Radar · Industrial Robotics in California
Best Industrial Robotics Companies in California, United States
The 153 best Industrial Robotics companies in California, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Horizon Robotics.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
153companies tracked
$9.7Bdisclosed funding
7unicorns
75have raised
Ranked: Best Industrial Robotics companies in California
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horizon Robotics 🦄 Provider of robotic vehicle automation software | $3.4B | 44 mo ago | Series C | 26 | Kai Yu Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 2 | Physical Intelligence 🦄 Developer of AI models and learning algorithms for physical robots 83Funding top 14%AI top 20%Growth top 28%Talent top 28% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 14% AItop 20% Growthtop 28% Talenttop 28% Moattop 32% Markettop 40% Globalbottom 48% Techbottom 45% Funding: Raised $1.1B across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 83/100 | $1.1B | 6 mo ago | Series B | — | Chelsea Finn Co-Founder | Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+10 | — | — |
| 3 | Mind 🦄 Developer of robotic platform designed for industrial deployment and manufacturing tasks 50Funding top 13%Market top 47%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 48% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 13% Markettop 47% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 48% Techbottom 34% Funding: Raised $1.0B across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 1 yrs (3.0/yr) Market: Top-10,000,000 web property · Unicorn rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $1.0B | 1 mo ago | Series A | — | RJ Scaringe Founder & CEO | Framer SitesReactPriority Hints+3 | — | — |
| 4 | Physical Intelligence Provider of AI powered solutions for bringing general purpose AI into the physical world | $470M | 19 mo ago | Series A | — | Chelsea Finn Co-Founder | Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+11 | — | — |
| 5 | Rhoda 🦄 Developer of robotic systems utilizing video pre-training for industrial automation 64Funding top 18%Talent top 23%Moat top 32%Market top 44% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 18% Talenttop 23% Moattop 32% Markettop 44% Globaltop 45% Techbottom 39% Funding: Raised $450M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 5 named leaders on record · 5 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $450M | 3 mo ago | Series A | — | Changan Chen Co-Founder & Chief Research Officer | Apple iCloud MailVimeoYouTube+13 | — | — |
| 6 | Field AI 🦄 Provider of AI-powered software brains that make robots autonomous | $405M | 10 mo ago | Series D | 12 | Ali Agha Founder & CEO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+15 | — | 2 partnerships · 1 award |
| 7 | Bright Machines Provider of software-defined microfactories automating AI infrastructure hardware assembly 91Patents top 17%Innovation top 18%Funding top 21%Moat top 21% All 12 signals ▾Patentstop 17% Innovationtop 18% Fundingtop 21% Moattop 21% AItop 25% Growthtop 28% Talenttop 28% Markettop 39% Techtop 41% Producttop 45% Globaltop 46% Newsbottom 24% Patents: 84 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 65 filings since 2022 vs 19 in 2017-21 Innovation: 84 patents (top 22% of patent-holders) · 65 filings since 2022 vs 19 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 91/100 | $385M | 23 mo ago | Series C | 500 | Lior Susan Co-Founder | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+26 | 84 patents Automated robotic assembly and vision‑based inspection for electronics manufacturing | 1 job opening |
| 8 | Vicarious Developer of AI-based robotic arms | $250M | 106 mo ago | Acquired | 62 | Dileep George Co-Founder | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+20 | — | — |
| 9 | Covariant Developer of an AI robotics platform for warehouse automation solutions | $222M | 38 mo ago | Series C | 70 | Tianhao Zhang Co-Founder | SanitySentryApple iCloud Mail+22 | 2 patents Patents concentrated in transport & manufacturing processes | — |
