The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies A&K Robotics: 1 model, $8.0M raised. 2 sources back the record.
Overview
A&K Robotics is a Vancouver, Canada-based service robotics company developing autonomous mobility pods for airports and public spaces. Its Cruz robot is a self-driving pod designed to replace wheelchairs in airports, deployed at YVR (Vancouver International Airport). CEO Matthew Anderson leads the company, which raised M CAD Series A.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries A post-money
Key facts
Robot
Focus
Product
Series A
Key product
Deployment
Cruz sensing
Cruz fleet software
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (1)
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Matthew Anderson CEOreported, not verified
- Matt Anderson CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
Safety record
No incidents on record for A&K Robotics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
A&K Robotics in third-party press
Peers
232 peers across 2 segments. Every A&K Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
service(144)
113 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 831.3520919269878) · leader Bond at 1957%
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aescapedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Allen Control Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amazondirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amity Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Anker Innovationsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
av(88)
57 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 4969.122215850638) · leader Waymo at 6990%
- AIRdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Alsodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aseon Labsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aurora Innovationdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AutoXdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Autonomous A2Zdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $8.0M
- Employees
- 21
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2025-01-01
$8M(reported) · $48M post
Investors: BDC Capital, Vantage Futures
Timeline
Every recorded move in A&K Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2025-01-01Series A raising $8000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
- verification source · https://www.aandkrobotics.com/
- https://www.aandkrobotics.com/product
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-29
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-29
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for A&K Robotics.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning A&K Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
A&K Robotics Raises Million to Build Autonomous Mobility Infrastructure for Airports
A&K Robotics announced M CAD Series A funding for autonomous passenger mobility pods in airports.
From prototype to passenger service, a new proving ground for autonomous mobility
VanTech Journal covers A&K Robotics' transition from prototype to passenger service with autonomous pods in airports.
Cruzing through the terminal: A&K Robotics lands 8M for autonomous mobility
The Robot Report covers A&K Robotics' M Series A for Cruz autonomous passenger pods in airport terminals.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/ak-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/ak-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/b4e79113-3163-4208-86da-21a893d2977d
- Revision history: /companies/ak-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
Video
2026 will be the year of robotics. We're in an Will Smith spaghetti moment. Remember how AI-generated video looked horrific two years ago? That's where robotics is right now. Computer vision is solved. VLAs (vision lang
A&K Robotics is working with British Columbia's Integrated Marketplace delivered by Innovate BC to test its self-driving robotic pods at the Vancouver Internati
A&K Robotics is bringing robotics and automation to an unlikely industry: janitorial services. Co-Founder Jessica Yip explains to Anthony Lacavera how this unus
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
A&K Robotics draws attention at the 39th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among service robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 2, 2026