The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Gatsby Robotics: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region, $250,000 raised. 2 sources back the record.
CategoryHumanoids
Overview
San Francisco–based startup building an on-demand consumer platform for humanoid robot home cleaning services. Founded in January 2026 by Aron Frishberg under parent entity West Egg Labs, Gatsby is robot-agnostic — it builds the consumer distribution layer (software, navigation, iOS app) rather than competing on humanoid hardware.
The service is live in San Francisco at a flat $150 per clean, and the company made U.S. history on May 14, 2026 by performing the first humanoid robot residential cleaning for a consumer. Backed by NVIDIA Inception and Entrepreneurs First.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
Company-claimedPriced roundPre-Seed post-money
Key facts
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Data & sources
Press releases
1
Web sources
1
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Gatsby Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified May 2026. Explore where Gatsby Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Gatsby Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Aron Frishberg Founder, Founder & CEOreported, not verified
Founders (1)
Safety record
No incidents on record for Gatsby 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 →
Operator customers (1)
- Gatsby Robotics1 deployment
Recent coverage
Gatsby Robotics in third-party press
Peers
101 peers across 1 segment. Every Gatsby Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
humanoid(101)
68 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 574.5255335898561) · leader Figure AI at 1207%
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AI2 Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AIST Humanoid Research Groupdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Acuminodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AgiBotdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $250,000
- 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)
- Pre-Seed2026-01-01
$250,000(reported) · $1M post
Investors: NVIDIA Inception, Entrepreneurs First
Timeline
Every recorded move in Gatsby Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundPre-Seed funding round
2026-01-01Pre-Seed raising $250000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMay 14, 2026
Gatsby Humanoid Cleaning Robot at San Francisco, California, USA
Sources (2)
- Gatsby Robotics official site · https://gatsby.bot/
- Aron Frishberg LinkedIn · https://www.linkedin.com/in/frishberg
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
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Last reviewed 2026-08-21
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The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Gatsby Robotics.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Dobot6 models
- AgiBot5 models
- AheadForm5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Gatsby Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Gatsby makes US history with first humanoid robot home cleaning job
Gatsby Robotics made US history with the first humanoid robot home cleaning job in San Francisco, charging a flat $150 per visit and planning to expand across the city.
Gatsby Makes History with First Humanoid Robot Cleaning for a U.S. Consumer
Gatsby dispatched a humanoid robot to clean a San Francisco customer's apartment on May 14, 2026 — the first consumer home cleaning by a humanoid robot in U.S. history.
Gatsby says its humanoid robot completed the first US consumer home cleaning
Gatsby completed the first consumer home cleaning by a humanoid robot in the U.S., charging a flat $150 per clean through its iOS app.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/gatsby-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/gatsby-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/a925aed6-eb4f-4cfa-8f56-139568617016
- Revision history: /companies/gatsby-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Dobot6 models
- AgiBot5 models
- AheadForm5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Video
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On May 14, 2026, Gatsby deployed a humanoid robot for America's first residential cleaning service performed for consumers nationwide. Selected through Gatsby's
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Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Gatsby Robotics draws attention at the 34th percentile but verifies reality at the 46th percentile among humanoids. Hype Gap -11.7, 70th widest among humanoids.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
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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: Oct 4, 2026