The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Dexterity: 2 models, 3 deployments across 3 regions, $291.2M raised. 7 sources back the record.
Appears inLogistics robots
Overview
AI-powered warehouse robotics; specializes in palletizing, depalletizing, and trailer loading/unloading using multi-robot arms and computer vision.
Reality check
Mech (company-claimed)
Two-arm industrial robot on a mobile base for truck loading, palletizing and depalletizing.
Foresight (company-claimed)
Physical-AI world model trained on 100M+ autonomous actions; platform orchestrates 68+ skill agents.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 3 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries C post-money
Key facts
Focus
Technology
Headquarters
Founded
Data & sources
Patent documents
4
Web sources
3
7 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
Mech
Dexterity's Mech is a roving two-armed 'Physical AI' robot for automated truck loading/unloading (AI vanning) in logistics; its robotic arms were co-developed with Kawasaki, and it is offered to industrial and enterprise customers for high-throughput truck operations.
Current platform
Dexterity DXR
Robotic arm system for warehouse palletizing and truck loading; combines computer vision, AI motion planning, and adaptive grippers.
Partnerships
Every company Dexterity has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1FedEx Corporation2× joint6 total
- 2Sumitomo Corporation1× joint
- 3Texas Tech University1× joint1 total
Most recent
- FedEx x Dexterity2026-07-30with FedEx Corporationoperating
- Dexterity x Sumitomo Joint Venture2026-06-23with Sumitomo Corporationjust announced
- FedEx x Dexterity (Truck Loading Robots)2026-04-01with FedEx Corporationoperating
Dexterity on the deployment map
View the global map3 verified deployments across 3 regions, newest verified Jul 2026. Explore where Dexterity's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Dexterity deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Samir Menon Founder & CEOsince 2017-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Samir Menonsolefounded 2017-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Dexterity.
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 →
Operator customers (1)
- Dexterity3 deployments
Recent coverage
Dexterity in third-party press
Peers
88 peers across 2 segments. Every Dexterity competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
amr(85)
53 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2073.1177093090264) · leader Boston Dynamics at 4191%
manipulator(3)
4 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 3630.408144028655) · leader Dexterity at 4612%
- Automatadirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- RightHand Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- igusdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Mentioned on (6)
Registry pages whose text names Dexterity.
Companies (5)
FedEx Corporation, Cyborg Robotics, Channel Robotics, Shadow Robot Company, Texas Tech University
Robots and products (1)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $291.2M
- Employees
- 211
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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
4 total · 2 operating · 2 just announced
Every company Dexterity has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- FedEx x Dexterity2026-07-30with FedEx Corporationoperating
- Dexterity x Sumitomo Joint Venture2026-06-23with Sumitomo Corporationjust announced
- FedEx x Dexterity (Truck Loading Robots)2026-04-01with FedEx Corporationoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1FedEx Corporation2× joint6 total
- 2Sumitomo Corporation1× joint
- 3Texas Tech University1× joint1 total
All 4 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology—just announced
- deployment2026-07-30operating
- deployment2026-04-01operating
- Dexterity x Sumitomo Joint VenturewithSumitomo Corporationjoint venture2026-06-23announcedjust announced
Funding rounds (3)
Dexterity’s 3 disclosed rounds, $291M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series C2025-03-11
$95M · $1.6B post
Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sumitomo Corporation, Sumitomo Corp (co_lead), General Catalyst (follow)
- Series B2021-10-01
$140M(reported) · $1.1B post
Investors: SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (lead), Kleiner Perkins
- Series A2020-07-01
$56M(reported) · $337M post
Investors: Kleiner Perkins (lead)
Patent estate (4)
- US20230271797A1usptopendingassignee
- US10124489B2usptograntedgranted 2018-11-13assignee
- US9701492B2usptograntedgranted 2017-07-11assignee
- US11597084B2usptograntedgranted 2023-03-07assignee
Timeline
Every recorded move in Dexterity’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipFedEx x Dexterity
2026-07-30FedEx and Dexterity expand multi-year collaboration to scale autonomous trailer-loading robots at FedEx Hagerstown Hub in Maryland. Dexterity's Mech dual-armed robot powered by Foresight world model handles trailer loading operations. Deployment moves beyond pilot to production scale.
PartnershipDexterity x Sumitomo Joint Venture
2026-06-23Dexterity and Sumitomo Corporation established a joint venture to accelerate AI-powered robot adoption in Japan, combining Dexteritys AI robotics platform with Sumitomos market presence.
PartnershipFedEx x Dexterity (Truck Loading Robots)
2026-04-01FedEx is partnering with Dexterity to pilot 'superhumanoid' robots for truck loading at logistics facilities. The robots use Dexterity's Foresight world model to autonomously interpret incoming parcels and stack them into dense, stable walls. The deployment aims to increase throughput and reduce physical strain in high-volume operations.
