These Visionary companies have a big idea and are well on their way to achieving it, although it isn’t always an easy road for any really innovative technology. In the case of Cruise, that meant testing self driving vehicles on the streets of San Francisco, one of the hardest driving environments in the world. Some […]
Zoox CEO: Aicha Evans Founded: 2014 HQ: Foster City, CA Zoox is working on the full stack for Robo-taxis, providing mobility-as-a-service. Operating at the intersection of design, computer science, and electro-mechanical engineering, Zoox is a multidisciplinary team working to imagine and build an advanced mobility experience that will support the future needs of urban mobility […]
Dishcraft CEO: Linda Pouliot Founded: 2015 HQ: San Carlos, CA Dishcraft’s mission is to create happy, productive, sustainable workplaces by making automation accessible to food service operations. Dishcraft Daily® delivers a full-service clean-dish ‘dishwashing as a service’ every day to dining operations in business, education, and healthcare, providing measurable environmental benefits compared to using disposable […]
Built Robotics CEO: Noah Ready-Campbell Founded: 2016 HQ: San Francisco, CA Built Robotics transforms heavy equipment for the $1 trillion earthmoving industry into autonomous robots using its proprietary AI Guidance Systems. Built Robotics combines sensors such as GPS, cameras, and IMUs with advanced software, and the systems can be installed on standard equipment from any […]
Zipline Founders: Keenan Wyrobek, Keller Rinaudo, Will Hetzler Founded: 2011 HQ: Half Moon Bay, CA Zipline is a California-based automated logistics company that designs, manufactures, and operates drones to deliver vital medical products. Zipline’s mission is to provide every human on Earth with instant access to vital medical supplies. In 2014, Zipline started flying medical […]
Agility Robotics CEO: Damion Shelton Founded: 2015 HQ: Albany, OR, Pittsburgh, PA & Mountain View, CA Agility Robotics builds robots that go where people go, to do pragmatically useful work in human environments. Digit, Agility Robotics’ humanoid robot with both mobility and manipulation capabilities, is commercially available and has been shipping to customers since […]
Embark CEO: Alex Rodrigues Founded: 2016 HQ: San Francisco, CA Embark technology is already moving freight for five Fortune 500 companies in the southwest U.S. By moving real freight through our purpose-built transfer hubs, we are setting a new standard for how driverless trucks will move freight in the future. Embark has compiled many firsts […]
Robust.AI Founders :Anthony Jules, Gary Marcus, Henrik Christensen, Mohamed Amer, Rodney Brooks Founded: 2019 HQ: Silicon Valley, CA Robust.AI is building the world’s first industrial grade cognitive engine, with a stellar team that’s attracted $22.5 million in seed and Series A funding from Jazz Ventures, Playground Global Fontinalis, Liquid 2, Mark Leslie and Jaan Tallis. […]
In the Visionary Category for outstanding leadership showcasing the successful application of robotics in venture backed or acquired companies with undisclosed revenue ….. Cruise Founders: Daniel Kan, Kyle Vogt Founded: 2013 HQ: San Francisco, CA Self driving technology, the integration of robotics, AI and simulation, is the hardest engineering challenge of our generation. So it’s […]
Formant CEO: Jeff Linnell Founded: 2017 HQ: San Francisco, CA Autonomous robots are awesome, but if you want to run a business with them, you’ll need a robust operations platform that connects people, processes, sensors and robots, and provides fleet-wide management, control, and analytics at scale. That is where Formant comes in. Formant bridges the […]
Iron Ox Founders: Brandon Alexander, Jon Binney Founded: 2015 HQ: San Carlos, CA Iron Ox is an operator of autonomous robotic greenhouses used to grow fresh and pesticide-free farm products that are accessible everywhere. It leverages plant science, machine learning, and robotics to increase the availability, quality, and flavor of leafy greens and culinary herbs […]