The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Collaborative Robotics: 1 model, $100.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
CategoryWarehouse & Logistics Robotics
Appears inLogistics robots
Overview
Collaborative Robotics (brand name Cobot) is a Santa Clara-based robotics company founded by former Amazon Robotics chief Brad Porter. The company develops Proxie, a collaborative robot designed to work alongside humans across sectors including logistics, healthcare, and retail. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Cobot raised $100M in Series B funding in 2024, bringing total funding to $140M.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Brand
Founder
Robot
Focus
CEO
Total fundingsee investors →
Key investor
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Brad Porter Founder & CEOreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Brad Porterno longer at company
Former / Previously (1)
- Brad Porter founderreported, not verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Collaborative Robotics.
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Collaborative Robotics in third-party press
Peer companies
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye5 models
- Amazon4 models
- Geek+3 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Funding rounds (2)
Collaborative Robotics’s 2 disclosed rounds, $130M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series B2024-04-01
$100M(reported)
Investors: Sequoia Capital, Alfred Lin
- Series A2023-06-01
$30M(reported)
Investors: Sequoia Capital (lead)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Collaborative Robotics.Peer companies
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye5 models
- Amazon4 models
- Geek+3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Collaborative Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Regal Rexnord and Fanuc launch integrated linear axis for CRX collaborative robots
Regal Rexnord has formed a strategic collaboration with robotics and automation company Fanuc to deliver a fully integrated collaborative robotics solution that combines expertise…
Cobot's Proxie Gen 2 robot adds autotasking, mobile manipulation
Collaborative Robotics unveils Proxie Gen 2 with greater payload, self-swapping batteries, autonomous task identification, and two-armed manipulation for healthcare, logistics,…
From big tech to robots: Cobot founder Brad Porter and the race to robotics
Brad Porter discusses his transition from leading Amazon's Robotics organization to founding Cobot, and the future of collaborative robotics.
Collaborative Robotics Raises $100 Million in Series B Funding
Cobot raised $100M in Series B funding to scale development of Proxie, its collaborative robot designed to work with humans in every sector.
Embracing the Odyssey: Cobot raises $40M in seed and Series A
Cobot founder Brad Porter announced $40M in seed and Series A funding to build collaborative robots that transform how humans work alongside robots.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/collaborative-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/collaborative-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/4ca38b60-42c1-46fc-b182-7e43b84b49c1
- Revision history: /companies/collaborative-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye5 models
- Amazon4 models
- Geek+3 models
Video
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Reality vs attention
Collaborative Robotics draws attention at the 36th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among AMRs.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
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DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 17, 2026