Overview
Cosmic Robotics builds autonomous construction robots for critical infrastructure, starting with utility-scale solar farms. The company's flagship Cosmic-1A robot autonomously tows trailers, lifts 90-pound solar panels, and places them with millimeter accuracy, addressing severe labor shortages in the solar industry. Founded in 2023 and backed by Y Combinator (S26 batch), the company is developing a fleet of robots powered by its proprietary Particle AI platform.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
CTO
YC Batch
Total Fundingsee investors →
Product
AI Platform
DOE Award
Data & sources
News coverage
2
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- James Emerick Co-founder and CEOsecondary-verified
- Lewis C Jones Co-founder and CTOsecondary-verified
Founders (2)
Safety record
No incidents on record for Cosmic Robotics.
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Cosmic Robotics in third-party press
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Mentioned on (3)
Registry pages whose text names Cosmic Robotics.
People (3)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $4.3M
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Funding rounds (2)
Cosmic Robotics’s 2 disclosed rounds, $4M in total, oldest to newest.
- Other2026-07-16
$350,000(reported)
Investors: SEED Innovations Ltd (lead)
- Pre-Seed2025-04-16
$4M(reported)
Investors: Giant Ventures (lead), MaC Venture Capital, HCVC
Timeline
Every recorded move in Cosmic Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundOther funding round
2026-07-16Other raising $350000
Funding roundSeed funding round
2025-04-16Seed raising $4000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 22, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-12
Verification posture
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Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-12
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Cosmic Robotics.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Cosmic Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Cosmic Robotics, Inc. announced that it has received $0.35 million in funding from Seed Innovations Limited
SEED Innovations invests $350,000 in Cosmic Robotics By Investing.com
Seed Innovations backs Y Combinator-bound robotics firm Cosmic with US$350,000 SAFE
FTC Solar Hosts Inaugural Robotics Day to Showcase the Future of Solar Construction
How Robotics Accelerate Utility-Scale Solar Installation (Video)
SunRobi Becomes First Certified Operator of Cosmic Robotics’ Autonomous Solar Installation Systems
SunRobi is first certified operator of Cosmic Robotics autonomous solar installation systems
Cosmic Robotics: Autonomous construction on Earth and beyond
Y Combinator company page for Cosmic Robotics (S26 batch), co-founded by James Emerick and Lewis Jones, building autonomous construction robots for solar farms
Cosmic Robotics aims to revolutionize solar farm construction
Autodesk Design Make video featuring Cosmic Robotics' solar farm construction robots, developed during an Autodesk residency program in San Francisco
Company makes leap in solar installation efficiency with robots
The Cool Down covers Cosmic Robotics' autonomous robots that lighten the physical burden of solar panel installation in harsh desert environments
Cool solar tech: Who’s ready for AI-powered construction robots and quantum dots?
Cosmic Robotics Raises $4M Funding
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/cosmic-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/cosmic-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/17e6a28c-6f29-4cc3-aac7-40f04aae8628
- Revision history: /companies/cosmic-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Video
Cosmic Robotics is revolutionizing solar farm construction with robots designed to handle labor-intensive and repetitive tasks. #LetThereBeAnything #MakeAnything
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Cosmic Robotics builds robotic construction equipment to build cities on Mars.
Select highlights from building the Cosmic-1 prototype during the spring of 2024.
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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
Cosmic Robotics draws attention at the 84th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Active fundraising activity with a recent closing. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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: Nov 6, 2026