Best Consumer Robotics Companies in San Francisco, United States
The 36 best Consumer Robotics companies in San Francisco, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Anki.
Ranked: Best Consumer Robotics companies in San Francisco
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anki Developer of home robots and smart toys for recreational purposes | $258M | 96 mo ago | 178 | — | — | — | 118 patents Robotic audio perception, spatial filtering, and animation control technologies | — |
| 2 | Anki Developer of social robots for consumer entertainment | $105M | 143 mo ago | 1 | Hanns Tappeiner Founder | — | — | 118 patents Audio perception, filtering, and animation control for mobile consumer robots | — |
| 3 | Watney Robotics Developer of intelligent robots that automate household tasks | $21M | 16 mo ago | — | Sean Cheong Co-Founder | Framer SitesApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+7 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 4 | Kambria Open source robotics and AI development platform | $16M | 93 mo ago | 21 | Thuc Vu Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressTypeScriptPHP+35 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 5 | Stork Programmable smartphone mounted personal telepresence robot | $8M | 146 mo ago | 399 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Catalia Health Cakhia TV: Premier source for live football, sports streams | $8M | 106 mo ago | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Carbon Developer of intelligent robotic arms | $7M | 33 mo ago | 20 | — | — | — | 753 patents Additive manufacturing of polymer and composite materials for dental and wearable applications | — |
| 8 | ROYBI AI-powered robot for kids education | $4M | 86 mo ago | 11 | Rong Cheng Co-Founder & Cto | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Replenish Foods Developer of robotic kitchen blenders | $4M | 121 mo ago | 4 | Matthew Udomphol Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Atom Limbs Cloud and AI-enabled robotic prosthetic arms for patients | $2M | 33 mo ago | 10 | Tyler Hayes Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Nymble Internet-first brand offering autonomous cooking devices | $1M | 72 mo ago | 20 | Rohin Malhotra Co-Founder & CTO | WebflowHandlebarsSelectize+21 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 12 | Weave Robotics Provider of personal robot designed for the home | $500K | 21 mo ago | — | Evan Wineland Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | 1 launch |
| 13 | Revolve Robotics Telepresence robots for education, business, healthcare, customer service, and fun | $300K | 161 mo ago | 8 | Marcus Rosenthal Founder & CEO | — | — | 14 patents Automated robotic camera stands for videoconferencing control and positioning | — |
| 14 | Codie A robotic toy that teaches kids the principles of coding | $250K | 129 mo ago | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Beetl Internet first brand offering smart pet litter cleaning device | $100K | 123 mo ago | 3 | Brett Lee Co-Founder | — | Top 50M | — | — |
| 16 | Adawarp Remote control robots with VR, for long-distance communication | $100K | 130 mo ago | — | Tatsuki Adaniya Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Consumer Robotics companies in San Francisco
#1
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2023$21.1Mraised▾
Developer of intelligent robots that automate household tasks. It develops intelligent robots designed to perform household tasks, such as folding laundry, with the ability to be teleoperated.
- Apr 2025Series B$21.1M
#2
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2024$500Kraised▾
Provider of personal robot designed for the home. The robot is capable of performing various tasks such as laundry, tidying up, and home care. Users can remotely operate the robot and receive assistance with household chores.
- Nov 2024Seed—
- 2024Seed$500K
#3
Acqui-Hired · San Francisco, California · founded 2010 · 178 employees$257.7Mraised▾
Anki is a technology company that develops robotic solutions for consumer applications and recreational purposes. Its chief offering is a companion robot called Vector that comes with multiple functionalities like 6-Axis IMU, built-in WiFi connection, facial recognition, obstacle avoidance, to name a few. In addition, the company offers robotic toys called Overdrive which is a robotic car and Cosmo which comes in the form of smart cubes that can be stacked together to form a robot toy. All these robots offered by the company come with artificial intelligence which helps it learns about the user over time and can be controlled using a companion smartphone application. Overdrive was named one of the top 25 best inventions of 2013 by Time.
- Aug 2018Series D$17.2M
- Jul 2018Series D$6.1M
- Mar 2017Series D$77.5M
- Jun 2016Series C$52.5M
#4
Acquired · San Francisco, California · founded 2014 · 20 employees$6.9Mraised▾
Carbon robotics is a San Francisco based company and is part of joint accelerator of Techstars and Qualcomm. Their first product Katia is a robotic arm which can be trained to perform tasks. Users have to physically guide through a task which arm can replay. Katia is open source can be controlled from an iPhone, Arduino, or web platform to add custom logic. Katia also accepts multiple attachments.
- Dec 2023Seed$1.3M
- Dec 2016Seed$3.2M
- Aug 2016Seed$2.3M
- May 2015Seed$120K
#5
Deadpooled · San Francisco, California · founded 2010 · 1 employees$105Mraised▾
Anki is a developer of social robots for consumer entertainment. It has developed Vector, an AI-enabled robot capable of integrating with Amazon Alexa helps the user in reminding the tasks at a specified time, provide weather updates, take pictures, entertain the user by playing music & dancing to the beat, and others. Also, offers Cozmo SDK for developers to create their own robots, games, projects.
