# Anvil Robotics: robotics company

Canonical ID: `605b8e01-74ef-4137-9426-f82c6892652b`

## Key facts

- **CEO:** Mike Xia (co-founder & CEO)
- **CTO:** Vijay Pradeep (co-founder & CTO)
- **Manufacturing:** Owns manufacturing in Taiwan; sources components from mainland China with 3-4 day lead time
- **Products:** OpenARM 2.0 ($5,600-$15,120), OpenYAM ($1,900), devkits with Quest teleop from $4,730-$9,370
- **Traction:** 150+ robots shipped, 50+ customers, 7-figure revenue (as of April 2026)
- **Customers:** Nvidia GEAR lab, Path Robotics, Stanford, Google, CMU, The Bot Company, Formic
- **Financial stage:** Early-stage (seed); 20-30% gross margins on hardware at current volumes
- **Open source:** Reference designs open-sourced on GitHub (github.com/anvil-robotics)

- **Slug:** anvil-robotics
- **Status:** private
- **Founded:** 2025
- **HQ:** San Francisco, California, USA

## Models

- [OpenYAM](/models/openyam.md) (other) (id: `9e43f008-521e-44dd-a87f-e577cdfd258c`)
- [OpenARM 2.0](/models/openarm-2-0.md) (other) (id: `57eb9862-61bd-473e-9f33-626e686892b7`)

## Current leadership (2)

- [Mike Xia](/people/mike-xia-anvil-robotics.md) CEO & Co-founder
- [Vijay Pradeep](/people/vijay-pradeep-anvil-robotics.md) CTO & Co-founder

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is Anvil Robotics?

San Francisco-based modular robotics platform ('Legos for robots') that designs, manufactures, and ships custom physical robots for physical AI teams. Owns its manufacturing in Taiwan and ships configurable robot devkits — including [OpenARM](/models/openarm-2-0) and [OpenYAM](/models/openyam) — in 1–2 days, priced from $1,900 to $15,000. Customers include [Nvidia](/companies/nvidia)'s GEAR lab, [Path Robotics](/companies/path-robotics), [Stanford University](https://stanford.edu), [Google](https://google.com), and [CMU](https://www.cmu.edu).

### What does Anvil Robotics make?

Anvil Robotics has 2 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: OpenYAM, OpenARM 2.0 (Anvil Robotics builds physical robots).

### Is Anvil Robotics publicly traded?

No. Anvil Robotics is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

### Where is Anvil Robotics headquartered?

Anvil Robotics is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA.

### Where does Anvil Robotics operate robots?

Anvil 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.

### When was Anvil Robotics founded?

Anvil Robotics was founded in 2025.


## Sources (4)

1. **Exclusive: Anvil Robotics Raises $5.5M to Build 'Legos for Robots' Platform For Physical AI Teams** · https://news.crunchbase.com/robotics/physical-ai-custom-robot-builder-seed-funding-anvil/
2. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/anvil-robotics
3. **Anvil Robotics: Ready-to-go Devkits for Physical AI** · https://anvil.bot/
4. **Building the Foundry for Physical AI | Mike Xia, Anvil Robotics** · https://www.optim.vc/building-the-foundry-for-physical-ai-mike-xia-anvil-robotics/

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