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2025-03-11Series C raising $95000000
Funding roundOther funding round
2025-03-01Other raising $95000000
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2021-10-01Series B raising $140000000
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2020-07-01Series A raising $56200000
Key hireSamir Menon joins as Founder & CEO
2017-01-01Samir Menon appointed Founder & CEO (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJul 30, 2026
Mech at Hagerstown Maryland USA
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
What is Dexterity? Full-Task Robots for the Warehouse
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Revolutionizing Logistics: DexR - The AI Robotic Loader by Dexterity...
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 7, 2026
Introducing Mech
- Record createdJun 6, 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
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
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Last reviewed 2026-10-12
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
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The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Dexterity.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Reeman4 models
- Savoye4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Dexterity from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Enter the Zachbot: Trump’s new press secretary malfunctions on podium debut
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Why dexterity is physical AI’s real bottleneck
The next major challenge in robotic dexterity is making the entire system reliable enough to turn capabilities into useful work. The post Why dexterity is physical AI’s real…
Video: Robot hand performs magic tricks with precision using 20 independent joints
Chinese robotics startup LinkerBot has demonstrated the dexterity of its new robotic hand by teaching...
Boston Dynamics unveils 13-DOF four finger hand for Atlas
Atlas gains a 13-DOF hand with tactile sensing, designed to balance dexterity with the cost, durability and maintenance demands of factory work. The post Boston Dynamics unveils…
Boston Dynamics unveils new four-finger hand for Atlas humanoid robot
Boston Dynamics has unveiled a new four-finger hand for its Atlas humanoid robot, designed to combine the dexterity needed for complex manipulation and tool use with the strength…
Tangent Robotics Raises $4.5 Million in Pre-Seed Funding for Robotic Dexterity
Tangent Robotics has raised $4.5 million in pre-seed funding in a round led by Fly Ventures and Toyota Ventures. The Columbia University spinoff plans to use the capital to…
Dexterity: The Problem at Hand
Why it’s so challenging for robots to work like human hands
How better grippers can unlock physical AI
Physical AI depends on smarter grippers to give robots the dexterity, sensing and adaptability needed to handle real-world tasks. The post How better grippers can unlock physical…
FedEx and Dexterity Expand Physical AI Deployment for Autonomous Trailer Loading at Hagerstown Hub
Insider Brief FedEx and Dexterity are expanding their collaboration to deploy Dexterity’s Foresight world model and Mech trailer-loading robots at the FedEx Hagerstown Hub in…
FedEx, Dexterity expand physical AI deployment for autonomous trailer loading
FedEx and Dexterity expanded their multi-year collaboration to scale Dexterity's Foresight world model and Mech trailer-loading systems at the FedEx Hagerstown Hub in Maryland,…
Google DeepMind demonstrates Gemini Robotics 2 humanoid control
Google DeepMind says Gemini Robotics 2 can control Apollo 2 from feet to fingertips, but its own dexterity results remain uneven, with grippers ahead of hands. The post Google…
Google DeepMind unveils Gemini Robotics 2 as Apptronik humanoid demonstrates whole-body AI
Google DeepMind has launched Gemini Robotics 2, a new suite of AI models designed to give humanoid and other robots greater autonomy through whole-body control, advanced dexterity…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/dexterity.md
- RSS feed: /companies/dexterity/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/0a5576c1-1e81-4143-9d4e-4ad0789c55c7
- Revision history: /companies/dexterity/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Reeman4 models
- Savoye4 models
Video
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To be genuinely useful in our homes and workplaces, robots need finesse. Gemini Robotics 2 unlocks a new level of physical dexterity across different end effect
There’s a lot of buzz around impressive robotics demos — but taking Physical AI from demo to real-world deployment is a journey that demands serious engineering
https://www.ri.cmu.edu/event/bringing-dexterity-to-robot-hands-in-the-real-world/ Nancy Pollard Professor Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University Octobe
Discover the incredible new 1X NEO robotic hands that are bringing humanoid robots closer than ever to human-level dexterity. Explore how 1X's new 25-DoF tendo
🦾 Meet the Mech, the superhumanoid robot transforming warehouse logistics. 🤖 Built by @dexterity_inc with the power of #EtherCAT and automation from Beckho
Ever wonder why robots can weld a car but can't peel a banana? 🍌 That massive gap between industrial speed and human skill is the challenge of Robotic Dexterit
🚀 Physical AI and robotics are transforming warehouse automation, and Dexterity is leading the way, backed by automation and controls from Beckhoff. 🚀 📦 Ro
Our recent encounter with a robot's impressive dexterity and mobility, combined with rapidly advancing AI, raises a crucial question: What about humans? We delv
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A robotic hand developed at EPFL surpasses the limits of human dexterity with a dual-thumbed, reversible-palm design that can detach from its robotic ‘arm’ to r
Introducing MECH by Dexterity: The world's first industrial superhumanoid robot, powered by Physical AI. With dual arms and an agile rover base, MECH excels i
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Heat Index
Category contender83/100
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
Dexterity draws attention at the 98th percentile but verifies reality at the 94th percentile among manipulator robots. Hype Gap +3.5, 6th widest among manipulator robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 3 verified deployments. Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Thin IP estate relative to category peers.
Signal flags
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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: Oct 20, 2026