- Sep 2014Series C$55M
- Jan 2013Series A$50M
#6
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2019 · 10 employees$2.1Mraised▾
Developer of mind-controlled bionic arms designed to help under-elbow amputees regain mobility. The company's bionic arms involve implanting electrodes that pick up on the brain's signals and help people to move, feel, and use the new limb in an intuitive, natural way, enabling researchers, amputees, and hobbyists to customize bionic hands for various purposes.
#7
Funding Raised · San Francisco, California · founded 2017 · 21 employees$16Mraised▾
Kambria is an open source robotics and AI development platform based on Blockchain technology for decentralized and accelerated development of robots from R&D to manufacturing, software to hardware, sales and rental, AI, etc. As of April'2018, the product is in design phase and the company plans to launch it by Q1 2019. Its partners include Toppan, Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University, Intel, etc. It has been featured in CNN, The Washington Post, TechCrunch, Forbes, ABC, CNBC, Venture Beat, etc.
- Dec 2018ICO$16M
#8
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2014 · 8 employees$7.8Mraised▾
Cakhia TV: Premier source for live football, sports streams, offering high-quality, free access to various sports events. This platform specializes in live streaming football matches, providing enthusiasts with real-time access to games. Beyond football, it extends its coverage to include basketball, tennis, and esports, ensuring a broad spectrum of sports entertainment. The website features include live scores, match highlights, schedules, and team standings. It also provides betting odds and tips, enhancing the user experience for sports betting fans. With a focus on user accessibility, the site offers a user-friendly interface and mobile compatibility. It aims to deliver a comprehensive sports viewing experience through live streams, news, and community engagement.
- Nov 2017Seed$4M
- May 2017Seed$2.5M
- Jun 2015Seed$1.2M
#9
Deadpooled · San Francisco, California · founded 2011 · 399 employees$8.2Mraised▾
Stork (formerly known as Romotive) designs and sells a personal robot powered by user's smartphone. The robot offers Remote 2-way telepresence, Autonomous navigation and Facial recognition. Signed a production contract with an Asian manufacturer that will help the company scale up its output dramatically. Offers an open SDK for developer applications. Raised $170k for pre-orders on Kickstarter. The company was formerly known as Romotive. The company's founder Keller Rinaudo is now the CEO of delivery drone company Zipline.
- Jul 2014Series A$1.7M
- Oct 2012Series A$5M
- Dec 2011Seed$1.5M
#10
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2017 · 11 employees$4.2Mraised▾
AI-powered robot for kids education. It provides kids with a private tutoring experience that uses Artificial Intelligence. It provides courses for technology, math, science, and multiple languages.
- Jul 2019Angel$4.2M
- Dec 2018Seed—
#11
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2013 · 4 employees$4Mraised▾
Developer of robotic kitchen blenders. Its features include self-cleaning capabilities, automatic control of blending time, temperature, and water levels, and automatic washing and draining. Users can make various beverages such as smoothies, hot soups, cocktails, and frappuccinos.
- Jul 2016Seed$3.8M
- 2014Seed$120K
- 2014Seed$100K
#12
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2016 · 20 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Developer of a cloud-based cooking robot designed to make cooking easy and convenient for busy people. The company's appliances contain a built-in camera that helps in viewing food while it is cooked, and utilizes artificial intelligence technology to process food with precise thermal control to avoid burning, enabling customers to live a healthy life by cooking fresh food every day with ease.
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Consumer Robotics coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Robotics is moving in the United States
A read on the academic research around Robotics — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 6,649 United States-affiliated papers.
- Carnegie Mellon University391
- Robotics Research255
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology234
- Purdue University West Lafayette187
- Georgia Institute of Technology181
- Motion planning144→573
- Reinforcement learning11→259
- Path (computing)39→266
- Trajectory40→257
- Task (project management)25→230
- Motion planning79→330
- Path (computing)27→181
- Reinforcement learning9→136
- Mobile robot16→125
- Automation3→107
- Automation5→60
- Key (lock)5→50
- Field (mathematics)11→46
- Human–computer interaction20→52
- Human–robot interaction8→40
Where robotics is researched across United States
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing robotics patents in the United States
United States robotics patent filing is accelerating — 77,983 filings from 8,000 assignees (2016–2025), led by Rockwell Automation TECH, Boeing, Fisher Rosemount Systems; annual filings 5131→7700.
- Rockwell Automation TECH3575
- Boeing3104
- Fisher Rosemount Systems2996
- Intuitive Surgical Operations2264
- Applied Materials2087
- General Electric2005
- Honeywell INT1921
- IBM1324
Common questions
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