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Did George Babu co-found Kindred?
Yes. Kindred's own team page, as archived on 2016-10-31, describes George Babu as a co-founder and Kindred's chief product officer, and says Babu had earlier been an early stage venture investor at a $100 billion pension fund and an RF engineer at BlackBerry.
What did Babu work on at Kindred?
Fortune reported on 2017-10-24 that Babu, as Kindred's co-founder and product chief, said Gap had been testing Kindred's robot in a warehouse for a couple of months and that it was processing real orders, sorting items such as jeans and t-shirts.
What did Babu build before Kindred?
BetaKit reported on 2026-09-24 that Babu co-founded Rypple, a Toronto performance management company, with David Stein and Daniel Debow in 2007, and that Salesforce acquired Rypple in 2011.
What does Babu do now?
The Aire Labs team page, checked 2026-09-25, lists George Babu as co-founder and CEO. BetaKit reported on 2026-09-24 that Babu is keeping the Toronto company lean, raising little capital while it runs experiments.