Overview
Zürich-based robotics startup building autonomous mobile robots to perform routine repair and maintenance work inside AI data centres. Founded in 2026 by Helen Oleynikova, a robotics veteran with 15 years across NVIDIA, Google, Microsoft, and ETH Zürich, Exclaim targets the physical maintenance layer of data centres as rack power densities and 800V DC infrastructure make manual servicing increasingly hazardous. The company exited stealth in August 2026 with a pre-seed round co-led by Founderful and Playfair Capital.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
CEO
Founding Engineer
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Pre-Seed Funding
Technology Focus
Founder Background
Target Market
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (1)
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Current leadership (2)
- Helen Oleynikova CEO & Founder, Foundersecondary-verified
- Patrick Pfreundschuh Founding Engineersecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Helen Oleynikovacofounderno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Exclaim Robotics.
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Exclaim Robotics in third-party press
Peers
85 peers across 1 segment. Every Exclaim Robotics 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%
- 4AG Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- 6 River Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ATOMSdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Addverbdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aethondirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aigendirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Mentioned on (3)
Registry pages whose text names Exclaim Robotics.
Robots and products (1)
People (2)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $5.0M
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Funding rounds (1)
- Pre-Seed2026-08-01
$5M(reported)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Exclaim Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundPre-Seed funding round
2026-08-03Pre-Seed raising $4950000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 13, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 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
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Methodology surface for Exclaim Robotics.Peer companies
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Samsung Electronics6 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Enabot3 models
- Infiforce3 models
- KEENON Robotics3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Exclaim Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Robotics raises: Andromeda Surgical, Atlas Motion, Avatar, Exclaim, Solinas
A3 Automated Insights roundup covers Exclaim Robotics' $4.95M pre-seed round and its focus on building autonomous robots for data centre maintenance.
Exclaim Robotics Wants to Send Robots Where Data Center Technicians Shouldn't Go
TechnicalBeep profiles Exclaim Robotics' approach to autonomous data centre maintenance, detailing the founding team's background and the 800V DC rack infrastructure challenge.
Exclusive: Zurich-based Exclaim Robotics comes out of stealth, raises $4.95m
Zürich-based Exclaim Robotics exits stealth with €4.29 million to build robots for AI data centre maintenance
EU-Startups reports on Exclaim Robotics exiting stealth with €4.29M pre-seed funding to build autonomous robots for AI data centre maintenance, founded by NVIDIA and ETH Zürich…
Ex-Google and NVIDIA roboticist raises $5M for AI data centre repair robots
TechFundingNews covers Exclaim Robotics' $4.95M pre-seed round led by Founderful and Playfair, highlighting founder Helen Oleynikova's background at Google, NVIDIA, and ETH Zürich.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/exclaim-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/exclaim-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/478336af-80df-4a85-82a8-4a5748140578
- Revision history: /companies/exclaim-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Samsung Electronics6 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Enabot3 models
- Infiforce3 models
- KEENON Robotics3 models
Video
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
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Reality vs attention
Exclaim Robotics draws attention at the 40th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among service robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Active fundraising activity with a recent closing. 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 12, 2026