The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Freedom Robotics: $6.6M raised. 6 sources back the record.
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Regional ecosystem
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Key facts
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Data & sources
Press releases
1
News coverage
4
Web sources
1
6 sources backing this record.View all →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Joshua Wilson Co-founder, Co-founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Hans Lee Co-founder & CTO, Co-foundersecondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Joshua Wilsoncofounderno longer at company
- Hans Leecofounderno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Freedom Robotics.
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 →
Recent coverage
Freedom Robotics in third-party press
Financial state
- Total funding
- $6.6M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
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)
- Seed2019-07-23
$7M(reported)
Investors: Initialized Capital (lead), Toyota AI Ventures (strategic), Liquid 2 Ventures (follow), S28 Capital (follow), Justin Kan (follow), James Lindenbaum (follow), Kevin Mahaffey (follow), Arianna Simpson (follow), Josh Buckley (follow)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Freedom Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeed funding round
2019-07-23Seed raising $6600000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 9, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (6)
- https://www.freedomrobotics.ai
- https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/23/freedom-robotics-raises-6-6m-to-automate-robotic-fleets/ · 2019-07-23
- https://www.therobotreport.com/freedom-robotics-raises-seed-funding-robotic-fleet-controls/ · 2019-07-23
- https://builtin.com/hardware/freedom-robotics-builds-robotics-software-infrastructure-66-million-seed-capital · 2019-07-30
- https://www.therobotreport.com/freedom-pilot-resource-monitor-enable-rapid-robot-deployment/
- https://www.therobotreport.com/freedom-robotics-provides-remote-control-european-rover-challenge/
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Methodology: Verified · 6 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Freedom Robotics.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Freedom Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Freedom Robotics provides remote support for European Rover Challenge
Freedom Robotics provided teleoperation and algorithm loading support for the European Rover Challenge, demonstrating its platform's remote control capabilities for rover…
Freedom Pilot, Resource Monitor built to enable rapid robot deployment
Freedom Robotics launched Freedom Pilot and Resource Monitor tools to enable rapid robot deployment, helping customers across multiple verticals ship, deploy, and scale robots…
Freedom Robotics Builds Robotics Software Infrastructure With .6 Million in Seed Capital
Freedom Robotics raised .6M seed led by Initialized Capital. The company provides cloud and on-device software for monitoring, control, and management of robot fleets across…
Freedom Robotics raises seed funding for robotics dev tools, fleet controls
Freedom Robotics announced .6M seed for its cloud-based Robotics Management Software (RMS). CEO Joshua Wilson and CTO Hans Lee built the platform to help robotics companies get…
Freedom Robotics raises .6M to take the hassle out of founding a robotics startup
Freedom Robotics came out of stealth with .6M seed led by Initialized Capital, with Toyota AI Ventures and PagerDuty founder Andrew Miklas participating. CEO Josh Wilson positions…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/freedom-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/freedom-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/58df6e08-edd9-4635-9eac-e3bf816fa7f1
- Revision history: /companies/freedom-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Freedom Robotics against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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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.
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Last computed: Aug 24, 2026