The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Cobalt Robotics: 1 model, 2 deployments across 2 regions, $48.0M raised. 5 sources back the record.
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Regional ecosystem
Cobalt Robotics is one of 433 verified robotics companies in California →
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries B post-money
Key facts
Robot
Focus
Stage
Headquarters
Founded
Data & sources
Patent documents
4
Web sources
1
5 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Cobalt Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Cobalt Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
Founders (2)
- Travis Deylecofounderfounded 2016-01-01no longer at company
later founded Cobalt AI
- Erik Schluntzcofounderfounded 2016-01-01no longer at company
Former / Previously (2)
- Travis Deyle Co-founder & CEOsince 2016-01-01secondary-verified
- Erik Schluntz Co-founder & CTOsince 2016-01-01secondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Cobalt Robotics.
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 →
Operator customers (1)
- Cobalt Robotics2 deployments
Recent coverage
Cobalt Robotics in third-party press
Peers
144 peers across 1 segment. Every Cobalt Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
service(144)
113 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 831.3520919269878) · leader Bond at 1957%
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- A&K Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aescapedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Allen Control Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amazondirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amity Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $48.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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.
Funding rounds (2)
Cobalt Robotics’s 2 disclosed rounds, $48M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series B2019-06-01
$35M(reported) · $280M post
Investors: Eclipse Ventures (lead)
- Series A2018-03-01
$13M(reported) · $78M post
Investors: Eclipse Ventures (lead)
Patent estate (4)
- US8359122B2usptograntedgranted 2013-01-22assignee
- US10265859B2usptograntedgranted 2019-04-23assignee
- US11445152B2usptograntedgranted 2022-09-13assignee
- US20190248013A1usptopendingassignee
Timeline
Every recorded move in Cobalt Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
New supplierNew supplier: NVIDIA
2026-08-23Supply: NVIDIA 1080-class GPU for Cobalt from NVIDIA
New supplierNew supplier: NVIDIA
2026-08-23Supply: NVIDIA Jetson for Cobalt from NVIDIA
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2019-06-01Series B raising $35000000
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2018-03-01Series A raising $13000000
Key hireTravis Deyle joins as Co-founder & CEO
2016-01-01Travis Deyle appointed Co-founder & CEO
Key hireErik Schluntz joins as Co-founder & CTO
2016-01-01Erik Schluntz appointed Co-founder & CTO
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Meet the Cobalt Robot
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 7, 2026
Cobalt Monitoring Intelligence
- Record createdJun 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Cobalt Security Robot at Redmond
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Cobalt Security Robot at San Francisco
Sources (1)
Market intelligence
Hiring signals
Role composition
Recent openings
- Reserve Engineer (On-site) - Arlington, VAEngineering
Arlington, VA
- Reserve Engineer (On-site) - Seattle, WAEngineering
Seattle, WA
- Reserve Engineer (On-site) - Dallas, TXEngineering
Dallas, TX
- Reserve Engineer (On-site) - Charlotte, NCEngineering
Charlotte, NC
- Reserve Engineer (On-site) - Melbourne, AustraliaEngineering
Melbourne, Victoria
- Reserve Engineer (On-site) - San Francisco, CAEngineering
San Francisco, CA
+4 more open roles tracked
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Cobalt Robotics.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Cobalt Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Autonomous Indoor Security Robot, Powered by AI Monitoring
Cobalt's autonomous indoor security robot provides autonomous patrols and event management automation, deployed at major buildings including Willis Tower in Chicago.
Cobalt Robotics secures 5M
Cobalt Robotics raised 5M to expand its autonomous security robot deployments to new geographic locations across the United States.
Cobalt Partners with Sequoia and Secures 3M in Series A Funding
Cobalt Robotics closed a 3M Series A led by Sequoia, with partner Alfred Lin joining the board, to scale its autonomous indoor security robot deployments.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/cobalt-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/cobalt-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/7da22102-58a3-47d2-80c4-856d7c7bd1f8
- Revision history: /companies/cobalt-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
Video
A compilation of Cobalt's biggest hits in BattleBots!
Cobalt builds indoor robots for security, designed to work alongside human guards to provide better security than people can do alone. Our robots have the sensi
In this episode, meet our Programming and Workshop Ops sub-teams and see the talent, teamwork, and dedication that power our robot behind the scenes.
FRC 3042 Cobalt Catalysts | North Star Regionals 2025 | Robot Inspection
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
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
Cobalt Robotics draws attention at the 6th percentile but verifies reality at the 25th percentile among service robots. Hype Gap -18.8, 54th widest among service robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
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: Sep 6, 2026