The inspiration behind Amino—a mobile-based social service aimed at connecting users with specialized interests—dates back to the teenage years of Ben Anderson, the tech savvy co-founder whose niche hobby of building robots engendered little enthusiasm among his closest friends.
“I would show them the cool robots I had built and they didn’t seem to care at all,” recalled Anderson, now a 25-year-old entrepreneur on the rise. “I knew there were people from Mississippi to Japan who loved geeking out with robotics like I did, but I had no way of connecting with them.”