Contactile: robot AI company

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Regional ecosystem

Contactile is one of 29 verified robotics companies in Australia →

Key facts

Headquarters

Sydney, Australia

Founded

2018

Status

private

Type

brain

Data & sources

Press releases

1

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Partnerships

Every company Contactile has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.

2 total2 operating

Most-frequent partners

1AWS1× joint976 total
2NVIDIA1× joint1108 total

Most recent

Relationships

NNVIDIATechnology partner AAWSTechnology partner

Current leadership (1)

Heba Khamis CEOsecondary-verified

Safety record

No incidents on record for Contactile.

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 →

Financial state

Reporting basis: aggregator_estimate
Lifecycle stage: early
Counterparty risk class: unknown

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.

Partnerships

2 total · 2 operating

Every company Contactile has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.

Most recent

Most-frequent partners

1AWS1× joint976 total
2NVIDIA1× joint1108 total

All 2 partnerships

open in the atlas →

contactile x nvidia
withNVIDIA1108
technology—
operating
contactile x aws
withAWS976
technology—
operating

Recent activity

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

Record createdAug 9, 2026
Added to the verified registry

Full change history →

Sources (1)

https://www.contactile.com

Common questions

What is Contactile?

Tactile sensor company building bioinspired optical tactile sensors for robot grippers, enabling slip detection and force control.

What does Contactile make?

Contactile has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Contactile builds robot foundation models or autonomy software.

Is Contactile publicly traded?

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

Who is the CEO of Contactile?

Heba Khamis is the ceo of Contactile, per the DEPLOY registry.

How can I invest in Contactile?

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

Where is Contactile headquartered?

Contactile is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Who owns Contactile?

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

Is Contactile a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Contactile ranks in roughly the top 95% of companies tracked by the registry.

When was Contactile founded?

Contactile was founded in 2018.

Is Contactile safe?

Contactile 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 (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

Sources by quality tier

1: primary-company-ir; Company IR disclosure

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

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

Machine-readable surfaces

Markdown mirror: /companies/contactile.md
RSS feed: /companies/contactile/feed.xml
JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
REST API: /v1/companies/61964186-b601-4580-9655-bd09b343086b
Revision history: /companies/contactile/history
Data documentation: /data
Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP

Reality vs attention

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

6-month trend

Peer rankingTop 95% of category

vs funding peers-29.6 ptsbelow funding-adj. expected

Analysis

Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.

Dimension breakdown

Verified signal

Insufficient data

15.05.0LOW

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

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Last computed: Aug 24, 2026

Methodology Intelligence layer