47. Josh Augustin, CTO of Tempo

Today I’m joined by Josh Augustin. 


 


Josh is the CTO of Tempo —  a smart home
gym that uses computer vision to track your form in
real-time. 


 


In this episode, we discuss the company’s origin story as a
product designed to be used in the gym. How they pivoted to
at-home fitness. The recent $60M funding round that valued the
company at $250M. And the future of the connected fitness
category. 


 


Get to know Josh: 


 


Josh Augustin is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of
Tempo since 2014. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area,
Josh attended Columbia University where he received a Bachelor of
Science in Computer Science. At Columbia, he worked as a
researcher in the Robotics and Computer Graphics labs, studying
robotic cloth perception and manipulation among other topics. In
2014, Josh was a software engineering intern at Pixar Animation
Studios and was later accepted into startup accelerator
Y-Combinator’s prestigious Winter 2015 class along with his
Co-Founder, Moawia Eldeeb. Josh was recently honored on Forbes’
30 under 30 list for Consumer Technology.


 


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