The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Digital Dream Labs: 1 model, 2 deployments across 2 regions, $2.0M raised, 1 active incident. 1 source back the record.
Overview
Digital dream Labs is a Pittsburgh-based ed-tech and robotics company that acquired the assets of Anki in 2019, including patents, trademarks, and IP for the Cozmo, Vector, and Anki Overdrive product lines. Founded in 2015 by H. Jacob Hanchar, the company develops AI-powered consumer companion robots and educational tools.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- 1 incident on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundOther post-money
Key facts
Acquired
Products
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Digital Dream Labs on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Digital Dream Labs's robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Jacob Hanchar CEOreported, not verified
Safety record
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 →
Incidents affecting Digital Dream Labs (1)
- Pennsylvania AG sues Digital Dream Labs for failing to fulfill 14,000 prepaid robot orders2024-09-17 · Regulatory action
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Operator customers (1)
- Digital Dream Labs2 deployments
Recent coverage
Digital Dream Labs in third-party press
Peers
144 peers across 1 segment. Every Digital Dream Labs competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
service(144)
113 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 831.3520919269878) · leader Bond at 1957%
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- A&K Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aescapedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Allen Control Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amazondirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amity Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $2.0M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- 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.
Funding rounds (1)
- Other2022-04-14
$2M(reported) · $10M post
Investors: iNetworks (lead)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Digital Dream Labs’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundOther funding round
2022-04-14Other raising $2000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 16, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Incident recordedSep 17, 2024
Pennsylvania AG sues Digital Dream Labs for failing to fulfill 14,000 prepaid robot orders
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Digital Dream Labs Vector 2.0 at United States (multiple hotel chains)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Digital Dream Labs Vector 2.0 at Germany, Europe
Sources (1)
- Vector Robot -- Digital Dream Labs · https://anki.bot/products/vector-robot
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Digital Dream Labs.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Digital Dream Labs from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Pa. Attorney General files lawsuit against Pittsburgh-area robotics toy company
Pennsylvania AG sued Digital Dream Labs for failing to fulfill most of 14,000 prepaid robot orders totaling over million, seeking restitution and civil penalties.
Digital Dream Labs lands $2 million bridge round
Digital Dream Labs raised a $2M bridge round led by iNetworks to support development of Vector and Cozmo companion robots acquired from Anki.
Digital Dream Labs gearing up for Cozmo, Vector relaunch
Digital Dream Labs signed a global retail distribution deal for Cozmo and Vector robots and prepared for relaunch after acquiring Anki's IP assets.
Anki's robots Cozmo and Vector coming back to life, moving to Pittsburgh
Digital Dream Labs announced the revival of Anki's Cozmo and Vector robots, expanding staff to 13 and planning to relaunch products with a subscription model.
Anki assets acquired by edtech startup Digital Dream Labs
Pittsburgh-based Digital Dream Labs acquired all of Anki's assets including 45 utility patents, trademarks for Cozmo, Vector, and Overdrive, with plans to relaunch the robot…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/digital-dream-labs.md
- RSS feed: /companies/digital-dream-labs/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/326e4464-71f0-47a0-a551-b84c0fef97d8
- Revision history: /companies/digital-dream-labs/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
Video
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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
Digital Dream Labs draws attention at the 52nd percentile but verifies reality at the 35th percentile among other robots. Hype Gap +17.4, 107th widest among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Safety profile within acceptable range for category. Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 54 months ago.
Signal flags
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: Sep 15, 2026