# Foundation Future Industries: robotics company

Canonical ID: `badee06b-031e-4cc1-b1dd-4989fa6ec7b0`

## Key facts

- **CEO:** Sankaet Pathak (CEO — previously ran a bankrupt fintech company)
- **HQ:** San Francisco, California, USA
- **Founded:** 2024
- **Product:** Phantom — humanoid robot for industrial work and defense. Phantom MK-1 (prototype), Phantom 2 planned
- **Pentagon contract:** $24M in Pentagon contracts for humanoid robot development
- **Ukraine deployment:** Two Phantom MK-1 robots sent to Ukraine Feb 2026 for frontline logistics testing — backed by US government and Ukrainian military
- **Eric Trump connection:** Eric Trump reportedly serves as a company backer/adviser
- **AI autonomy:** Custom AI for perception, learning, and autonomy powering Phantom
- **Incidents:** None found in registry — audited (defense testing in active conflict zone)

- **Slug:** foundation-future-industries
- **Founded:** 2024
- **HQ:** San Francisco, California, USA

## Models

- [Phantom](/models/foundation-ffi-phantom.md) (humanoid) (id: `e1edba76-63fe-4d2f-abd5-46519e948525`)

## Supplies to

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## Common questions

### What is Foundation Future Industries?

American humanoid robotics startup developing the Phantom humanoid robot for industrial and defense applications. Won $24M in Pentagon contracts. Deployed two Phantom MK-1 robots to Ukraine for frontline logistics testing in February 2026.

### What does Foundation Future Industries make?

Foundation Future Industries has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Phantom (Foundation Future Industries builds physical robots).

### Where is Foundation Future Industries headquartered?

Foundation Future Industries is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA.

### Where does Foundation Future Industries operate robots?

Foundation Future Industries 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.

### Is Foundation Future Industries a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Foundation Future Industries ranks in roughly the top 56% of companies tracked by the registry.

### When was Foundation Future Industries founded?

Foundation Future Industries was founded in 2024.


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