# Contactile: robot AI company

Canonical ID: `61964186-b601-4580-9655-bd09b343086b`

## Key facts

- **Headquarters:** Sydney, Australia
- **Founded:** 2018
- **Status:** private
- **Type:** brain

- **Slug:** contactile
- **Status:** private
- **Founded:** 2018
- **HQ:** Sydney, Australia

## Models

_No models registered._

## Current leadership (1)

- [Heba Khamis](/people/heba-khamis.md) CEO (secondary-verified)

## Partnerships (2)

- [contactile x nvidia](/partnerships/contactile-x-nvidia.md) with NVIDIA _technology_
- [contactile x aws](/partnerships/contactile-x-aws.md) with AWS _technology_

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is Contactile?

[Tactile](/companies/tactile-robotics) 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.

### 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.


## Sources (1)

1. https://www.contactile.com

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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