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Interesting idea. There is a typo in the first question - 'intresting'.


fixed! Thanks!


Think about - 1) A time when you wanted to attend an event overseas but were worried if you will have enough money or time to attend the event, or if will you be able to take a leave from your work.

2) Or about a time when you had to travel or send an employee thousands of miles for one or two business meetings and spend thousands of dollars on the arrangement of trip.

3) The time when you had all the right documents, invitations from the event, a paid trip but still could not attend the event or meeting due to immigration issues.

Did you wonder in such situations if you could use a magic spell and teleport yourself to the event and experience the awesomeness? Afterall it is only about changing the surroundings in which you are currently present. Well you can definitely access the live telecast of the event but it doesn't allow you to experience a very basic human characteristic – freedom of movement.

Thus we created Splinch, a telepresence robot rental service. Splinch enables you to have a physical presence at events, for $250, when you cannot attend an event in person. It not only helps you save time, money and energy, but also helps in reducing your carbon footprint caused by air travel, hotel use, taxi rides etc.


can I use it to attend dinner parties at my in-laws?


The rental price will be 400$ per day, but I think we might be able to bring it down to 300$. As per the model of telepresence robot, though we have not talked to anyone officially we are planning on the new Double Robotics model, and also in future on Beam Pro.

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Have you ever wanted to attend an event in a different country or on the other side of your country? But have been worried about travel, time, money and energy expenses to schedule the trip and attend the event.

Splinch comes to rescue. Splinch is a telepresence robot rental service that enables you to attend events at anyplace (currently only in US in Boston, Worcester, DC, NYC) in the world from the comfort of your home or office.

We would love to have your feedback, comments and opinions on your first impression of hearing about the service, things that can be added, concerns, 'would you pay for the service?', and any other query.

If you love the idea, don't forget to Get Splinched.


Do you guys deliver the robot to the event?


Yes, we will deliver the robot to the event and perform the initial setup also.


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