Robotics Startups

Anduril builds autonomous systems and software for defense and military applications, including attack aviation, unmanned aircraft, and underwater vehicles, unified by an autonomy platform. It also operates its own defense manufacturing facility.

100 investors

Figure develops general-purpose humanoid robots designed for deployment in workforce and home environments. The company builds commercial-grade robotic systems with advancing dexterity and autonomy capabilities.

49 investors

AMI Labs develops advanced AI systems that understand the real world through world models and action-conditioned architectures, enabling intelligent agents with persistent memory, reasoning, and safety controls for industrial automation, robotics, and healthcare applications.

47 investors

Saronic builds autonomous surface vessels — including the 180-foot, long-range Marauder — along with Echelon, a command-and-control software layer for planning, simulating and operating single vessels or fleets. The company targets defense and commercial maritime customers and is developing Port Alpha, a shipyard for producing its vessels in the United States.

41 investors

Apptronik builds humanoid robots designed to perform repetitive, physically taxing, and dangerous tasks in warehousing and manufacturing environments, aiming to free workers for higher-value activities.

40 investors

Relativity Space designs, builds, and launches rockets, including Terran 1 (a 3D-printed rocket) and Terran R, a reusable medium-heavy lift launch vehicle. The company uses a vertically integrated approach combining 3D printing, AI, and autonomous robotics to manufacture launch vehicles with fewer parts.

37 investors

Zipline operates a drone delivery service for rapid order fulfillment, with a focus on maintaining product temperature integrity during transit. The company serves customers seeking same-day delivery while maintaining zero emissions.

35 investors

Ginkgo Bioworks designs custom engineered organisms for customers across multiple markets, operating foundries that use software and hardware automation to scale the organism engineering process.

33 investors

Physical Intelligence develops generalist AI models for robotics that can control any robot to perform various tasks through learning algorithms and multi-robot training. The company is building foundation models for general-purpose physical intelligence to enable widespread robotics applications across different industries.

33 investors

UiPath provides enterprise automation software that uses AI agents and robots to automate business processes across departments like procurement, finance, and ERP systems. The platform helps organizations manage the full automation lifecycle from workflow design to ROI tracking.

32 investors

Gecko Robotics builds robots equipped with sensors and cameras to inspect industrial structures like boilers for structural defects, replacing dangerous manual inspections at height. The company serves industrial facilities that need to inspect large equipment and infrastructure.

29 investors

Applied Intuition develops physical AI software for autonomous and intelligent machines, including vehicles, robots, ships, and satellites across industries like automotive, defense, logistics, and manufacturing.

27 investors

Skild develops AI software and robotics systems that enable robots to operate autonomously in unstructured, real-world environments, performing tasks like navigation, grasping, and inspection without constant human intervention.

25 investors

Cruise develops all-electric self-driving car technology intended for passenger transportation in dense urban environments. The company was acquired by General Motors in 2016.

23 investors

AstroForge is a space mining company that extracts platinum group metals and other valuable materials from asteroids to integrate into Earth's supply chains. The company aims to reduce reliance on terrestrial mining by developing commercial deep-space resource extraction missions.

22 investors

Chef Robotics builds AI-powered robots for automated meal assembly and food preparation, designed to handle the natural variability of food ingredients and high-mix production. It serves food manufacturers in the US, Canada, and Europe through a Robotics-as-a-Service leasing model.

22 investors

Formic develops automation and robotics solutions for factories to increase production capacity and reliability while reducing costs, downtime, and safety risks. The company enables manufacturers to deploy automation without lengthy timelines or significant capital expenditure.

22 investors

Rigetti Computing builds full-stack hybrid classical/quantum computing systems, offering access to its quantum computers for solving computationally intensive problems in areas such as healthcare, energy, and agriculture. The company's quantum hardware is accessible online through its cloud platform.

22 investors

Vatn designs and manufactures low-cost, modular autonomous underwater vehicles with proprietary autonomy, navigation, and control software for undersea ISR, logistics, sensing, and payload delivery missions. Its systems are used by defense, research, and commercial customers, including U.S. DoD and NATO partners operating in contested maritime environments.

22 investors

Hadrian operates AI-powered precision manufacturing factories for the aerospace and defense industrial base, producing precision components and offering manufacturing capacity as a service. Its Opus platform interprets legacy designs and automates production and inspection while training factory technicians, serving U.S. defense and industrial customers.

21 investors

Machina Labs builds and operates software-defined factories using AI-guided robotics to manufacture complex metal structures and components from digital designs. The company serves automotive, aerospace, defense, and industrial customers seeking rapid fabrication of custom metal parts without traditional tooling constraints.

21 investors

Andromeda Surgical develops an AI-guided surgical platform that provides GPS-like navigation and autonomous task capabilities to surgeons, starting with endourology procedures. The platform integrates with existing surgical tools to assist interventional surgeons in performing procedures with enhanced precision and reduced training requirements.

20 investors

micro1 operates a data lab that produces expert human data, reinforcement-learning training environments, and contextual evaluations to train frontier AI models and assess AI agents. Its products include RL environments (Realm), an evaluation platform for agents in production (Cortex), and real-world robotics data for embodied systems.

19 investors

Gatik develops Level 4 autonomous trucks for regional freight and e-commerce delivery, operating commercial fleets for retailers including Walmart, Loblaw, Kroger, and others. The company delivers goods at scale without safety drivers across multiple U.S. and Canadian markets.

18 investors