William Sachiti
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Sachiti on London Live 2017
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1 May 1985 Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Occupation | Founder of Kar-go, mycityvenue, Clever Bins, Hugh (robot) |
| Known for | Dragons' Den, Kar-go |
| Website | www |
Pasihapaori Chidziva (Born May 1985) is a Zimbabwean born British serial entrepreneur and inventor. He is founder and CEO of the driverless car manufacturer, Kar-go, which is known for being the UK startup competing with multinational incumbents such as Google and Tesla, Inc..
Sachiti was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, where he grew up before moving to the UK at 16.
At 19, Sachiti started his first start-up 123-registration a domain registration business which was acquired year after its inception. Sachiti first reached the public eye after appearing on the BBC investment programme Dragons' Den, where he was seeking 65K for his company Clever Bins.Clever Bins was a solar powered digital advertising bin which was aimed as an advertising platform for cities. In what was described by the BBC as a slick pitch, Sachiti was unable to raise funding in the den. The company continued to trade for three years during which time it successfully licensed its technology to 6 countries and local governments before closing in 2013.
In 2013, Sachiti founded mycityvenue, a digital concierge and holiday company which grew to approximately 1.6 million users before it was acquired by UK holiday company Secret Escapes.
In 2015 Sachiti went to university at Aberystwyth University in Wales, where he studied artificial intelligence and robotics. While at university he was credited with inventing the worlds first artificially intelligent robot librarian, Hugh (robot). The robot was capable of holding a conversation or taking verbal commands and would be able to navigate users to any one of several million books in the library.
While at university, Sachiti and a team of scientists had been working on a way to autonomously deliver packages to try to solve the last mile delivery problem. In 2016, after receiving a £10 000 cheque from Aberystwyth University, Sachiti founded the Academy of Robotics, a vehicle manufacturer company to develop Kar-go. Kar-go is driverless car able to deliver multiple packages by using a combination of advanced robotics and driverless vehicle technology. The company later went to raise more money from venture capital at an initial £2M valuation. Kar-go has been nominated for several awards and has a production facility in Small Dole near Brighton in the UK.
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