Company
Cartwheel Robotics
Cartwheel Robotics was a company developing emotionally intelligent humanoid companion robots including Yogi, designed for genuine human connection.
- Founded
- 2022
- HQ
- unknown
- Status
- active
- Models
- 1
Verified profile
1
Sources on record
0
Tracked changes
Updated recently
Last verified change
Key facts
Founder
Founded by ex-Boston Dynamics and ex-Disney engineer Scott LaValley
Robot
Yogi, a small toddler-proportioned social home humanoid
Stage
Shut down in early 2026
Backers
Unable to raise hardware-scaling capital
Product
Yogi emotionally intelligent humanoid companion robot
Status
Concluded operations
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Data & sources
- News coverage1
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Models (1)
View all models →Founders (1)
- Scott LaValleyno longer at company
Former / Previously (1)
- Scott LaValley founderreported, not verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Cartwheel Robotics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Peer companies
- Enabot2 models
- Groove X2 models
- Intuition Robotics2 models
- KEYi Technology2 models
- Blue Frog Robotics1 model
- Cutii1 model
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- wound_down
- Counterparty risk class
- high
- Going concern
- flaggedWOUND DOWN: shut down ~Feb 6 2026. Raised only ~USD 3M seed; founder cited inability to raise hardware-scaling capital. Company defunct.
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Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is Cartwheel Robotics?
- Cartwheel Robotics was a company developing emotionally intelligent humanoid companion robots including Yogi, designed for genuine human connection. The company has concluded operations.
- Where is Cartwheel Robotics based?
- Cartwheel Robotics is based in unknown.
- When was Cartwheel Robotics founded?
- Cartwheel Robotics was founded in 2022.
- What does Cartwheel Robotics make?
- Cartwheel Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Yogi (Cartwheel Robotics builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Where does Cartwheel Robotics operate robots?
- Cartwheel 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.
- Is Cartwheel Robotics safe?
- Cartwheel Robotics has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-04
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-04
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Cartwheel Robotics.Peer companies
- Enabot2 models
- Groove X2 models
- Intuition Robotics2 models
- KEYi Technology2 models
- Blue Frog Robotics1 model
- Cutii1 model
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/cartwheel-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/cartwheel-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/eb552e0f-43eb-44ce-885e-7afd0ea8fa0b
- Revision history: /companies/cartwheel-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Enabot2 models
- Groove X2 models
- Intuition Robotics2 models
- KEYi Technology2 models
- Blue Frog Robotics1 model
- Cutii1 model
DEPLOY Intelligence Score
0.0/ 100
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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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.
Last computed: Jul 3, 2026
Intelligence layer