Company
A&K Robotics
[A&K Robotics](https://www.akrobotics.com) is a Vancouver, Canada-based service robotics company developing autonomous mobility pods for airports and public…
- HQ
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Status
- active
Funding
$8.0M
Models
1
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
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Key facts
Robot
Cruz autonomous micro-mobility pod for airports, malls, and museums
Focus
Began with autonomous floor-cleaning robots before expanding to micro-mobility pods
Product
Cruz autonomous service robot
CEO
Matthew Anderson
Series A
$8M CAD (BDC Capital, Vantage Futures)
Key product
Cruz autonomous mobility pod
Deployment
YVR (Vancouver International Airport)
Data & sources
Web sources
1
1 source backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →A&K Robotics on the deployment map
Where A&K Robotics's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Matthew Anderson CEOreported, not verified
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
Peer companies
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- Roborock19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
- Dreame Technology5 models
Financial state
- 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)
Investors: BDC Capital, Vantage Futures
Sources (1)
- verification source · https://www.aandkrobotics.com/
Common questions
- What is A&K Robotics?
- 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.
- What does A&K Robotics make?
- A&K Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Cruz (A&K Robotics builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Who competes with A&K Robotics?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to A&K Robotics building in the same form factors include Ecovacs Robotics, Roborock, SharkNinja, iRobot.
- Where is A&K Robotics headquartered?
- A&K Robotics is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- How much funding has A&K Robotics raised?
- A&K Robotics has raised approximately $8M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.
- Where does A&K Robotics operate robots?
- A&K Robotics is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Is A&K Robotics a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, A&K Robotics ranks in roughly the top 44% of companies tracked by the registry.
- Is A&K Robotics safe?
- A&K Robotics has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-03
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-03
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for A&K Robotics.Peer companies
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- Roborock19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
- Dreame Technology5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning A&K Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- Roborock19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
- Dreame Technology5 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
Reality vs attention
A&K Robotics draws attention at the 63rd 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: Jul 14, 2026