Overview
Carnegie Mellon University is home to the Robotics Institute, founded in 1979 as one of the world's first and largest robotics research departments. CMU's robotics programs span autonomous vehicles (winner of the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge), humanoid robotics, medical robotics, and space robotics. Notable spinoffs include Aurora Innovation and Nuro.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Company type
Headquarters
Founded
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Partnerships
Every company Carnegie Mellon University has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Amazon1× joint15 total
- 2Bezos Expeditions1× joint2 total
- 3Coatue1× joint1 total
- 4Lightspeed Venture Partners1× joint1 total
- 5Sequoia Capital1× joint1 total
- 6Skild AI1× joint3 total
Most recent
- Skild AI Series A (2024)2024-07-09with Skild AIoperating
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Farnam Jahanian Presidentsecondary-verified
Former / Previously (1)
- Shinpei Kato Postdoctoral Scholarsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Carnegie Mellon 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 →
Recent coverage
Carnegie Mellon University in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Carnegie Mellon University has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Skild AI Series A (2024)2024-07-09with Skild AIoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Amazon1× joint15 total
- 2Bezos Expeditions1× joint2 total
- 3Coatue1× joint1 total
- 4Lightspeed Venture Partners1× joint1 total
- 5Sequoia Capital1× joint1 total
- 6Skild AI1× joint3 total
Timeline
Every recorded move in Carnegie Mellon University’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipSkild AI Series A (2024)
2024-07-09Skild AI raised a $300 million Series A (announced July 9, 2024) at about a $1.5B valuation to build a scalable AI foundation model for robotics; led by Lightspeed, Coatue, SoftBank Group and Jeff Bezos, with participation from Amazon, Sequoia, Menlo Ventures, General Catalyst, and Carnegie Mellon University.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 11, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
- LeCAR-Lab/human2humanoid: Learning Human-to-Humanoid Real-Time Whole-Body Teleoperation (GitHub) · https://github.com/LeCAR-Lab/human2humanoid
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-09
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-09
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- code-repository
- Code repository
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Carnegie Mellon University.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Carnegie Mellon University from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
OptiTrack equips CMU robotics labs with motion capture - Engineering.com
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Researchers build missing infrastructure to move AI between robots - Tech Xplore
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Fujitsu Joins Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Innovation Center - AI Insider
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Carnegie Mellon University and OptiTrack Partner for Motion Capture Technology at New Robotics Innovation Center - AI Insider
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Fujitsu Joins CMU Robotics Innovation Center - Carnegie Mellon University
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OptiTrack partners with Carnegie Mellon University to power next-generation robotics research - Intelligent CIO
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Carnegie Mellon University Selects OptiTrack as Motion Capture Technology Partner for New Robotics Innovation Center - Business Wire
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Fujitsu and Carnegie Mellon University launch joint center for Physical AI - Fujitsu Global
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Carnegie Mellon University and AI Strike Team to Showcase the Future of Physical AI During NFL Draft Week - Carnegie Mellon University
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How CMU Powers Pittsburgh’s Innovation Economy - Carnegie Mellon University
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With Robotics Innovation Center, CMU and Hazelwood Partners Sustain Community Collaborations - Carnegie Mellon University
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CMU’s Robotics Innovation Center Fuels Pittsburgh’s New Economic Renaissance - Carnegie Mellon University
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- REST API: /v1/companies/156758ca-dd3a-4d2f-a7b6-813a4b3bb13b
- Revision history: /companies/carnegie-mellon-university/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Heat Index
Serious52/100
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
Not enough verified signal yet to place Carnegie Mellon University against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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: Sep 20, 2026