Clockwork.io: physical AI company

Overview

Palo Alto company building fault-tolerance and observability software for GPU clusters (FleetLens, LinkPass, TorchPass) that keeps AI training, inference and reinforcement learning jobs running through hardware and network failures.

Reality check

Goodput claim (company-stated, Oct 2026)

SemiAnalysis's Dylan Patel is quoted saying TorchPass cut training goodput loss from 14% to under 3% for a neocloud in ClusterMAX testing.

Verified record

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

Key facts

Funding (company-stated, Oct 2026)

Raised $31M on Oct 5 2026, co-led by Premji Invest, Wing Venture Capital and Seligman Ventures with NEA and e& Capital; $73M total.

Product

A GPU fault-tolerance suite: LinkPass reroutes traffic around failed links; TorchPass moves work off failing GPUs.

TorchPass updates (company-stated, Oct 2026)

TorchPass is adding multi-node platform snapshots and fast asynchronous checkpoints.

Customers (company-stated, Oct 2026)

In production at LinkedIn; Together AI offers TorchPass as a service on its GPU Clusters; WhiteFiber is expanding its use.

LinkedIn result (company-stated)

LinkedIn says the suite prevents tens of thousands of GPU-hours of downtime a month.

Data & sources

Press releases

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Web sources

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3 sources backing this record.View all →

Safety record

No incidents on record for Clockwork.io.

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

Clockwork.io in third-party press

Clockwork.io Raises $31 Million To Expand AI Infrastructure Fault-Tolerance Platform

Oct 5, 2026

Clockwork.io raises $31M to keep AI workloads running through GPU failures

Oct 5, 2026

Clockwork.io bags $31M in funding to keep AI inference and training workloads running like … clockwork

Oct 5, 2026

Mentioned on (1)

Registry pages whose text names Clockwork.io.

Companies (1)

WhiteFiber

Recent activity

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

Record createdOct 5, 2026
Added to the verified registry

Full change history →

Sources (3)

Common questions

What is Clockwork.io?

Palo Alto company building fault-tolerance and observability software for GPU clusters (FleetLens, LinkPass, TorchPass) that keeps AI training, inference and reinforcement learning jobs running through hardware and network failures.

What does Clockwork.io make?

Clockwork.io has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry.

Is Clockwork.io publicly traded?

No. Clockwork.io is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

How can I invest in Clockwork.io?

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

Who owns Clockwork.io?

Clockwork.io is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

Is Clockwork.io a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Clockwork.io ranks in roughly the top 13% of companies tracked by the registry.

Is Clockwork.io safe?

Clockwork.io 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 · 3 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-10-10

Sources by quality tier

2: unclassified; Unclassified source
1: primary-company-ir; Company IR disclosure

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

In the press

Recent coverage mentioning Clockwork.io from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.

Pulse2Oct 5, 2026

Clockwork.io Raises $31 Million To Expand AI Infrastructure Fault-Tolerance Platform

Clockwork.io has raised $31 million in new funding to expand its fault-tolerance software for artificial intelligence infrastructure, bringing total funding to $73 million. The…

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TechStartupsOct 5, 2026

Clockwork.io raises $31M to keep AI workloads running through GPU failures

Clockwork.io has raised $31 million in new funding as demand grows for software that can keep expensive AI workloads running when GPUs, network links, or servers fail. The round…

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SiliconANGLEOct 5, 2026

Clockwork.io bags $31M in funding to keep AI inference and training workloads running like … clockwork

Clockwork Systems Inc., the data center infrastructure startup that helps to maximize the efficiency of artificial intelligence chip clusters, has raised $31 million in fresh…

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Machine-readable surfaces

Markdown mirror: /companies/clockwork-io.md
RSS feed: /companies/clockwork-io/feed.xml
JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
REST API: /v1/companies/ff0105a1-be55-4198-b0c0-0e759c5f33fd
Revision history: /companies/clockwork-io/history
Data documentation: /data
Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP

Reality vs attention

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

6-month trend

Peer rankingTop 13% of category

vs funding peers-14.1 ptsbelow funding-adj. expected

Analysis

Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.

Signal flags

Recent press

Dimension breakdown

Verified signal

Insufficient data

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Attention (reach, not merit)

Market Presence →

23.4MED

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 10, 2026

Methodology Intelligence layer