# Exclaim Robotics: service robotics company

Canonical ID: `478336af-80df-4a85-82a8-4a5748140578`

## Key facts

- **CEO:** [Helen Oleynikova](/people/helen-oleynikova.md) (PhD, ETH Zürich; ex-NVIDIA, Google, Microsoft, Willow Garage)
- **Founding Engineer:** [Patrick Pfreundschuh](/people/patrick-pfreundschuh.md) (PhD, ETH Zürich; DARPA SubT winner)
- **Lead Investors:** [Founderful, Playfair Capital (co-led pre-seed)](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Pre-Seed Funding:** $4.95M / €4.29M (announced Aug 2026)
- **Technology Focus:** Autonomous mobile robots for optics, cabling, and drive replacement on live 800V DC racks
- **Founder Background:** Co-created nvblox (3D mapping library in NVIDIA Isaac ROS)
- **Target Market:** AI data centre physical maintenance (high-voltage, liquid-cooled facilities)
- **Hero image candidate:** https://technicalbeep.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/exclaim-robotics-data-center-maintenance-robots.webp (source: TechnicalBeep press coverage)

- **Slug:** exclaim-robotics
- **Founded:** 2026
- **HQ:** Zürich, Switzerland
- **Funding total (USD):** 4950000

## Models

- [Exclaim Maintenance Robot](/models/exclaim-maintenance-robot.md) (service) (id: `2fddc8ed-95bf-44d0-b4f2-7e91f7daf22b`)

## Current leadership (3)

- [Helen Oleynikova](/people/helen-oleynikova.md) CEO & Founder (secondary-verified)
- [Helen Oleynikova](/people/helen-oleynikova.md) Founder (secondary-verified)
- [Patrick Pfreundschuh](/people/patrick-pfreundschuh.md) Founding Engineer (secondary-verified)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is Exclaim Robotics?

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](/companies/nvidia), [Google](/companies/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.

### What does Exclaim Robotics make?

Exclaim Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Exclaim Maintenance Robot (Exclaim Robotics builds physical robots).

### Where is Exclaim Robotics headquartered?

Exclaim Robotics is headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland.

### How much funding has Exclaim Robotics raised?

Exclaim Robotics has raised approximately $5M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

### Where does Exclaim Robotics operate robots?

Exclaim Robotics is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.


## Sources (2)

1. https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/08/zurich-based-exclaim-robotics-exits-stealth-with-e4-29-million-to-build-robots-for-ai-data-centre-maintenance/
2. https://exclaimrobotics.com/

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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