# Avatar Robotics: humanoid robotics company

Canonical ID: `bad16440-325a-42fb-85a1-60293f7a5f90`

## Key facts

- **Funding:** [$6.5M Seed (Aug 2026)](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Lead Investor:** [AlleyCorp](/investors/alleycorp.md)
- **CEO:** [Colin Webb](/people/colin-webb.md)
- **Business model:** RaaS (Robot-as-a-Service), recurring fee below human labor cost
- **Teleoperators:** Contractors in Mexico, Colombia, Philippines earning USD 5-20/hr
- **Robot source:** Sourced from China (wheeled [humanoid](/humanoids) with dual arms)
- **Products shipped:** 900,000+ since Dec 2025 launch
- **Team heritage:** Engineers from Cruise, Apple, Tesla, Intuitive Surgical, Unity
- **HQ address:** 650 California St, Floor 7, San Francisco, CA 94108
- **Hero image candidate:** https://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS1963857/NEF00016_22.jpg (source: PR Newswire press kit — founding team photo with robot)

- **Slug:** avatar-robotics
- **Status:** active
- **Founded:** 2025
- **HQ:** San Francisco, California, USA
- **Category:** [Humanoids](/humanoids)

## Models

- [Avatar Humanoid](/models/avatar-humanoid.md) (humanoid) (id: `302b515e-6e2a-458a-9e21-94b41147b119`)

## Current leadership (3)

- [Colin Webb](/people/colin-webb.md) Founder and CEO (secondary-verified)
- [Hamid Farzaneh](/people/hamid-farzaneh.md) Founding Engineer (secondary-verified)
- [Nenye Anagbogu](/people/nenye-anagbogu.md) Chief Screwdriver (secondary-verified)

## Partnerships (1)

- [Avatar Robotics x Productiv](/partnerships/avatar-robotics-x-productiv.md) with Productiv _deployment_

## 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 Avatar Robotics?

Avatar Robotics builds teleoperated humanoid robots for industrial labor, combining remote human operators, VR headsets, and AI-driven autonomy into an always-on warehouse workforce. The company sources wheeled humanoids equipped with dual robotic arms and deploys them into live fulfillment environments for picking, packing, kitting, and sorting — generating real-world training data to advance robotic foundation models. Founded in 2025 and headquartered in San Francisco, Avatar charges customers a recurring fee below the cost of human labor and envisions scaling to millions of robots across warehouses, factories, and farms.

### What does Avatar Robotics make?

Avatar Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Avatar Humanoid (Avatar Robotics builds physical robots).

### Where is Avatar Robotics headquartered?

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

### Where does Avatar Robotics operate robots?

Avatar Robotics operates 1 verified deployment, including at Dallas, Texas, USA.

### How many robots has Avatar Robotics deployed?

DEPLOY has 1 verified Avatar Robotics deployment on record at sites including Dallas, Texas, USA. That is a count of distinct field deployments each backed by sourced evidence, not a manufacturer's claimed unit total; it updates as new sites are verified.


## Sources (1)

1. https://www.prnewswire.com/apac/news-releases/avatar-robotics-raises-6-5-million-seed-to-build-the-unlimited-industrial-workforce-302842475.html

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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