| 10 | Dexterity 🦄 AI that powers robots to do physical tasks 83Patents top 12%Moat top 22%Funding top 23%Innovation top 26% All 13 signals ▾Patentstop 12% Moattop 22% Fundingtop 23% Innovationtop 26% AItop 30% Techtop 32% Markettop 36% Producttop 39% Talenttop 41% Growthtop 45% Partnerstop 45% Globalbottom 48% Newsbottom 21% Patents: 538 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 470 filings since 2022 vs 64 in 2017-21 Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 9/10 · IP moat: 538 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 83/100 | $200M | 15 mo ago | Series B | 217 | Samir Menon Founder & CEO | TurbopackApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+21 | 538 patents Automated robotic material handling: loading, unloading, palletizing, and simulation systems. | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 11 | Brain Corp Developer of an autonomy platform for robotic and AI applications | $193M | 27 mo ago | Series D | 242 242 → 304 (+26%) | Eugene Izhikevich Co-Founder & Chairman | Webflow EcommerceWebflowApple iCloud Mail+21 | 576 patents Autonomous robot navigation, mapping, sensor calibration, and feature detection for indoor/outdoor environments | 1 internship · 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 12 | Dyna Robotics AI-powered solutions for business automation and productivity | $144M | 9 mo ago | Series A | — | Lindon Gao Co-Founder & CEO | Framer SitesReactPriority Hints+6 | — | 1 internship |
| 13 | Collaborative Robotics Developer of collaborative robots and related intelligence and automation software | $140M | 26 mo ago | Series B | 23 | Brad Porter Founder & CEO | SanityApple iCloud MailTailwind CSS+17 | 13 patents AI-driven learning and control systems for collaborative industrial robots | 1 launch |
| 14 | Ouster Manufacturer of lidar sensors, perception software, and solutions for autonomy | $140M | 69 mo ago | Public | 217 | Angus Pacala Co-Founder & CEO | DrupalPHPAmazon Web Services+25 | 335 patents Advanced 3D LiDAR hardware and signal‑processing for high‑resolution ranging and imaging | — |
| 15 | Flexiv Robotics 🦄 Manufacturer of adaptive robots and robotic solutions for industrial automation 80Funding top 20%Growth top 28%Moat top 28%AI top 30% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 20% Growthtop 28% Moattop 28% AItop 30% Markettop 35% Techtop 42% Globaltop 42% Producttop 45% Innovationtop 48% Patentstop 50% Talentbottom 49% Newsbottom 18% Funding: Raised $122M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 7 yrs (0.6/yr) Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 80/100 | $122M | 3 mo ago | Series C | 300 | Shiquan Wang Founder & CEO | Node.jsZohoSalesforce+17 | 13 patents High-precision multi-axis force/torque sensing for robotic manipulators and grippers | 1 launch |
| 16 | Scout AI AI-powered robotic systems for defense and related applications 53Funding top 19%AI top 25%Growth top 35%Moat top 48% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 19% AItop 25% Growthtop 35% Moattop 48% Techbottom 49% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 44% Innovationbottom 38% Patentsbottom 37% Marketbottom 35% Funding: Raised $115M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $115M | 1 mo ago | Series A | — | Collin Otis Co-Founder & CTO | SanityNode.jsThree.js+13 | 3 patents Advanced hyperspectral imaging sensors and adjustable hitch mechanisms for vehicles | — |
| 17 | Genesis AI Global physical AI lab and full-stack robotics company | $105M | 11 mo ago | Seed | — | Tsun-Hsuan Wang Co-Founder | — | 21 patents Cellulose-based biomedical scaffolds, sutures, and 3D drug assay platforms for tissue engineering | — |
| 18 | Osaro Provider of AI-powered robotic solutions for picking, bagging, kitting, depalletizing | $87M | 31 mo ago | Series C | 58 58 → 91 (+57%) | Michael Kahane Co-Founder & CTO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+19 | 14 patents Robotic perception and manipulation: grasp depth, tool selection, and visual imitation learning. | 1 launch |
| 19 | GrayMatter Robotics Provider of robotic solutions for surface treatment and material removal | $70M | 24 mo ago | Series B | — | Ariyan Kabir Co-Founder & CEO | — | 69 patents Autonomous robotic surface finishing and health monitoring for workpiece processing | — |
| 20 | graymatter robotics GrayMatter Robotics creates solutions to assist humans in tedious and ergonomically challenging tasks. 80Innovation top 13%News top 20%Funding top 23%Patents top 23% All 12 signals ▾Innovationtop 13% Newstop 20% Fundingtop 23% Patentstop 23% Growthtop 25% Moattop 25% Producttop 30% Techtop 34% AItop 45% Partnersbottom 43% Marketbottom 38% Globalbottom 32% Innovation: 69 patents (top 14% of patent-holders) · 69 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 News: 7 BI events in 12 mo (of 16 tracked, 5 types) · 3 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 80/100 | $69M | 24 mo ago | Series B | 36 | — | WordPressSentryMySQL+36 | 69 patents Autonomous robotic surface finishing and health monitoring for sanding and blasting operations | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 21 | RoboForce Developer of AI-powered robotic labor systems for various outdoor and industrial applications 57Funding top 26%Growth top 28%Moat top 40%AI top 45% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 26% Growthtop 28% Moattop 40% AItop 45% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 46% Marketbottom 40% Globalbottom 33% Funding: Raised $67.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 1 yrs (3.0/yr) Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $67M | 3 mo ago | Series B | — | Calvin Zhou Co-Founder | WebflowGSAPSplide+15 | — | — |
