'They're like, geeky guys': Why Silicon Valley fell for an artist and her (robot) dog

By Will Pavia
The Times·
20 mins to read
'They're like, geeky guys': Why Silicon Valley fell for an artist and her (robot) dog
Agnieszka Pilat and 'Basia' in the studio. Photo / Agnieszka Pilat, Instagram

Agnieszka Pilat is calling to me from somewhere. I'm on the fourth floor of an enormous industrial building in Chelsea. There are numbers on the doors but they don't match hers. I tell her this on the phone.

"I'll shout," she bellows her voice coming from a long corridor. "We're

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