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He made your free video player run smoothly. Now he’s doing that for robots.

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According to TechCrunch, French entrepreneur Jean-Baptiste Kempf, best known for creating the VLC video player, is now building Kyber—an infrastructure layer that enables real-time control of remote devices. Drawing on decades of open-source expertise, Kempf is applying his talent for making complex systems reliable and accessible to the world of robotics and remote device control.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/19/he-made-your-free-video...

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