The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Diligent Robotics: 1 model, 10 deployments across 6 regions, $10.0M raised. 4 sources back the record.
Overview
Diligent Robotics is an American healthcare robotics company based in Austin, Texas, developing the Moxi hospital robot for collaborative healthcare operations. Founded by Andrea Thomaz, the company raised $104M total and was acquired by Serve robotics in a $29M deal to scale Moxi robots.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 10 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDAcquisitionAcquired by Serve Robotics
Key facts
Product
Acquired by
Data & sources
Patent documents
2
Web sources
2
4 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Diligent Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Swisslog1× joint2 total
Most recent
- Swisslog Healthcare x Diligent Robotics2025-10-13with Swisslogjust announced
Diligent Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map10 verified deployments across 6 regions, newest verified Aug 2026. Explore where Diligent Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
- NewoperationalMoxi at United States (multiple hotel chains) →United States · verified Aug 2026
- NewoperationalMoxi at U.S. Hospitals (Multi-Site, Nationwide) →verified Aug 2026
- operationalMoxi at US Hospitals (30+ sites, nationwide) →United States · verified May 2025
- operationalMoxi at Austin →verified Jun 2024
- operationalMoxi at Kansas City, Missouri, USA (Saint Luke's) →Midwest · verified Jan 2024
- operationalMoxi at Angleton, Texas, USA (UTMB) →Southwest · verified Mar 2023
- pilotMoxi at Bedford, Texas, USA (Texas Health HEB) →Southwest · verified Jan 2022
- operationalMoxi at Dallas, Texas, USA (Texas Health Presbyterian) →Southwest · verified Jan 2022
- operationalMoxi at Dallas, Texas, USA (Texas Health Dallas) →Southwest · verified Jan 2022
- operationalMoxi at Global (multiple sites) →International · verified Jan 2020
View the full Diligent Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Andrea Thomaz Co-Founder, CEOsince 2017-01-01secondary-verified
- Vivian Chu Co-Founder, CTOsince 2017-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Andrea Thomazcofounderfounded 2017-01-01
- Vivian Chucofounderfounded 2017-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Diligent Robotics.
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)
- Diligent Robotics10 deployments
Recent coverage
Diligent Robotics in third-party press
Peers
144 peers across 1 segment. Every Diligent Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
service(144)
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- Amity Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Supplied by (4)
Sensors
- Intel Corporationvia MoxiIntel RealSense depth camerasupplies
- Velodyne LiDARvia MoxiVelodyne Puck VLP-16 LiDARsupplies
Mechanical / contract manufacturing
- Fetch Roboticsvia MoxiFetch Freight F100 mobile basesupplies
- Robotiqvia MoxiRobotiq Adaptive Grippersupplies
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
Financial state
- Total funding
- $10.0M
- 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
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company Diligent Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Swisslog Healthcare x Diligent Robotics2025-10-13with Swisslogjust announced
Most-frequent partners
- 1Swisslog1× joint2 total
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2019-08-22
$10M(reported) · $60M post
Acquisitions (1)
- acquired by Serve Roboticsfull acquisition2026-01-20
Patent estate (2)
- WO2025222202A1wipopendingassignee
- US20140039680A1usptopendingassignee
Timeline
Every recorded move in Diligent Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Acquired byAcquired
2026-01-20Acquired
PartnershipSwisslog Healthcare x Diligent Robotics
2025-10-13Swisslog Healthcare partnered with Diligent Robotics to bring autonomous last-mile delivery robots (Moxi AMMRs) to U.S. hospitals, complementing Swisslog's pharmacy automation and TransLogic pneumatic tube systems. Ray Castro of Swisslog Healthcare leads coordination.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2019-08-22Series A raising $10000000
Key hireVivian Chu joins as Co-Founder, CTO
2017-01-01Vivian Chu appointed Co-Founder, CTO (current)
Key hireAndrea Thomaz joins as Co-Founder, CEO
2017-01-01Andrea Thomaz appointed Co-Founder, CEO (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Deployment recordedAug 17, 2026
Moxi at U.S. Hospitals (Multi-Site, Nationwide)
- Deployment recordedAug 17, 2026
Moxi at United States (multiple hotel chains)
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Meet Moxi the Robot from Diligent Robotics
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Moxi helps care teams focus on patient care
- Record createdJun 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
Market intelligence
Hiring signals
Role composition
Recent openings
- Lead Clinical Robot Associate - Rochester, NY (On-Site)Operations
Rochester, New York, United States
- ML Engineer, ManipulationResearch & R&D
Anywhere in the US
- Sr. ML Engineer, Autonomous NavigationResearch & R&D
Anywhere in the US
- Founding Sr. Data EngineerResearch & R&D
Anywhere in the US
- Lead Clinical Robot Associate - Durham, NCOperations
Durham, North Carolina, United States
- Fleet EngineerOperations
Austin, Texas, United States
+4 more open roles tracked
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Diligent Robotics.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Diligent Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
UT To Lead NSF Center That Will Study How Robots and People Learn to Live and Work Together
The University of Texas at Austin will lead a new NSF-funded industry-university cooperative research center studying human-robot interaction, with industry collaborators…
Five years of operation shape Diligent Robotics rollout of Moxi 2.0
Diligent is now rolling out Moxi 2.0 to health systems including Endeavor Health Edward Hospital and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The post Five years of operation shape…
Serve Robotics adds Grubhub to delivery network as Diligent rolls out Moxi 2.0
Serve Robotics is expanding its autonomous delivery network through a new partnership with Grubhub, while its Diligent Robotics subsidiary begins rolling out the next generation…
Serve Robotics to Report Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results, Host Conference Call on August 6
Serve Robotics, which acquired Diligent Robotics to expand into hospital logistics, will report Q2 2026 results on August 6, having deployed over 2,000 robots across 44 cities.
Will Serve Robotics' Healthcare Push Unlock a Bigger AI Opportunity? - Yahoo Finance
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Serve Robotics' revenue forecast to surge nearly tenfold to 6 million in 2026
S&P Global forecasts Serve Robotics' revenue to reach 6 million in 2026, up from .7 million in 2025, with 2,050 deployed robots across 44 cities and new exposure to healthcare…
Odessa Regional Medical Center introduces service robots - CBS7
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Robots, already in hospitals, are ready to roll in other industries - CBS News
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Tacoma health system once touted robot nursing aide. Whatever happened to Moxi? - Tacoma News Tribune
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Serve Robotics Acquires Hospital Assistant Robot Company - AI Business
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Serve Robotics Takes Physical AI Into Hospitals - Yahoo Finance
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Serve Enters Healthcare With Diligent Robotics Acquisition - Yahoo Finance
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/diligent-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/diligent-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/631d3677-00e4-4313-abdb-49f3fb95bc82
- Revision history: /companies/diligent-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
Video
Reality vs attention
Diligent Robotics draws attention at the 76th percentile but verifies reality at the 91st percentile among service robots. Hype Gap -15.5, 48th widest among service robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 10 verified deployments. Strong deployment footprint with 9 operational sites across 10 countries. Thin IP estate relative to category peers.
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.
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Last computed: Aug 29, 2026