Brain Corp

Explainers

Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Brain Corp, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.

• What are commercial cleaning robots and how do they work?

  Commercial cleaning robots are autonomous floor scrubbers, vacuums, and mopping machines deployed in airports, shopping malls, warehouses, hospitals, and office buildings. The category divides along a platform axis: BrainOS-powered robots (Tennant AMR, SoftBank Robotics Whiz) license autonomy software from Brain Corp, while own-stack makers (Avidbots, Gausium, Karcher, LionsBot) develop their navigation internally.

• What is Brain Corp BrainOS and which cleaning robots use it?

  Brain Corp is a San Diego-based AI company founded in 2009 that develops BrainOS, an autonomy software platform licensed to commercial cleaning robot OEMs. Tennant Company and SoftBank Robotics are the two largest BrainOS partners at commercial deployment scale. SoftBank Group is a major Brain Corp investor. BrainOS powers both teach-and-repeat (Whiz) and full-SLAM (Tennant T16AMR) autonomy modes.

• What is SoftBank Robotics Whiz and how does it clean?

  SoftBank Robotics Whiz is a commercial autonomous corridor vacuum powered by Brain Corp's BrainOS in teach-and-repeat mode. A human operator walks the cleaning route once; the robot then repeats that demonstrated path autonomously. Whiz is not a free-roaming SLAM robot. SoftBank Robotics is a Japanese company backed by SoftBank Group.

Current leadership (1)

• Eugene Izhikevich CEO & Co-Founderreported, not verified

Founders (1)

• Eugene Izhikevichcofounder

Safety record

No incidents on record for Brain Corp.

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Brains developed (1)

• BrainOSos-layer · production

Peer companies

• DJI7 models
• Boston Dynamics5 models
• ATI Industrial Automation2 models
• August Robotics2 models
• Embodied2 models
• EverestLabs2 models

Supplies to (5)

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Financial state

Reporting basis

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Lifecycle stage

growth

Counterparty risk class

moderate

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Partnerships (3)

• Tennant Company x Brain Corp with Tennant Companytechnology
• Brain Corp x Walmart with Walmartdeployment
• Brain Corp x SoftBank Robotics with SoftBank Roboticstechnology

Funding rounds (1)

• Other2019-05-01

  $125M(reported)

  Investors: SoftBank Vision Fund

Patent estate (4)

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Sources (2)

1. https://www.braincorp.com/about ↗
2. https://www.braincorp.com/resources/brain-corp-announces-114-million-in-series-c-funding-round-led-by-the-softbank-vision-fund-70b26 ↗

Common questions

What is Brain Corp?

Brain Corp is a San Diego-based AI robotics company developing the BrainOS autonomous navigation platform for commercial floor cleaning and inventory scanning robots. BrainOS powers the world's largest fleet of autonomous commercial floor scrubbers, deployed at 2,000+ Walmart and Sam's Club locations nationwide. Raised 25M from SoftBank and others.

What does Brain Corp make?

Brain Corp has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: BrainOS (Brain Corp builds robot foundation models or autonomy software).

Is Brain Corp publicly traded?

No. Brain Corp is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

Who competes with Brain Corp?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Brain Corp building in the same form factors include DJI, Boston Dynamics, ATI Industrial Automation, August Robotics.

Where is Brain Corp headquartered?

Brain Corp is headquartered in San Diego, California, USA.