| 22 | Elementary Developer of AI vision inspection systems for quality control automation | $48M | 25 mo ago | Series B | 37 | Bill Gross Co-Founder | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+15 | — | — |
| 23 | Machina Labs Manufacturer of AI & Robotics solutions | $46M | 4 mo ago | Series C | 33 | Edward Mehr Co-Founder & CEO | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailPlyr+15 | 13 patents Automated robotic part forming and clamping systems for precision manufacturing | 1 partnership |
| 24 | RIOS Corporation Provider of AI-powered robotic systems for industrial process control solutions | $46M | 27 mo ago | Series B | 59 | Clinton Smith Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — | — |
| 25 | Formant Provider of cloud-based solution to control a fleet of robots | $45M | 32 mo ago | Series B | 43 | Jeff Linnell Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | — | 1 launch |
| 26 | Robust Developer of autonomous mobile robots and AI-powered workflow automation 62Innovation top 28%Patents top 28%AI top 30%Moat top 32% All 11 signals ▾Innovationtop 28% Patentstop 28% AItop 30% Moattop 32% Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 36% Talenttop 38% Techbottom 48% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 30% Newsbottom 27% Innovation: 36 patents (top 31% of patent-holders) · 30 filings since 2022 vs 6 in 2017-21 Patents: 36 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 30 filings since 2022 vs 6 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $42M | 13 mo ago | Series A | 22 | Rodney Brooks Co-Founder & CTO | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+17 | 36 patents Autonomous mobile robot fleet coordination and control systems for logistics and material handling | 1 award |
| 27 | TrenerAI Developer of physical AI platform transforming industrial robots into teammates | $37M | 4 mo ago | Series A | — | Lars Tingelstad Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | 1 job opening |
| 28 | Foxglove Provider of visualization and debugging solutions for robotics | $19M | 8 mo ago | Series B | 31 | Roman Shtylman Co-Founder | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+14 | — | — |
| 29 | Vayurobotics Developer of automotive sensing, autonomous vehicles, and robotics technology | $13M | 32 mo ago | Acquired | 16 | Anand Gopalan Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder | WebflowjQueryHSTS+8 | — | — |
| 30 | Teleo AI Provider of AI-powered remote-controlled solutions for construction dozers | $12M | 20 mo ago | Series A | 17 | Rom Clement Co-founder & CTO at Teleo | TurbopackNode.jsReact+13 | 10 patents Edge-enabled teleoperation task allocation and safety‑focused control interfaces | — |
| 31 | Prismax Developer of a service layer for physical artificial intelligence applications | $11M | 12 mo ago | Series B | — | Chyna Qu Co-Founder | RechartsReactReact Router+11 | — | — |
| 32 | Compound Eye Developer of AI vision systems for autonomous machines and applications | $8M | 14 mo ago | Series B | 8 | Jason Devitt Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+11 | — | 1 award |
| 33 | Tera AI Developer of software for spatial reasoning and autonomous navigation systems | $8M | 15 mo ago | Seed | — | Tony Zhang Founder & CEO | WebflowjsDelivrCloudflare+6 | — | — |
| 34 | Mantis Robotics Manufacturer of an arm-based collaborative robot | $7M | 15 mo ago | Series A | 2 | Gerry Vannuffelen Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | 7 patents Industrial robot safety and protection via hand-guided control, robust casings, and object sensors | 2 launchs |
| 35 | Anvil Robotics Developer of a composable platform for building physical artificial intelligence | $6M | 2 mo ago | Series A | — | Haomiao Huang Co-Founder | TurbopackNode.jsTailwind CSS+17 | — | — |
| 36 | 3Laws Developer of robotic motion control software ensuring safety and efficiency | $6M | 20 mo ago | Seed | — | Andrew S Co-founder and CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+21 | — | — |
| 37 | 3Laws Robotics Provider of AI-based software for control of autonomous robots | $6M | 20 mo ago | Seed | 4 | Andrew Singletary Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 38 | Jacobi Robotics Software development platform for robot arms | $5M | 23 mo ago | Seed | 3 | — | Node.jsVimeoHeadless UI+17 | — | 1 award |
