The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Embodied: 2 models, 3 deployments across 3 regions. 3 sources back the record.
CategoryCompanion robots
Appears inHome robots
Overview
Embodied was an American social robotics company based in Pasadena, California, founded by Paolo Pirjanian. The company developed Moxie, an AI companion robot for children's social-emotional development, backed by 80M USD in funding. Embodied closed its doors in 2024.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 3 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Product
Status
Shutdown (reported, Dec 2024)
Failed funding (reported, Dec 2024)
Data & sources
News coverage
1
Web sources
2
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (2)
View all models →Retired
Embodied Moxie
Moxie is a child-focused AI companion robot developed by Embodied Inc of Pasadena, California, designed to support social-emotional learning in children ages 5 to 10. The robot includes a front camera, microphones, and continuous audio and video recording transmitted to the cloud; biometric facial expression datapoints are collected and processed via cloud AI. Natural language responses are generated using Google Cloud Speech-to-Text, OpenAI, and Anthropic language models, filtered by Embodied before playback. The robot becomes inoperable if parents revoke data consent. Sold at approximately $799 before Embodied wound down operations in late 2023; the product has been discontinued.
Retired
Moxie
Moxie is a child-focused AI companion robot developed by Embodied Inc of Pasadena, California, designed to support social-emotional learning in children ages 5 to 10. The robot includes a front camera, microphones, and continuous audio and video recording transmitted to the cloud; biometric facial expression datapoints are collected and processed via cloud AI. Natural language responses are generated using Google Cloud Speech-to-Text, OpenAI, and Anthropic language models, filtered by Embodied before playback. The robot becomes inoperable if parents revoke data consent. Sold at approximately $799 before Embodied wound down operations in late 2023; the product has been discontinued.
Partnerships
Every company Embodied has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Embodied on the deployment map
View the global map3 verified deployments across 3 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Embodied's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Embodied deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Paolo Pirjanian Founder, Founder and CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Paolo Pirjaniancofounder
previously at Evolution Robotics
later founded Evolution Robotics
- Maja Matariccofounderno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Embodied.
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)
- Embodied3 deployments
Recent coverage
Embodied in third-party press
Peers
144 peers across 1 segment. Every Embodied 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
Mentioned on (17+)
Registry pages whose text names Embodied.
Companies (10)
Stardust Intelligence, D-Robotics, Digua Robotics, TARS Robotics, SEER Robotics, Spirit AI, ElevenLabs, Rabbit Inc, Galbot, Ropedia
Robots and products (4)
Moxie, GenRobot.AI Platform, Monash Robot Platform, Galbot G1
People (3)
About 74 more pages name Embodied and were not checked here.
Partnerships
6 total · 5 operating · 1 just announced · 2 ended
Every company Embodied has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
All 6 partnerships
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- technology—operating
- technology—just announced
- Embodied x aiXplainwithaiXplaindevelopment—announcedoperating
- Embodied Inc x LantronixwithLantronixdevelopment—concludedoperating
- Embodied x LantronixwithLantronixdevelopment—concludedoperating
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2018-06-18
$22M(reported)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Embodied’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2020-01-01Series B raising $19250000
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2018-01-01Series A raising $22000000
Funding roundSeed funding round
2017-01-01Seed raising $11700000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Meet Moxie - The Revolutionary Robot Companion for Social-Emotional...
- Record createdJun 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Moxie at Pasadena
- Deployment recordedJun 1, 2024
Embodied Moxie at United States
- Deployment recordedJun 1, 2024
Embodied Moxie at Germany, Europe
Sources (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-12
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-12
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Embodied.Peer companies
- Enabot3 models
- Groove X2 models
- Intuition Robotics2 models
- KEYi Technology2 models
- PARO Robots2 models
- University of Denver2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Embodied from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Cerence AI and Geely expand partnership from cars to robots
Cerence, a developer of conversational AI-powered user experiences, has announced that its collaboration with Geely is expanding from intelligent cockpits to embodied robotics,…
6D Full-Color Lidar, The Ultimate Sensor for the Physical AI Era
As we enter the era of Physical AI, autonomous driving and embodied intelligence are creating growing demand for high-quality, high-confidence ground-truth data. In response, 6D…
SenseTime Open-Sources SenseNova-RoboRSI Embodied AI Harness and a 27B Robot Brain Model
SenseTime open-sourced the SenseNova-RoboRSI evaluation harness and a 27B embodied model, after a study of GPT-6-Astra across 12 simulated benchmarks and 8 real robots. Figures…
SenseTime co-founder’s ACE Robotics releases model for robot spatial perception
ACE Robotics, founded by SenseTime co-founder Xiaogang Wang, released its ACE-Brain-0.6 embodied AI model on October 19. Built through supervised fine-tuning of Qwen3.5-9B, the…
X-Humanoid Sets Out Its Roadmap for a Unified Embodied Model and Self-Evolving Robot Policies
At ROSCon China 2026, the Beijing center described four levels of generalization and a layered data plan built around a world model simulator, and introduced Pelican-Unify.
