Companies
Robotics and physical-AI companies by country, sector, technology and stage.
- $5.1M
Los Angeles developer of the Labrador Retriever, a home robot that carries and fetches items for people with limited mobility and takes commands from a phone app or Alexa.
Mantis Robotics makes fenceless industrial robot arms with built-in safety sensing so they can work right next to people.
- $4.5M
Columbia University spinout in New York building robot hands with light-based touch sensing and learning methods for fine assembly work.
- $3.99M
Plant City, Florida developer of autonomous strawberry harvesters that carry 16 picking robots and use AI vision to judge ripeness.
- $3.2M
San Carlos, California company offering a robot-based automated storage and retrieval system for e-commerce fulfillment as a service.
- $2.54M
Martinez, California maker of Stretch, a compact mobile manipulator for homes, care settings and research labs.
Atlanta developer of SCUTL, a segmented multilegged robot modelled on centipedes for cluttered and confined spaces in pest control, construction and specialty agriculture.
Chipmaker expanding into compute for robotics, simulation and physical AI.
US e-commerce and cloud group whose Frontier AI & Robotics (FAR) team publishes humanoid learning research.
US AI company that develops the Claude family of large language models and publishes economic research on AI and work.
Austin, Texas developer of self-driving cars and sidewalk delivery robots, part of Nebius Group, running robotaxi rides and food delivery on Uber in Dallas.
Maker of Spot, Stretch and Atlas; an MIT spin-off controlled by Hyundai Motor Group.
Nasdaq-listed local commerce and delivery platform that builds its own delivery robot, Dot, through DoorDash Labs.
Bay Area exoskeleton developer for rehabilitation and industrial use, now a subsidiary of ChronoScale.
New York maker of Sprout, a 107 cm developer humanoid built to work around people; an Amazon company since March 2026
US parcel, express and freight carrier deploying robotic trailer loading in its hub network
Silicon Valley maker of autonomous mobile robots for warehouses and factories, bought by Zebra Technologies in 2021 and by Skild AI in 2026.
Force-sensing adaptive robot maker with roots in a Stanford lab, run from Silicon Valley with offices and factories in China.
Research institute behind the Nadia and Alex humanoid robots
Developer of the Phantom humanoid robot and Cortex AI system, aimed at manufacturing, logistics, domestic and defense work.
| Company | Country | Sector | Stage | Total funding | Valuation | Founded | Technologies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labrador Systems Los Angeles developer of the Labrador Retriever, a home robot that carries and fetches items for people with limited mobility and takes commands from a phone app or Alexa. | US | — | Seed | $5.1M | $5.1M | — | |
| Mantis Robotics Mantis Robotics makes fenceless industrial robot arms with built-in safety sensing so they can work right next to people. | US | — | — | $5M | $5M | — | |
| Tangent Robotics Columbia University spinout in New York building robot hands with light-based touch sensing and learning methods for fine assembly work. | US | — | Pre-seed | $4.5M | $4.5M | — | |
| Harvest CROO Robotics Plant City, Florida developer of autonomous strawberry harvesters that carry 16 picking robots and use AI vision to judge ripeness. | US | — | — | $3.99M | $3.99M | 2012 | |
| Instock San Carlos, California company offering a robot-based automated storage and retrieval system for e-commerce fulfillment as a service. | US | — | Seed | $3.2M | $3.2M | 2020 | |
| Hello Robot Martinez, California maker of Stretch, a compact mobile manipulator for homes, care settings and research labs. | US | — | — | $2.54M | $2.54M | 2017 | |
| Ground Control Robotics Atlanta developer of SCUTL, a segmented multilegged robot modelled on centipedes for cluttered and confined spaces in pest control, construction and specialty agriculture. | US | — | — | $275K | $275K | — | |
| AMD Chipmaker expanding into compute for robotics, simulation and physical AI. | US | — | Public | — | 1969 | ||
| Amazon US e-commerce and cloud group whose Frontier AI & Robotics (FAR) team publishes humanoid learning research. | US | — | Public | — | 1994 | ||
| Anthropic US AI company that develops the Claude family of large language models and publishes economic research on AI and work. | US | — | — | — | — | ||
| Avride Austin, Texas developer of self-driving cars and sidewalk delivery robots, part of Nebius Group, running robotaxi rides and food delivery on Uber in Dallas. | US | — | Subsidiary | — | 2017 | ||
| Boston Dynamics Maker of Spot, Stretch and Atlas; an MIT spin-off controlled by Hyundai Motor Group. | US | Humanoid | Subsidiary | — | 1992 | ||
| DoorDash Nasdaq-listed local commerce and delivery platform that builds its own delivery robot, Dot, through DoorDash Labs. | US | — | Public | — | — | ||
| Ekso Bionics Bay Area exoskeleton developer for rehabilitation and industrial use, now a subsidiary of ChronoScale. | US | — | Subsidiary | — | — | ||
| Fauna Robotics New York maker of Sprout, a 107 cm developer humanoid built to work around people; an Amazon company since March 2026 | US | — | Subsidiary | — | — | ||
| FedEx Corp. US parcel, express and freight carrier deploying robotic trailer loading in its hub network | US | — | Public | — | — | ||
| Fetch Robotics Silicon Valley maker of autonomous mobile robots for warehouses and factories, bought by Zebra Technologies in 2021 and by Skild AI in 2026. | US | — | Acquired | — | — | ||
| Flexiv Force-sensing adaptive robot maker with roots in a Stanford lab, run from Silicon Valley with offices and factories in China. | US | — | — | — | 2016 | ||
| Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) Research institute behind the Nadia and Alex humanoid robots | US | — | — | — | — | ||
| Foundation Developer of the Phantom humanoid robot and Cortex AI system, aimed at manufacturing, logistics, domestic and defense work. | US | — | — | — | — |