| 39 | Trace Machina Developer and provider of simulation infrastructure for the development of safety critical technologies in… | $5M | 21 mo ago | Seed | — | Nathan Bruer Co-Founder | Apache HTTP ServerLeadfeederGoogle Analytics+2 | — | — |
| 40 | Azalea Robotics Provider of robotic systems for aviation | $4M | 24 mo ago | Series A | — | John Stroud Co-Founder & COO | WebflowGSAPUnpkg+10 | — | — |
| 41 | Summer Robotics Provider of an AI-enabled visual inspection software for robots | $4M | 8 mo ago | Series A | 8 | Dirk Smits Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+14 | 48 patents Advanced multi-sensor robotic vision, calibration, and spatial mapping for autonomous systems | — |
| 42 | Launchpad AI-based software for analyzing and providing quotations from CAD files 21Talent top 38%Funding top 39%Moat top 41%AI top 45% All 9 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 39% Moattop 41% AItop 45% Techbottom 40% Patentsbottom 37% Globalbottom 37% Innovationbottom 26% Marketbottom 20% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $4.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 21/100 | $4M | 8 mo ago | Series A | 7 | Yoav Zingher Co-Founder & CEO | Webflowcore-jsjQuery+14 | 2 patents Ankle‑foot orthosis components: tuning kits and stirrup devices for gait support | 2 expansions |
| 43 | Argus Systems Developer of data and evaluation infrastructure to accelerate robotics model development for real-world AI… | $3M | 12 mo ago | Seed | — | Drew Borinstein Co-Founder | FirebaseEmotionChakra UI+6 | — | — |
| 44 | Inorbit AI-powered robot orchestration platform for software-defined robot operations | $3M | 8 mo ago | Series A | 42 | Florian Pestoni Co-Founder & CEO | HubSpot CMS HubAmazon Web ServicesHubSpot Cookie Policy Banner+16 | — | 1 launch |
| 45 | Human Archive Provider of multimodal egocentric data capture, annotation, and 3D pose estimation | $500K | 0 mo ago | Series A | — | Shloke Patel Co-Founder | VercelGoogle Font APIHSTS+1 | — | — |
| 46 | Origami Robotics Developer of robotic hand and data collection device for manipulation | $500K | 5 mo ago | Seed | — | Ryan Xie Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 47 | Efference Developer of robotic vision cameras designed to mimic human perception | $500K | 8 mo ago | Seed | — | Gianluca Bencomo Founder | — | — | — |
| 48 | Lightberry Provider of software enabling robots to interact with human users | $500K | 8 mo ago | Seed | — | Stephan Wolski Co-Founder | Google Font APIGoogle WorkspaceGoDaddy+3 | — | — |
| 49 | General Trajectory Developer of robots and industrial vision-language models | $500K | 12 mo ago | Seed | — | Jack Armstrong Founder & COO | — | — | — |
| 50 | Proception AI Developer of advanced dexterous robotic hands and humanoid robotics systems | $500K | 15 mo ago | Seed | — | Jack Xu Co-Founder | TurbopackApple iCloud MailNode.js+14 | — | 1 launch |
Top 12 Industrial Robotics companies in California
#1
Mind 🦄Series A · Palo Alto, California · founded 2025$1Braised▾
Mind 🦄
Series A · Palo Alto, California · founded 2025
Developer of robotic platform designed for industrial deployment and manufacturing tasks. The platform leverages advancements in Physical AI to generalize across core tasks. It scales across manufacturing domains, designed to work alongside humans. The platform is initially focused on mastering automotive manufacturing environments.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 13%Market
top 47%Talent
bottom 49%Global
bottom 48%Tech
bottom 34%Funding: Raised $1.0B across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 1 yrs (3.0/yr) · Last round Series A (May 2026)
Market: Top-10,000,000 web property · Unicorn
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Funding rounds
- May 2026Series A$400M
- Mar 2026Series A$500M
- Nov 2025Seed$115M
Founders & team
Investors
Eclipse, Bessemer Venture Partners, Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Meritech, Redpoint Ventures
Tech stack
Framer SitesHstsHttp/3Open GraphPriority HintsReact
#2
Rhoda 🦄Series A · Palo Alto, California · founded 2024$450Mraised▾
Rhoda 🦄
Series A · Palo Alto, California · founded 2024
Developer of robotic systems utilizing video pre-training for industrial automation. The company builds foundation models adapting to commercial and industrial environments. These models handle real-world industrial tasks autonomously, generalizing beyond conventional pipelines. The company's approach combines web-scale video pre-training with action data post-training. This creates generalist robot policies adapting in dynamic environments, applicable in factories, warehouses, and production settings.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 64how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 18%Talent
