# GelSight: robotics company

Canonical ID: `9fb21f35-8320-4dfb-bcae-71ac96ba94ef`

## Key facts

- **Headquarters:** Waltham, MA, USA
- **Founded:** 2012
- **Status:** private
- **Type:** hardware

- **Slug:** gelsight
- **Status:** private
- **Founded:** 2012
- **HQ:** Waltham, MA, USA

## Models

_No models registered._

## Current leadership (2)

- [Youssef Benmokhtar](/people/youssef-benmokhtar.md) CEO (secondary-verified)
- [Kimo Johnson](/people/kimo-johnson.md) Co-founder and CEO (SEC-verified)

## Founders (1)

- [Kimo Johnson](/people/kimo-johnson.md) (cofounder)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is GelSight?

High-resolution [Tactile](/companies/tactile-robotics) sensing technology for robotic manipulation and grasping.

### What does GelSight make?

GelSight has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. GelSight builds physical robots.

### Is GelSight publicly traded?

No. GelSight is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

### How can I invest in GelSight?

GelSight is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.

### Where is GelSight headquartered?

GelSight is headquartered in Waltham, MA, USA.

### Who owns GelSight?

GelSight is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

### Is GelSight a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, GelSight ranks in roughly the top 69% of companies tracked by the registry.

### When was GelSight founded?

GelSight was founded in 2012.


## Sources (1)

1. https://www.gelsight.com

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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