UBTECH Details Thinker-WM, a World Model That Unifies Video, Depth and Robot Actions
UBTECH says Thinker-WM tops three embodied world model benchmarks. Adding depth lifted single-task success on RoboTwin by 15 percentage points in its ablation tests.
RoboParty launches RP1 humanoid robot with open hardware and software
RoboParty has launched RP1, a humanoid robot intended for robotics research and embodied AI development. Also known as ROBOTO 01, the platform gives researchers access to hardware…
Hong Kong firm Rice Robotics joins embodied AI hub
Rice Robotics HK also launched Tomo on 16 October, a wheel-based humanoid robot designed mainly for education.
HK research arm Flair opens embodied AI applications hub
The facility will train and test embodied AI systems and humanoid robots for manufacturing, logistics, retail, and public services.
China’s RoboParty Launches Open-Source RP1 Humanoid for Robotics Research
Insider Brief RoboParty has launched RP1, a full-stack open-source humanoid robot designed for robotics research and embodied AI development, giving developers access to both the…
Dobot Launches VEGA 7, a Seven-Axis Force-Controlled Arm for Embodied AI With 50,000-Hour MTBF
Dobot's VEGA 7 has torque sensors and brakes in every joint, 0.15N force control accuracy, a 7kg payload and 725mm reach, aimed at wheeled dual-arm robots and embodied AI work.
Google DeepMind to Open Robotics Lab in Boston Area
Google DeepMind is building a new robotics lab in the Boston area as it expands a hardware team focused on bringing advanced AI into physical systems. Aaron Saunders, former…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/embodied-moxie.md
- RSS feed: /companies/embodied-moxie/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/fc1302a5-165b-4ddb-83d9-90ec178f3755
- Revision history: /companies/embodied-moxie/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Enabot3 models
- Groove X2 models
- Intuition Robotics2 models
- KEYi Technology2 models
- PARO Robots2 models
- University of Denver2 models
Video
Imagine a robot that learns like a human! Welcome to the fascinating world of embodied AI, where machines interact with their environment in revolutionary ways.
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Neil Shah of Counterpoint Research discusses the rise of embodied AI, where artificial intelligence is integrated into physical systems such as humanoid robots
China is rapidly emerging as a global leader in robotics and embodied artificial intelligence, leveraging its manufacturing scale and deep supply chains to shap
"It means AI that has a body basically... I used to just say 'AI with arms and legs,' but this is much better." Software intelligence is stepping off screens
👉 Discover the NERO: https://urls.fr/by4hmK NERO is a 7-DoF robotic arm from AgileX Robotics designed for embodied AI, humanoid robotics, and advanced researc
Is embodied AI the future of robotics? Discover how AI is revolutionizing robotics, offering a new engine for innovation. But are they really the same? One expe
🤖 Plot twist: AI isn't staying in your computer. It's getting a BODY. Welcome to Embodied AI - where ChatGPT learns to do your laundry. Here's the difference
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In the era of smart manufacturing, Haosen Intelligent Robots redefine productivity with three core advantages: ✅ Massive Data + Full-Scene Pre-Training: Lever
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Heat Index
Serious56/100
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
Embodied draws attention at the 97th percentile but verifies reality at the 50th percentile among companion_robot robots. Hype Gap +46.9, 2nd widest among companion_robot robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 3 verified deployments. Broad public reach with 9.7M video views. Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 102 months ago.
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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: Oct 23, 2026