top 23%Moat
top 32%Market
top 44%Global
top 45%Tech
bottom 39%Funding: Raised $450M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Mar 2026)
Talent: 5 named leaders on record · 5 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Moat: Unicorn · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series A$450M
Founders & team
Investors
Capricorn, Khosla Ventures, Leitmotif, Matter Venture Partners, Mayfield, Premji Invest
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle AnalyticsGsap
#3
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2024$1.1Braised▾
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2024
Developer of AI models and learning algorithms for physical robots. The company focuses on creating foundation models to power robots and physically-actuated devices. They develop vision-language-action models with both long-term and short-term memory. These models enable robots to perform complex tasks and improve success rates. The company also provides systems for real-time action chunking with large models.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 83how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 14%AI
top 20%Growth
top 28%Talent
top 28%Moat
top 32%Market
top 40%Funding: Raised $1.1B across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) · Last round Series B (Nov 2025)
AI: Classified as an AI company
Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 1,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Series B$600M
- Nov 2024Series A$400M
- Mar 2024Seed$70M
Founders & team
Investors
Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, Lux Capital, OpenAI, Sequoia Capital, Redpoint Ventures
Tech stack
HstsNext.JsNext.Js App RouterNode.JsOpen GraphPriority Hints
#4
Series A · Sunnyvale, California · founded 2024$115Mraised▾
Series A · Sunnyvale, California · founded 2024
AI-powered robotic systems for defense and related applications. It enables natural language commands, robot-to-robot coordination, and mission-adaptive autonomy without cloud connectivity. Its technology enables unmanned platforms to perform tasks using vision, language, and action models. Its systems are designed for deployment across various domains. It focuses on creating adaptable and generalized decision-making capabilities for robotic systems.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 19%AI
top 25%Growth
top 35%Moat
top 48%Tech
bottom 49%Talent
bottom 49%Funding: Raised $115M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Apr 2026)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: ai-powered
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series A$100M
- Apr 2025Seed$15M
Founders & team
Investors
Align Ventures, Booz Allen Hamilton, Draper, Decisive Point, Perot Jain, Habitat Partners
Tech stack
GodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle WorkspaceGsapHsts
#5
Series C · Santa Clara, California · founded 2016 · 300 employees$122Mraised▾
Series C · Santa Clara, California · founded 2016 · 300 employees
Manufacturer of adaptive robots and robotic solutions for industrial automation. The company provides robotic arms and related software for diverse applications. These include assembly automation, surface treatment, product testing, and research and development. The robots are designed to integrate force control with artificial intelligence. They offer solutions for general assembly and emerging markets.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 80how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 20%Growth
top 28%Moat
top 28%AI
top 30%Market
top 35%Tech
top 42%Funding: Raised $122M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 7 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series C (Mar 2026)
Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 9/10 · IP moat: 13 patents · Unicorn
Audience (LinkedIn): 23k LinkedIn followers — 6.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series C—
- Jun 2025Series C$100M
- Jun 2022Series B$100M
- Dec 2020Series B$100M
Founders & team
Investors
Usventure, Plug and Play Tech Center, Longwood Fund, New Hope Group, Metacapital Management, Meituan
Tech stack
AosCookiebotEmotionHstsMicrosoft AdvertisingNext.Js
#6
Series B · Milpitas, California · founded 2023$67Mraised▾
Series B · Milpitas, California · founded 2023
