Overview
Digi-Key Electronics, electronic components distributor serving robotics and prototyping markets.. HQ: Thief River Falls, MN. Type: Hardware distributor. Focus: Global electronic components distribution. Scale: Millions of SKUs including robotics sensors, motors, and controllers. Stage: Public company (OTC: DKEY).
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
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Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Every company Digi-Key Electronics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Digi-Key Electronics on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Dave Doherty CEOsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Digi-Key Electronics.
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 →
Recent coverage
Digi-Key Electronics in third-party press
Mentioned on (2)
Registry pages whose text names Digi-Key Electronics.
Robots and products (1)
People (1)
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company Digi-Key Electronics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- digi-key x awswithAWS30technology—operating
- digi-key x nvidiawithNVIDIA132technology—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-10
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Digi-Key Electronics.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Digi-Key Electronics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Retronix Launches Sparrow Hawk Edge AI Computing Platform Worldwide
Join Digi-Key Electronics at electronica 2022 in Munich
Digi-Key Receives Electronics Maker Best of Industry Awards
Digi-Key video series highlights "Revolutionizing Automation"
Digi-Key Electronics Earns Distributor of the Year Recognition from Global Connector Technology
EPC Space Announces Global Distribution Deal with Digi-Key for Rad Hard Gallium Nitride (GaN) Power Devices in Space, Aerospace, and Other High Reliability Applications
Day 4: Keynote on Autonomous Robots Headlines a Day of Technical Resources
Digi-Key Plans Large Expansion
Digi-Key Electronics at Embedded World 2020
Humanoid robots to come to life at EDS 2016
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/digi-key.md
- RSS feed: /companies/digi-key/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/9968ef02-246b-49e9-b617-402b2a250ed8
- Revision history: /companies/digi-key/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Serious54/100
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
Digi-Key Electronics draws attention at the 26th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
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 4, 2026