The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Brown University: 1 model.
Overview
Private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, founded 1764. Robotics research through the Brown Robotics Lab and Humans to Robots Laboratory focuses on human-robot interaction, robot learning, and autonomous manipulation. Notable for the RERC on Accessible Robotics and AI.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Headquarters
Founded
Status
Type
Robotics Lab
IRL Director
AI Initiative
Models (1)
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Every company Brown University has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Brown University on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- George Konidaris Professor & IRL DirectorSEC-verified
- Stefanie Tellex ProfessorSEC-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Brown University.
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 →
Brown University on the data-center map
Every verified data center Brown University operates that has a mapped coordinate (1 total). Filled circles are Tier-2 facilities and Tier-1 campuses under this operator; click any pin to open its record.
Brown University data centers (1)
AI data centers Brown University operates or is a party to, from the DEPLOY data center registry.
Recent coverage
Brown University in third-party press
Brown University promotes deputy CIO to lead $8B endowment
Tech Moves: Microsoft AI exec joins Niantic Spatial; Allen fund names first investment chief; Zillow AI leader heads to Stripe
Iran War: $100 Billion in Extra Costs Puts Trump Under Pressure Ahead of the Midterms
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
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.
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company Brown University has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- brown-university x nvidiawithNVIDIA1114technology—operating
- brown-university x awswithAWS976technology—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 20, 2026
Added to the verified registry
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Methodology: Claimed (not independently verified) · no sources on file · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Claimed (not independently verified)
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Brown University.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Brown University from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Brown University promotes deputy CIO to lead $8B endowment
Brown University has promoted Joshua Kennedy to chief investment officer of its $8 billion endowment, succeeding Jane Dietze, who is departing after 13 years with the…
Tech Moves: Microsoft AI exec joins Niantic Spatial; Allen fund names first investment chief; Zillow AI leader heads to Stripe
Niantic Spatial hired Microsoft AI product leader Dave Citron as chief product officer, the late Paul Allen's Fund for Science and Technology named Brown University's Jane Dietze…
Iran War: $100 Billion in Extra Costs Puts Trump Under Pressure Ahead of the Midterms
The war with Iran is increasingly burdening U.S. consumers through higher fuel prices. According to a Brown University estimate reported by Axios, additional spending on gasoline…
Irankrieg kostet US-Konsumenten 100 Milliarden Dollar zusätzlich
Der Krieg mit Iran belastet die US-Konsumenten zunehmend über höhere Treibstoffpreise. Nach einer Schätzung der Brown University haben sich die zusätzlichen Ausgaben für Benzin…
The Most Efficient Origami Donut
A non-paper torus via Wikimedia commons by Dave Crosby Mathematicians are always up to something. Richard Schwartz of Brown University wasn’t satisfied with simply making an…
Providence gets high marks for Brown shooting response, but report flags gaps
A Washington-based police research and consulting firm hired by Providence to conduct a review on its response to last year’s deadly Brown University shooting gave the city high…
Tile-based radiation therapy demonstrates clinical benefits in newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients
GT Medical Technologies has announced new data from a multicentre feasibility clinical trial across 15 US institutions suggesting that GammaTile—a novel radiation therapy…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/brown-university.md
- RSS feed: /companies/brown-university/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/6c549cbb-ae1a-435c-bebd-d324a46c4dbd
- Revision history: /companies/brown-university/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Serious54/100
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
Brown University draws attention at the 66th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
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 5, 2026