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O-ID
Techstars '25Plug and Play VenturesSuginami, JP · Founded 2025 · Delaware corporation · 5 employees on LinkedIn · 4 known investors
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A company engineering humanoid robots designed for industrial work, manufactured in Japan and built for global deployment across sectors facing workforce shortages.
Also known as O-ID INC.
Founders & leadership
O-ID was founded in 2025 by Stian Jakobsen and Simon Gormuzov.
Investors · 4
How we know: Techstars's portfolio page · the Techstars portfolio · humanoidsdaily.com · open dataset · Top 3000 Accelerator Startups (no YC) 2026-08 · Not right? Tell us
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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$1.2M disclosed across 2 of 3 rounds · 2025–2026
- $1.2MPre-Seed RoundSep 2026 · 3 sources
TAWANI Ventures (lead), Hustle Fund, Techstars
Source ↗
▶$7KraisedJul 2025 · 1 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Semen Evgenievich GormuzovExecutive Officer, Director
- STIAN JAKOBSENExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $1M
- Amount sold
- $7K
- First sale
- Jun 2025
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2025
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Sep 2026O-ID is a Tokyo-based robotics company developing a fully modular humanoid robot platform intended for industrial and other demanding environments. The company frames its product as a single humanoid body built around swappable modules — head, torso/core, shoulder, elbow, forearm, dexterous gripper and a holonomic base — so that a unit can be serviced by exchanging a module and reconfigured for a different task by exchanging an end effector. Indicative published specifications are a height of 172 cm, weight of 70 kg, payload of 16 kg, 30 degrees of freedom, more than nine modules and intended 24/7 operation, with a full datasheet offered on request.
The company positions the platform for three application areas: assembly and line-side handling in manufacturing, case picking, transfer, sorting and packing in logistics, and industrial inspection in dangerous, hazardous or confined spaces. Its rationale for building in Japan cites the country's industrial supply chain, decades of robotics engineering practice, and labour shortages that it describes as three million workers today and eleven million by 2040, with similar shortages emerging in Western markets. A Japanese startup database categorises O-ID under IT infrastructure, systems development, robotics, R&D-intensive and B2B tags, describing it as designing a hardware ecosystem intended to adapt, extend and evolve while remaining easy to maintain and quick to deploy.
Founding story
O-ID was cofounded by Stian Jakobsen (CEO) and Simon Gormuzov (CTO); the team also includes Johannes Schoenke as Lead Software Engineer and Yuuta van Hammond as Lead Project Engineer.
Business model
B2B hardware: O-ID develops and manufactures a humanoid robot platform in Japan for deployment to industrial customers, with a modular architecture that supports servicing and customization through module swaps.
Traction
The company lists a pre-seed financing announcement and is hiring across business development, manufacturing and supply chain, deployment, mechanical architecture and electronics. In August 2025 it was selected for the second Techstars Tokyo accelerator, an equity-based program run with JETRO alongside the Cabinet Office, METI and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, involving roughly three months of programming.
Latest developments
O-ID announced a $1.2M pre-seed round to build modular humanoids in Japan (dated September 24, 2026 on its site) and is recruiting for five Tokyo-based roles spanning business development, manufacturing and supply chain, deployment, mechanical architecture and electronics.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
An early-stage entrant in the humanoid robotics field differentiating on full modularity and Japanese manufacturing, targeting sectors affected by labour shortages.
Emphasis on a fully modular, field-configurable humanoid whose components can be swapped for servicing or reconfiguration, combined with domestic Japanese manufacturing and supply chain sourcing and shipment from Tokyo.
Technology
A modular humanoid robot consisting of interchangeable subassemblies — head, torso/core, shoulder, elbow, forearm, dexterous gripper and holonomic base — with indicative specifications of 172 cm height, 70 kg weight, 16 kg payload, 30 degrees of freedom, 9+ modules and continuous 24/7 operation. Modularity is presented as enabling field configuration, servicing by module replacement and task customization by changing hands or end effectors.
Go-to-market
Direct engagement with investors, partners and prospective customers via the company website and contact address, with datasheets provided on request; the company is recruiting a Business Development / Partnerships Lead and a Deployment Head in Tokyo.
Industrial operators in manufacturing (assembly and line-side handling), logistics and warehousing (case picking, transfer, sorting, packing), and industrial inspection of hazardous or confined spaces.
Geography
Headquartered and operating in Tokyo, Japan (coordinates 35.6762N / 139.6503E cited on its site), with all open roles based in Tokyo and robots described as made in Japan and built for global deployment.
History
The company operates from Tokyo under the entity name O-ID INC. A Japanese startup database profile was created and last updated in August 2025, listing Stian Jakobsen as founder and CEO. In August 2025 O-ID was accepted into the second cohort of Techstars Tokyo. The company's website records a pre-seed raise announcement dated September 24, 2026.
Compiled by commissioned research from 5 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.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsThe company's engineering log links to press coverage of a $1.2M pre-seed financing to build modular humanoid robots in Japan.
$1.2M source ↗
O-ID was selected for the second Techstars Tokyo program, an equity-based startup acceleration program run by JETRO together with the Cabinet Office, METI and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in partnership with Techstars. Investment from the Techstars-formed fund is planned at up to $120,000 per company, with roughly three months of programming.
$120K source ↗
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structureIn the news
▸Research sources · 5
primary sources listed
- O-IDo-id.net · web
5 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does O-ID do?
- O-ID builds modular humanoid robots for industrial work, designed and manufactured in Japan and shipped from Tokyo.
- Who founded O-ID?
- O-ID was founded by Stian Jakobsen, Simon Gormuzov in 2025.
- Who are O-ID's investors?
- O-ID's investors include Techstars, Hustle Fund, Plug and Play Ventures, TAWANI Ventures.
- How much funding has O-ID raised?
- O-ID has disclosed $1.2M raised across 2 of its 3 known rounds.
- Where is O-ID headquartered?
- O-ID is headquartered in Suginami, JP.