Developer of AI-powered robotic labor systems for various outdoor and industrial applications. It builds robotic systems to automate tasks in sectors like solar energy, mining, manufacturing, and space exploration. The company's robots are designed to operate autonomously in challenging environments, performing construction, inspection, maintenance, and precision-critical tasks.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 26%Growth
top 28%Moat
top 40%AI
top 45%Talent
bottom 49%Tech
bottom 46%Funding: Raised $67.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 1 yrs (3.0/yr) · Last round Series B (Mar 2026)
Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Moat: Soonicorn · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 7k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series B$52M
- May 2025Series A$5M
- Jan 2025Series A$10M
Founders & team
Investors
Carnegie Mellon University, YZi Labs
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareFancyboxGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted Libraries
#7
Field AI 🦄Series D · Irvine, California · founded 2016 · 12 employees$405Mraised▾
Field AI 🦄
Series D · Irvine, California · founded 2016 · 12 employees
Provider of AI-powered software brains that make robots autonomous. It concentrates on autonomous systems and provides on-demand autonomous data collecting. It is cloud-based and AI-powered, and it has geometric and semantic intelligence that allows it to comprehend various item types as well as forms and distances. Its elite team of technology leaders have conquered the world's most difficult autonomy challenges.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 56k LinkedIn followers — 14.8% of this cohort's audience · 92 engagements/post (2.2× cohort median)
Activity: 2 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Innovo Group) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Aug 2025Series D$405M
Founders & team
Investors
Bezos Expeditions, Prysm Capital, Temasek, Khosla Ventures, Intel Capital, Canaan
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementDocusignGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager
#8
Series C · Los Angeles, California · founded 2018 · 33 employees$46Mraised▾
Series C · Los Angeles, California · founded 2018 · 33 employees
Manufacturer of AI & Robotics solutions. It enables iteration and innovation to design, engineering, and production of robotics.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 23k LinkedIn followers — 6.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Machina) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Series C$124M
- Jun 2025Series C$52.6M
- Oct 2023Series B$32M
- Jan 2023Series A—
Founders & team
Investors
Lockheed Martin, Innovation Endeavors, NVentures, Congruent Ventures, Embark Ventures, Woven Capital
Tech stack
AosApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle Analytics
#9
Series A · San Jose, California · founded 2019$37.4Mraised▾
Series A · San Jose, California · founded 2019
Developer of physical AI platform transforming industrial robots into teammates. The platform enables robots to execute complex behaviors with greater flexibility. It replaces traditional programming with training, allowing robots to adapt to real production environments. The company provides solutions for faster deployment, easier changeovers, and higher autonomy.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Staff/Senior Robotics Engineer, Motion Planning and Control
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Series A$32M
- Dec 2024Seed$5.4M
Founders & team
Investors
Engine Ventures, IAG Capital Partners, Cadence Venture Capital, Geodesic Capital, Fitz Gate Ventures, Shanda
#10
Series A · Redwood City, California · founded 2024$143.5Mraised▾
Series A · Redwood City, California · founded 2024
AI-powered solutions for business automation and productivity. It focuses on helping companies streamline workflows, enhance decision-making, and integrate intelligent systems into daily operations. The platform supports a wide range of industries by simplifying complex processes through automation tools.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 9k LinkedIn followers — 2.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Sep 2025Series A$120M
- Mar 2025Seed$23.5M
Founders & team
Investors
CRV, First Round Capital, Salesforce Ventures, NVentures, About Amazon, Samsung NEXT
Tech stack
Google Font ApiGoogle WorkspaceHstsPriority HintsReactReact Router
#11
Series A · Palo Alto, California · founded 2025$6.5Mraised▾
Series A · Palo Alto, California · founded 2025
Developer of a composable platform for building physical artificial intelligence. The platform integrates robot hardware with sensors, compute, and controls. It offers solutions for data collection and development. The company provides customizable grippers, cameras, and development kits.
