Company
Fox Robotics
Fox Robotics is an American autonomous forklift company based in Austin, Texas, developing robots that autonomously unload pallets from trailers.
- HQ
- Austin, TX, USA
- Status
- active
- Funding
- $20.0M
- Models
- 1
Verified profile
1
Sources on record
1
Tracked changes
Updated 6 days ago
Last verified change
Overview
Fox Robotics is an American autonomous forklift company based in Austin, Texas, developing robots that autonomously unload pallets from trailers. Founded by CEO Marin Tchakarov, the company raised $48M total including $20M led by BMW i Ventures, with additional investors Zebra Technologies, Japan Airlines, and Menlo Ventures.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Models (1)
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Current leadership (2)
- Peter Anderson-Sprecher Co-Foundersecondary-verified
- Charles DuHadway Co-Foundersecondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Peter Anderson-Sprechercofounder
- Charles DuHadwaycofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Fox Robotics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Peer companies
- Balyo1 model
- Kalmar1 model
- Third Wave Automation1 model
- Vecna Robotics1 model
- VisionNav Robotics1 model
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- 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.
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2022-10-27
$20M(reported)
Investors: BMW i Ventures, Zebra Technologies, Japan Airlines (JAL), Translink Capital, Menlo Ventures
Acquisitions (1)
- acquired by Symboticfull acquisition2026-03-04
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is Fox Robotics?
- Fox Robotics is an American autonomous forklift company based in Austin, Texas, developing robots that autonomously unload pallets from trailers. Founded by CEO Marin Tchakarov, the company raised $48M total including $20M led by BMW i Ventures, with additional investors Zebra Technologies, Japan Airlines, and Menlo Ventures.
- Where is Fox Robotics based?
- Fox Robotics is based in Austin, TX, USA.
- What does Fox Robotics make?
- Fox Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: FoxBot (Mk3) (Fox Robotics builds physical robots).
- Where does Fox Robotics operate robots?
- Fox 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.
- Is Fox Robotics safe?
- Fox Robotics has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-04
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-04
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Fox Robotics.Peer companies
- Balyo1 model
- Kalmar1 model
- Third Wave Automation1 model
- Vecna Robotics1 model
- VisionNav Robotics1 model
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/fox-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/fox-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/4b47541a-a07f-409e-8471-fe4407aed25f
- Revision history: /companies/fox-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Balyo1 model
- Kalmar1 model
- Third Wave Automation1 model
- Vecna Robotics1 model
- VisionNav Robotics1 model
DEPLOY Intelligence Score
3.0/ 100
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Safety Record
Funding Health
IP Activity
Deployment Scale
Hiring Signal
Market Presence
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.
Last computed: Jul 3, 2026
Intelligence layer