Chancebending Ventures: physical AI company

Overview

Chancebending Ventures is the advisory practice of Ben Smith, working with company leadership teams and boards on growth strategy, corporate development, partnerships, and AI-native transformation. Conducted with the knowledge and consent of Vobile.

Verified record

Verified deployments: None on file
Active incidents: None on file

Data & sources

Web sources

1

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Current leadership (1)

Ben Smith Managing Partnersince 2014-02-01secondary-verified

Safety record

No incidents on record for Chancebending Ventures.

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Mentioned on (1)

Registry pages whose text names Chancebending Ventures.

People (1)

Ben Smith

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

Record createdSep 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry

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Sources (1)

LinkedIn · https://www.linkedin.com/in/bensmith

Common questions

What is Chancebending Ventures?

Chancebending Ventures is the advisory practice of Ben Smith, working with company leadership teams and boards on growth strategy, corporate development, partnerships, and AI-native transformation. Conducted with the knowledge and consent of Vobile.

What does Chancebending Ventures make?

Chancebending Ventures has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Chancebending Ventures builds physical robots.

Is Chancebending Ventures publicly traded?

No. Chancebending Ventures is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

How can I invest in Chancebending Ventures?

Chancebending Ventures is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.

Where is Chancebending Ventures headquartered?

Chancebending Ventures is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Who owns Chancebending Ventures?

Chancebending Ventures is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

Is Chancebending Ventures a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Chancebending Ventures ranks in roughly the top 90% of companies tracked by the registry.

Is Chancebending Ventures safe?

Chancebending Ventures 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 2026-10-10

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-10-10

Sources by quality tier

1: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

No press coverage on file for Chancebending Ventures yet. Coverage appears here automatically as articles are ingested from our press sources.

Machine-readable surfaces

Markdown mirror: /companies/chancebending-ventures.md
RSS feed: /companies/chancebending-ventures/feed.xml
JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
REST API: /v1/companies/0a0ef496-3e6c-46ff-a24a-da2413e99580
Revision history: /companies/chancebending-ventures/history
Data documentation: /data
Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP

Reality vs attention

Not enough verified signal yet to place Chancebending Ventures against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.

6-month trend

Peer rankingTop 90% of category

vs funding peers-38.0 ptsbelow funding-adj. expected

Analysis

Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.

Dimension breakdown

Verified signal

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Attention (reach, not merit)

Market Presence →

0.0LOW

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

Claim Integrity Fleet Reality Operator Repeat All indices

Last computed: Oct 22, 2026

Methodology Intelligence layer