# Micah Green

> Micah Estis Green is the founder, president, and CEO of Tailos, the Austin robotics company behind Rosie, an AI-powered commercial robot vacuum that cleans the floors of hotels, senior-living communities, and multifamily buildings. He started the company (originally Maidbot) in a Cornell dorm room in 2015 after a class assignment put him to work as a hotel room attendant, and built it into a fleet deployed across 12 countries. A 2017 Thiel Fellow and 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, he has been assembling robots from kits since age five.

- **Role:** Founder, President & CEO at Tailos
- **Organizations:** Tailos, Maidbot, Thiel Foundation, Cornell University
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Entrepreneurship concentration (took leave to build Maidbot), Cornell University, School of Hotel Administration
- **Known for:** 2017 Thiel Fellow (one of 25 selected), 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Won the 2015-2016 Student Startup Madness national tournament

## Career timeline

- **2015** — Founded Maidbot in a Cornell dorm room after working as a hotel room attendant for a class assignment; joined Rev Ithaca's inaugural hardware accelerator.
- **2016** — Built the first working prototype of Rosie; won the Student Startup Madness national tournament.
- **2017** — Named one of 25 Thiel Fellows by Peter Thiel's foundation.
- **2018** — Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
- **2020** — Raised Series B funding; scaled commercial deployments of Rosie.
- **2022** — Rebranded Maidbot to Tailos, named after Talos, the bronze robot of Greek myth.

## Achievements

- 2017 Thiel Fellow (one of 25 selected)
- 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree
- Won the 2015-2016 Student Startup Madness national tournament
- Built Rosie, marketed as the world's first housekeeping robot for hotels
- Scaled Tailos to deployments across 12 countries serving thousands of locations
- Entrepreneur in Residence and guest lecturer at Cornell University

## Latest updates

- **2022-03** — Rebranded Maidbot to Tailos, signaling a broader ambition beyond hotel housekeeping into commercial real estate, senior living, and multifamily cleaning.
- **2025-01** — Continued promoting Rosie as an AI-powered commercial robot vacuum across hospitality and property management on LinkedIn.

## Links

- Website: https://tailos.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/micahgreen7/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/TAILOSTECH
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maidbot/

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