Mobot
YC W19New York City, US · Founded 2018 · 40 employees · 5 known investors
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Mobot provides infrastructure-as-a-service that combines human expertise with mechanical robots to automate testing and development processes for engineering teams building software and hardware products.
Also known as Team Mobot · Mobot (YC W19)
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W19)
Mobot was founded in 2018 by Eden Full Goh.
Investors · 5
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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$12.5M disclosed across 1 round · 2022
- $12.5MSeries AAug 2022 · 2 sources
Cota Capital (lead), Heavybit, Uncorrelated Ventures
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Mobot operates a fleet of mechanical robots that physically tap, swipe and drag on real iOS and Android devices to run mobile application tests. The robots use computer vision to execute test plans, compare results against an established baseline, and classify outcomes as passed, failed, or flagged for human review. All robots are housed in Mobot's New York office rather than shipped to customers, and the company maintains a pool of more than 200 physical iOS and Android devices for testing.
The service is delivered as infrastructure-as-a-service combined with human oversight: customers provide accounts, builds and test plans, and a dedicated customer success manager works with the Mobot team to convert those plans into automated robot tests using Mobot's internal platform. Tests are initiated by the CSM rather than the customer, typically set up within 24-48 hours, and most can be turned around the same day when requested before noon Eastern. Screenshots and detailed run data are captured, reviewed, annotated, and published to the Mobot platform and to integrations including Slack, JIRA and TestRail.
Supported test scenarios emphasize cases that emulators and conventional automation frameworks struggle with, including deep links and deferred deep links, in-app purchases and credit-card payments, push notifications, biometric authentication (fingerprint and facial), two-factor authentication via SMS, app-generated codes and QR codes, file upload and download, invitations, home-screen widgets, app backgrounding, Bluetooth and Apple Watch connectivity, Google account authentication, accessibility settings, in-app advertising, system language changes, geolocation, and multi-device messaging using several handsets placed side by side. The company states it does not currently support video recordings of tests or multi-touch testing, and is not intended for stress testing, though it can perform some performance testing such as battery usage. The website markets a product called Mobot Live.
Business model
Mobot sells an infrastructure-as-a-service offering in which it owns and operates the robots and device fleet and provides accompanying human quality experts. Engagements are managed through a dedicated customer success manager, with device and operating-system configurations selected per test and adjustable over time; Mobot also absorbs test-plan maintenance as the customer's app changes.
Traction
Published case-study figures include a 30%+ increase in QA efficiency with 600 test cases automated weekly and an app store rating improvement from 3.9 to 4.8; more than 20 hours of manual testing eliminated weekly and a 2100% increase in device coverage for a US neobank; $150k in recovered revenue for an app with 35M+ monthly active users; 600+ deep link issues resolved with 10,000+ links tested and over 50 unique channels tested weekly for a social networking platform; and an app store rating increase from 4.2 to 4.8 for an app with 3M+ global users.
Latest developments
The company website promotes Mobot Live and markets AI-enabled robotic testing across engineering, QA, product, marketing and support use cases.
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Market position
Mobot describes itself as a QA-as-a-service platform in the mobile testing market, targeting the gap between manual testing and conventional software-based automation, particularly for out-of-app and hardware-dependent test cases.
The company positions itself as the only solution using real mechanical robots on real physical devices, enabling coverage of test scenarios where emulators, virtual devices and existing automation frameworks fail, and supporting multi-device interactions by placing several physical devices side by side. It states the robots can complete in one day work that would take humans five days.
Technology
Mechanical robots that physically actuate real phones and tablets, paired with computer vision to interpret screen state and determine pass/fail results against a baseline. Human supervisors intervene when a robot becomes stuck and for scenarios such as biometrics that require strategic human input. Apps are installed via standard distribution channels on test devices that connect to customer APIs over secured internal Mobot networks, with reports and artifacts secured end to end.
Go-to-market
Direct sales driven by demo requests and a self-service "Playground" that lets prospects trigger example robot tests across categories such as deep linking, in-app purchases and push notifications. The team includes dedicated sales and sales development roles alongside customer operations staff.
Mobile app development organizations, with the site addressing engineering, QA, product, marketing and support functions. Referenced customers and case studies include a US neobank with 20M+ users, a top-10 social networking platform with 300M+ monthly active users, a consumer app with 35M+ monthly active users, an app with 10M+ active users, an app with 3M+ global users, identity company Persona, and Sandboxx.
Geography
Headquartered in New York City, where the robot fleet and device lab are located; the company states it has worked with development teams around the world.
History
Founded in 2018 and part of Y Combinator's Winter 2019 batch. Y Combinator's company page cites August 2022 TechCrunch coverage reporting that Mobot secured capital to grow its fleet of bug-testing robots. Team size is listed at 40.
Compiled by commissioned research from 7 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Founder mafia
3 people who came through Mobot went on to found or lead other companies.
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Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsY Combinator's company page links TechCrunch coverage dated August 15, 2022 reporting that Mobot secured capital to expand its fleet of robots that bug-test mobile apps. No amount or investors are stated.
Mobot is listed as a Y Combinator Winter 2019 company.
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In the news
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Mobot do?
- Mobot is a QA-as-a-service platform that uses human-supervised mechanical robots to test mobile apps on real devices.
- Who founded Mobot?
- Mobot was founded by Eden Full Goh in 2018.
- Who are Mobot's investors?
- Mobot's investors include Cota Capital, Heavybit, MPG Fund, Y Combinator, Uncorrelated Ventures.
- How much funding has Mobot raised?
- Mobot has disclosed $12.5M raised across 1 round.
- Where is Mobot headquartered?
- Mobot is headquartered in New York City, US.