Company
Collaborative Robotics
Collaborative Robotics (brand name Cobot) is a Santa Clara-based robotics company founded by former Amazon Robotics chief Brad Porter.
- Founded
- 2022
- HQ
- Santa Clara, CA, USA
- Status
- active
- Funding
- $100.0M
- Models
- 1
Verified profile
1
Sources on record
0
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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
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Models (1)
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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.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Recent coverage
Collaborative Robotics in third-party press
Peer companies
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Savoye5 models
- Amazon4 models
- Geek+3 models
- Symbotic3 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Funding rounds (1)
- Series B2024-04-01
$100M(reported)
Investors: Sequoia Capital, Alfred Lin
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is Collaborative Robotics?
- 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.
- Where is Collaborative Robotics based?
- Collaborative Robotics is based in Santa Clara, CA, USA.
- When was Collaborative Robotics founded?
- Collaborative Robotics was founded in 2022.
- What does Collaborative Robotics make?
- Collaborative Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Proxie (Collaborative Robotics builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Where does Collaborative Robotics operate robots?
- Collaborative 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 Collaborative Robotics safe?
- Collaborative 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 2026-07-03
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Last reviewed 2026-07-03
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
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Methodology surface for Collaborative Robotics.Peer companies
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Savoye5 models
- Amazon4 models
- Geek+3 models
- Symbotic3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Collaborative Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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
- Savoye5 models
- Amazon4 models
- Geek+3 models
- Symbotic3 models
Video
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DEPLOY Intelligence Score
13.3/ 100
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Analysis
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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
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