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Telekinesis.ai

Techstars '22

Darmstadt, DE · 14 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors

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Telekinesis develops a cloud platform for intuitive programming and autonomous learning across industrial, mobile, and humanoid robots, powered by AI technologies.

Also known as Telekinesis · Telekinesis GmbH

Founders & leadership

JPJan Peters
Jan Peters

Investors · 2

Techstarslisted by TechstarsBoulder · $220K

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Company profile

researched Sep 2026

Telekinesis GmbH, based in Darmstadt, Germany, develops what it calls an Agentic OS for Physical AI: a full-stack software platform and Python SDK intended to let engineers build, simulate and deploy applications across robotic arms, humanoids and mobile bases without rewriting code for each platform. The stack is distributed as a pip-installable package (telekinesis-ai) and bundles more than 250 models and skills spanning perception, planning, manipulation, control and learning, aimed at manufacturing and logistics use cases.

The architecture has four stated layers: an agent built on VLM/LLM models that uses a code-as-policy approach to translate natural-language prompts into auditable Python robot programs; a modular skill library covering perception, motion and planning; a data engine for structuring and generating training data, including synthetic photorealistic labeled datasets produced with domain randomization; and a hardware abstraction layer built around an in-house low-latency robotics communication framework called BabyROS for cloud-to-robot connectivity. Applications marketed on the company's site include bin picking, pick and place, palletizing and depalletizing, assembly, machine tending, sorting, packaging, material handling and label classification.

A company profile on the German business network XING describes the company as developing an AI technology termed Visual Robot Programming, which is intended to let robots learn behaviors autonomously by watching videos, with a stated aim of enabling non-specialists to teach robots through a no-code approach.

Compiled by commissioned research from 6 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Employee count rangeJan 20261-10 employees
HeadcountAug 202614
Stated motion precisionJan 20260 mm
Stated operational cost savingsJan 202670%
Stated task accuracyJan 202699%
Stated time to roiJan 202612-18 months
Supported hardware oemsJan 202610 OEMs
Supported skillsJan 2026250 skills/models

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

▸Research sources · 6

primary sources listed

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Frequently asked questions

What does Telekinesis.ai do?
Telekinesis builds an agentic operating system and Python SDK for programming, simulating and deploying physical AI robots.
Who founded Telekinesis.ai?
Telekinesis.ai was founded by Jan Peters.
Who are Telekinesis.ai's investors?
Telekinesis.ai's investors include Atlantic, Techstars.
Where is Telekinesis.ai headquartered?
Telekinesis.ai is headquartered in Darmstadt, DE.