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series A$6.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Matter Venture Partners, Humba Ventures, Spacecadet, Position Ventures
Tech stack
American ExpressAmplitudeApple PayBabelBugsnagCart Functionality
#12
Seed · Palo Alto, California · founded 2025$105Mraised▾
Seed · Palo Alto, California · founded 2025
Global physical AI lab and full-stack robotics company. It build generalist robots to unlock unlimited physical labor, so humans can focus on creativity, curiosity. It built cross-platform GPU compilers such as VeriGPU, DeepCL, Coriander, and the original PyTorch, as well as core ML infra like HF safetensors, tokenizers, and text-generation-inference. We also built industry-leading rendering engines at Google, Epic and Unity. It fuses real-world robot interaction, high-fidelity physics simulation and rendering, and Internet-scale embodied data to train a universal robotics foundation model. It accelerates progress of the entire field through scalable simulation infrastructure and open-weight foundation models.
Funding rounds
- Jul 2025Seed$105M
Founders & team
Investors
Eclipse, Khosla Ventures, Bpifrance, HSG, OpenAI, DoorDash
Funding & investor landscape
$9.7Btotal disclosed funding
76companies funded
155disclosed rounds
3rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Y Combinator15 rounds
Notable founders
RJ Scaringe
Founder & CEO · Mind
Changan Chen
Co-Founder & Chief Research Officer · Rhoda
Andrew Wooten
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer · Rhoda
Chelsea Finn
Co-Founder · Physical Intelligence
Quan Vuong
Co-Founder · Physical Intelligence
Collin Otis
Co-Founder & CTO · Scout AI
Shiquan Wang
Founder & CEO · Flexiv Robotics
Calvin Zhou
Co-Founder · RoboForce
Ali Agha
Founder & CEO · Field AI
Edward Mehr
Co-Founder & CEO · Machina Labs
Lars Tingelstad
Co-Founder & CTO · TrenerAI
Asad Tirmizi
Co-Founder & CEO · TrenerAI
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 13,891,089 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Industrial Robotics coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH FROM California · institutions
What California researches in industrial robotics
UC Berkeley and USC lead California's industrial-robotics research, focusing dominantly on robot manipulation and learning, with an optimistic tone reflecting 19 breakthrough/advancement papers versus just one concern.
22 papersstance +0.6035% breakthrough5% concern
local research themes
Robot Manipulation and LearningRobotics and Sensor-Based LocalizationDigital Transformation in IndustryControl Systems in EngineeringAdvanced Vision and ImagingRobotic Mechanisms and Dynamics
top institutions
- University of California, Berkeley9
- University of Southern California4
- University of California System2
- University of California, Davis2
- University of California, Merced1
Common questions
How many Industrial Robotics companies are there in California, United States?
Radar tracks 153 indexable Industrial Robotics companies headquartered in California, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Industrial Robotics companies in California, United States?
The Industrial Robotics companies in California, United States on this list have raised a combined $9.7B in disclosed equity funding across 76 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Industrial Robotics company in California, United States?
Horizon Robotics is the highest-funded Industrial Robotics company in California, United States, with $3.4B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Industrial Robotics companies in California, United States are funded?
76 of the 153 Industrial Robotics companies in California, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Industrial Robotics unicorns are there in California, United States?
7 Industrial Robotics companies in California, United States on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in California, United States Industrial Robotics companies?
The most active investors in California, United States Industrial Robotics companies on this list include Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures, Plug and Play Tech Center, Bezos Expeditions, Eclipse.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
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