") and MeMoREval, a memory benchmark built by Dexmate with Carnegie Mellon and Purdue.Source

Wildcards 1

Unexpected experiments, each with a cheap way to test it.

  • 22

    Vega 1 U is pitched to "Departments that need a teaching rig students can actually run", but there is no course material.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters Growth Marketing Manager

    First action

    Find one professor to co-write the course.

    How to measure it

    Units for teaching labs

    Now
    –
    Target
    10
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Find a professor

      Co-author.

      Developer Advocate Engineer 1 month

    2. 2

      Write labs

      Ten labs.

      Developer Advocate Engineer 2 months

    3. 3

      Pilot

      Two universities.

      Sales Development Representative 1 semester

    4. 4

      Publish

      On the university page.

      Growth Marketing Manager 1 week

    5. 5

      Promote

      Education conferences.

      Marketing Campaign and Event Manager ongoing

    6. 6

      Review

      Units sold.

      Growth Marketing Manager semester

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Writing time
    Owner
    Growth Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Write one lab exercise.

    Why it works

    Publish a semester lab course (labs, code, grading notes) for Vega 1 U, offer it free with the university program, and find two pilot universities.

    Teaching labs buy several units and train the next researchers on Dexmate.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Courses go unused

      Pilot before publishing.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteProduct pages for Vega 1 Pro ("General-Purpose Wheeled Humanoid") and Vega 1 U ("Bimanual Manipulator") give full specifications, an "Order Now" button and a "Download Spec Sheet" PDF, but no price. Vega 1 U is pitched to "University Labs: Departments that need a teaching rig students can actually run", "Data-Collection Teams" and "System Integrators", and "Upgrades to Vega 1 Pro".Source
    • Your websiteStartup Program: "$22K Off" Vega 1 Pro and "$10K Off" Vega 1 U per unit in the US for the first two units ($10K and $5K outside the US) for companies with "less than $5 million in total funding", applied for through a form and answered with a quote. University Program: "Up to $13K off Vega 1 Pro and up to $12K off Vega 1 U", "in limited quantities". Neither page states the list price the discount comes off.Source
    • HiringDeveloper Advocate Engineer (Fremont): "Write and publish technical tutorials weekly", "Build and publish sample projects", own SDK documentation "kept current within 48 hours of any platform change", answer Discord and GitHub Discussions "within 24 hours", and speak at "NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, CoRL" 3-4 times a year. "Many developers have never deployed a model that moves something in the physical world."Source

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30/60/90 roadmap

What to focus on in each month, and the ideas that carry it.

  1. Days 1 to 307 ideas

    Configurator and quote, qualifying contact form, docs indexing, list prices on programs, spec-sheet tracking, event booking and spec cleanup.

  2. Days 31 to 6012 ideas

    Audience pages, research backlinks, university pack, pilot leases, industrial ABM, demo videos, tutorials, nurture, comparisons, Asia, exoskeleton and speed.

  3. Days 61 to 903 ideas

    Commit to the data-collection station, the evaluation board and the teaching kit.

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Customers

What customers say

Customers value mobility and bimanual dexterity in one robot. The most cited problem: real-world data collection is slow.

  • Open APIs and simulation models that match the robot
  • Building robot hardware from scratch
  • In their words: “physical AI”

Market

Competitive landscape

4 competitors compared: Galaxea Dynamics, Hello Robot, AgileX Robotics and Rainbow Robotics.

  • Gap to exploit: Transparent all-in pricing for complete robots
  • Galaxea Dynamics: Less published research on its robots
  • Hello Robot: Single arm, small payload

Hiring signals

Dexmate is building its first go-to-market team around a strong research base.

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  • Marketing Campaign and Event Manager: Events, ABM, meetings booked. Ideas 6, 12.
  • Sales Development Representative: Grant, AI-lab and commercial deals, Robot-as-a-Service. Ideas 2, 10, 11.

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