Seed 🌱
Moon Surgical
Surgical robotics platform for advanced surgical procedures.
⭐ Seed-funded surgical robotics startup launched June 2020
⚕️ Medical & Surgical
📍 United States · Est. 2020Website →
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Seed 🌱
Andromeda Surgical
Surgical robotic systems for minimally invasive procedures.
⭐ Y Combinator S2023 batch medical robotics startup
⚕️ Medical & Surgical
Backed by: Y Combinator
📍 United States · Est. 2023Website →
Series B
Loona
Personal companion AI robot establishing agentic AI viability in the consumer market.
⭐ Benchmark personal companion AI robot proving commercial viability of agentic AI
🤖 Service Robots
📍 ChinaWebsite →
Series D$11B+
Waymo
World's only fully commercial driverless robotaxi — 50,000+ rides/week
⭐ 50,000+ weekly rides with zero human driver — only true commercial driverless service
🚗 Autonomous Vehicles
Backed by: Alphabet, Andreessen Horowitz
📍 Mountain View, USA · Est. 2009Website →
Series D$1.5B
Nuro
Autonomous delivery vehicles — first fully driverless road approval
⭐ First NHTSA driverless deployment permit — R2 operates with zero human onboard
🚗 Autonomous Vehicles📦 Logistics & Warehouse
Backed by: SoftBank, Google
📍 Mountain View, USA · Est. 2016Website →
🤝 AcquiredAcquired by Hyundai — $880M
Boston Dynamics
Atlas + Spot — world's most recognized robots
⭐ 10,000+ Spot robots deployed in 90+ countries — 500M+ YouTube views
🐕 Legged Robots🧑🤖 Humanoid Robots
Backed by: Hyundai Motor Group
📍 Waltham, USA · Est. 1992Website →
Series B$675M
Figure AI
General-purpose humanoid for warehouses and homes
⭐ Figure 02 deploys at BMW Spartanburg — first humanoid in a real auto plant
🧑🤖 Humanoid Robots
Backed by: Nvidia, Microsoft, OpenAI
📍 Sunnyvale, USA · Est. 2022Website →
Series A$455M
TARS
Humanoid robotics startup building AI-powered robots with record-breaking funding.
⭐ Record $455M pre-A round for Chinese humanoid robotics sector
🧑🤖 Humanoid Robots
Backed by: GL Ventures, HongShan, Meituan
📍 Beijing, China · Est. 2025Website →
Series B$400M
Physical Intelligence (π)
Foundation models for general robotic dexterity
⭐ π0 can fold laundry, bus tables, pack boxes — zero task-specific training
🧠 AI & Robot Learning🦾 Manipulation & Arms
Backed by: Sequoia, OpenAI, Jeff Bezos
📍 San Francisco, USA · Est. 2023Website →
Series B$350M
Apptronik
Apollo humanoid deployed at GXO and Mercedes-Benz
⭐ Apollo deployed at GXO warehouses and Mercedes-Benz factories
🧑🤖 Humanoid Robots
Backed by: Google, Mercedes-Benz, NASA collaboration
📍 Austin, USA · Est. 2016Website →
Series E$340M
Skydio
Most autonomous drone in the world — US-made for defense
⭐ US Army selected Skydio — only American drone that can beat DJI on autonomy
✈️ Aerial & Drones
Backed by: Andreessen Horowitz, US Army
📍 San Mateo, USA · Est. 2014Website →
Series F$330M
Zipline
Drone delivery for medical supplies — 1M+ deliveries made
⭐ 1M+ deliveries in Africa and Asia — blood delivered in 30 mins vs 3 hours by road
✈️ Aerial & Drones📦 Logistics & Warehouse
Backed by: Andreessen Horowitz, Goldman Sachs
📍 South San Francisco, USA · Est. 2014Website →
Series A$300M
Skild AI
A generalist robot brain that runs across any robot body
