Anduril
Startup or tech company
Defence technology company building autonomous systems.
Costa Mesa, United StatesUnicorn
Boston Dynamics
Startup or tech company
Robotics company spun out of MIT, known for its walking robots.
Waltham, United StatesAcquiredCarnegie Mellon University
University program
Leading university for computer science and robotics, origin of Duolingo.
Pittsburgh, United States
Cruise
Startup or tech company
Self-driving car company acquired by General Motors.
San Francisco, United StatesY CombinatorAcquired
DJI
Startup or tech company
World's leading consumer drone maker.
Shenzhen, ChinaUnicorn
ETH Zurich
University program
Swiss technical university with a large spin-off program.
Zurich, Switzerland
Figure AI
Startup or tech company
Maker of general-purpose humanoid robots.
Sunnyvale, United StatesUnicorn
HAX
Accelerator or incubator
Hardware and hard-tech accelerator run by SOSV.
Newark, United StatesJibo
Startup or tech company
Social home robot from an MIT professor, launched on Indiegogo.
Boston, United StatesIndiegogoClosed
Nuro
Startup or tech company
Autonomous delivery vehicles.
Mountain View, United StatesUnicorn
Ocado
Startup or tech company
Online grocer and warehouse robotics technology provider.
Hatfield, United KingdomPublic company
Physical Intelligence
Startup or tech company
Foundation models that let robots learn many physical tasks.
San Francisco, United StatesUnicorn
Zipline
Startup or tech company
Drone delivery company that began by delivering blood in Rwanda.
South San Francisco, United States