The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Gausium: 3 models, 9 deployments across 4 regions, $188.0M raised. 2 sources back the record.
CategoryRobot vacuums
Appears inHome robots
Overview
Chinese commercial cleaning robotics company (formerly Gaussian robotics) developing autonomous floor cleaning robots. Ranked world's #1 commercial cleaning robot manufacturer by IDC. Raised $188M Series C from SoftBank Vision Fund 2.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 9 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries C post-money
Key facts
CEO
Founded
Series C
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Deployment
IPO plans
Incidents
Data & sources
Web sources
2
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (3)
View all models →Current platform
Vacuum 40
The Vacuum 40 is a robot vacuum model made by Gausium. It is classified at the commercial maturity stage. No further specifications or operational details are available from the provided fields.
Current platform
Gausium Phantas
Compact multifunction autonomous cleaning robot (sweep/scrub/vacuum/mop) with in-house autonomy, designed for small-to-medium commercial spaces; complements Gausium's larger Scrubber line.
Current platform
Gausium Scrubber 50
Autonomous commercial floor scrubber with in-house autonomy and Auto Spot Cleaning (stain detection). Part of Gausium's scrubber line deployed across 50 countries and 25+ international airports.
Gausium on the deployment map
View the global map9 verified deployments across 4 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Gausium's robots are operating, by place and type.
- operationalVacuum 40 at China, Asia →East Asia · verified Jun 2024
- operationalVacuum 40 at Japan, Asia →East Asia · verified Jun 2024
- operationalVacuum 40 at United States (multiple hotel chains) →United States · verified Jun 2024
- operationalGausium Scrubber 50 at Tallinn, Estonia →Western Europe · verified Jun 2024
- operationalGausium Scrubber 50 at Shanghai, China →East Asia · verified Jun 2024
- operationalGausium Phantas at Shanghai, China →East Asia · verified Jun 2024
- operationalGausium Phantas at Europe →verified Jan 2023
- operationalGausium Phantas at Japan (JGSDF Trials) →East Asia · verified Nov 2021
- operationalGausium Phantas at China →East Asia · verified Jan 2013
View the full Gausium deployment record →
Relationships
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Gausium, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
What are commercial cleaning robots and how do they work?
What is Gausium and how does the Phantas robot work?
Founders (1)
- Yingcai Bicofounderno longer at company
Former / Previously (1)
- Yingcai Bi Founder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Gausium.
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)
- Gausium9 deployments
Recent coverage
Gausium in third-party press
Peers
151 peers across 2 segments. Every Gausium competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
service(144)
113 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 831.3520919269878) · leader Bond at 1957%
cleaning robot(7)
- Avidbotsdirect competitor(reported)strong
- SoftBank Roboticsdirect competitor(reported)strong
- Ecovacs Roboticsdirect competitor(reported)moderate
- ICE Coboticsdirect competitor(reported)moderate
- Karcherdirect competitor(reported)moderate
- LionsBotdirect competitor(reported)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $188.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- 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 C2024-01-01
$188M(reported) · $1.9B post
Investors: Capital Today, SoftBank Vision Fund 2
Timeline
Every recorded move in Gausium’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2024-01-01Series C raising $188000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Success Case: A Day with Gausium Phantas at BTG Homeinns Hotel
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Gausium Phantas all-in-one commercial floor cleaning robot
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
Gausium Scrubber 50 autonomous cleaning robot
- Record createdJun 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Gausium Phantas at Shanghai, China
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Gausium.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Dreame Technology5 models
- Laresar4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Gausium from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Automatic Charging Across the Gausium Range: Models, Docks and Workstations
Every Gausium commercial cleaning robot supports autonomous recharging. When the battery runs low the machine returns to its dock, and once charging completes it resumes the task…
Three Shifts Changing How Factories Select Floor Cleaning Robots
A specification written two years ago will still get a factory a working machine. What it will not do is anticipate the questions that surface six months into a deployment — how…
Five Operational Uses for Cleaning Robot Data in Facility Management
Most teams running cleaning robots can see operational data in the back end. In practice, that data is often used for one thing only: confirming the machine ran that day. That is…
How to Choose a Sweep-and-Scrub Cleaning Robot for Your Site
Floor cleaning in commercial buildings ties directly to operating efficiency and how cleaning hours are staffed. Sweep-and-scrub robots combine two steps into a single pass and…
Industrial Floor Scrubbers for Factories: Four Criteria That Decide the Choice
Most factory scrubber comparisons come down to a spreadsheet of cleaning widths, tank sizes and rated productivity. Those figures are accurate and they rarely settle the decision,…
Cleaning Robot Performance Reporting: What Facility Teams Should Track
At the monthly service review, the client says the third floor was not cleaned on Tuesday night. The supervisor remembers doing it. The sign-in sheet carries a signature. The…
Industrial Floor Scrubbers for Factories and Manufacturing Plants: How to Choose
Most teams searching for an industrial floor scrubber are not looking for a product roundup. The real question is whether a machine can take over a full cleaning route in a plant…
How to Maintain a Robot Floor Scrubber: Daily, Weekly & Monthly Checklist
A robot floor scrubber is only as reliable as its upkeep. Skip the routine tasks and you’ll see it in the results — streaky floors, weaker suction, shorter battery life, and…
Commercial Cleaning Robots: The New Standard in Facility Services
The facility services industry is at an inflection point. Today, commercial cleaning robots are fast becoming the technology that defines a future-ready operation. The large…
Is a Retail Cleaning Robot Worth It? What the Numbers Say for Supermarkets and Stores
It’s 10 a.m. on a Saturday. A jar of pasta sauce has just hit the floor in aisle 7. Somewhere between the wet-floor cone going up and a colleague arriving with a mop, two hundred…
Is an Industrial Cleaning Robot Worth It? An ROI Guide for Warehouses and Distribution Centers
If you run the numbers on facility operations, floor cleaning is easy to overlook. It rarely appears as a line item that anyone scrutinizes, and yet in a large warehouse it…
How Gausium Mira and Marvel Ended the Sweep-vs-Scrub Compromises
Walk any cleaning industry trade show floor and you’ll hear a familiar pitch from nearly every vendor: “sweeps and scrubs in one pass.” It sounds like a settled feature. It isn’t.…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/gausium.md
- RSS feed: /companies/gausium/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/984d336e-f545-46ce-87d4-b6451ad12f6e
- Revision history: /companies/gausium/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Dreame Technology5 models
- Laresar4 models
Video
"This aisle is this narrow… and it still passes?" 👀 Yep. Gausium #Mira threads supermarket aisles most scrubbers can't, mapping the space and adjusting in real time so cleaning happens around stock and shoppers — not a
That's a wrap on the China International Property Management Industry Expo! Over 3 days, our booth welcomed property management leaders, facility teams, and di
Reality vs attention
Gausium draws attention at the 57th percentile but verifies reality at the 70th percentile among robot_vacuum robots. Hype Gap -13.3, 8th widest among robot_vacuum robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 9 verified deployments. Strong deployment footprint with 9 operational sites across 8 countries. Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 32 months ago.
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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.
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Last computed: Aug 29, 2026