⭐ $300M raised at $1.5B valuation before shipping a single product
🧠 AI & Robot Learning
Backed by: Lightspeed, SoftBank, Amazon
📍 Pittsburgh, USA · Est. 2023Website →
Series D$300M+
Pudu Robotics
70,000+ restaurant robots in 60+ countries
⭐ 70,000+ units in 60+ countries — largest restaurant robot fleet in the world
🤖 Service Robots📦 Logistics & Warehouse
Backed by: Meituan, Sequoia China
📍 Shenzhen, China · Est. 2016Website →
Series C$222M
Covariant
Foundation models for warehouse picking at Amazon scale
⭐ RFM-1 picks any object with zero task-specific programming — deployed at scale
🧠 AI & Robot Learning📦 Logistics & Warehouse
Backed by: Radical Ventures, Index Ventures
📍 Emeryville, USA · Est. 2017Website →
Series B$200M
Unitree Robotics
World's most affordable quadruped and humanoid robots
⭐ 10,000+ quadrupeds deployed globally — cheapest capable legged robot at $2,700
🐕 Legged Robots🧑🤖 Humanoid Robots
Backed by: Sequoia China, Meituan
📍 Hangzhou, China · Est. 2016Website →
Series B$200M+
Agibot
Fastest founding-to-factory deployment in Chinese robotics
⭐ Founded 2023, in SAIC factory by 2024 — fastest humanoid deployment in China
🧑🤖 Humanoid Robots⚙️ Industrial Robots
Backed by: SAIC, Sequoia China
📍 Shanghai, China · Est. 2023Website →
Series D$200M+
Keenon Robotics
100,000+ indoor delivery robots in hospitals and hotels
⭐ 1,000+ hospital deployments in China alone — multi-floor autonomous delivery
🤖 Service Robots📦 Logistics & Warehouse
Backed by: SoftBank, Alibaba
📍 Shanghai, China · Est. 2013Website →
Series D+$200M+
CMR Surgical
Advanced surgical robotics platform for minimally invasive procedures.
⭐ World's most valuable surgical robot startup with $200M+ raised
⚕️ Medical & Surgical
📍 Cambridge, United KingdomWebsite →
Series B$150M
Agility Robotics
Digit — first bipedal humanoid operating at Amazon scale
⭐ Digit is the only bipedal humanoid operating inside Amazon facilities today
🧑🤖 Humanoid Robots📦 Logistics & Warehouse
Backed by: Amazon, DCVC
📍 Salem, USA · Est. 2015Website →
Series B$140M
Sanctuary AI
Phoenix humanoid learns any task via teleoperation
⭐ Carbon AI system learned 200+ tasks through human teleoperation demonstrations
🧑🤖 Humanoid Robots🧠 AI & Robot Learning
Backed by: Microsoft, Accenture
📍 Vancouver, Canada · Est. 2018Website →
Series B$100M
1X Technologies
Norwegian humanoid building NEO for everyday households
⭐ First OpenAI-backed humanoid company focused on domestic home use
🧑🤖 Humanoid Robots🤖 Service Robots
Backed by: OpenAI, EQT Ventures
📍 Moss, Norway · Est. 2014Website →
Series C$100M+
Fourier Intelligence
Rehabilitation exoskeletons + humanoid GR-1 for factories
⭐ Only company shipping both medical exoskeletons AND humanoid robots commercially
🧑🤖 Humanoid Robots⚕️ Medical & Surgical
Backed by: Sequoia China, Qiming Ventures
📍 Shanghai, China · Est. 2015Website →
📈 Public$90MSERV
Serve Robotics
Sidewalk delivery robots — public on NASDAQ
⭐ Only publicly traded sidewalk delivery robot company — NASDAQ: SERV
🤖 Service Robots📦 Logistics & Warehouse
Backed by: Nvidia, Uber
📍 Los Angeles, USA · Est. 2017Website →
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